Andrew van Herk - Artist
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"Bridge"
18" x 14"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Nature's architecture is created in unusual and surprising ways.




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"Hidden Places"
18" x 20"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Some hidden places we find have been special places for others long before we find them.




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"Alberta Malt"
14" x 16"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Beer
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"Valley Gravity"
20" x 18"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
The fog obscures everything and emphasizes the pull of wind, rain and gravity.



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"West Weather"
12" x 16"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
The mountain creating this cloud reminded me of how all our weather is affected by the mountains.



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"Future Fields"    24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
The beautiful flower fields in Holland. To value flowers is a human characteristic. They have no other purpose for us than to make us happy. People in the future will continue to enjoy them.



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"Uphill Battle"    22" x 28"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The bright and tumbling Bow Falls dominate a world-famous river teeming with trout.  



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"Prairie Sunshine"    24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The bright yellow canola that flows through the valley on a sunlit day.  



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"Journey"    28" x 22"
Oil on board
Not for sale

Inspiration:
    It is important to recapture the moment that you were first inspired to become an artist and to show that feeling in your work. Looking back through the doorways of your journey forward solidifies your goals and satisfaction with your paintings. 



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"Garret"    22" x 28"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The light from the Eiffel Tower sweeping across the roofs at night. 



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"Rainfall"    28" x 22"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Looking for shelter during a rain squall in the mountains. 



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"Windfall"    28" x 22"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    These falls are very high and the falling water also pulls air down to create its own wind. 



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"Chinook"  24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Chinook winds sometimes push the clouds especially hard and the low sun can make the entire sky look like it is on fire.  I wanted to capture the arc and wind and some of that fire.



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"Beginning" 24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    This large chunk of glacier ice sat alone on the far side of the valley below the glacier. This late glaciated valley shows landscape as the glaciers receded leaving a new beginning for our home. It exemplifies the possibility of existing or not existing.



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"Cypress"  30" x 48"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The ancient hills were a beacon to settlers crossing the vast sea of prairie grass in search of trees and water.

      
                                                                              


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"Green Water"  18" x 26"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    This log was floating against the wind near the shore of the lake. The pleasant and peaceful atmosphere of this lake made it home to unseen mysteries.

                                                                                   


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"PowerFall"  30" x 24"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The danger of these falls leaves me with a bad feeling when I visit them.



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"Sleight of land"  26" x 24"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The contrast of the erratic on top of an eroded ridge and the magic of having it there at all.



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