#pacificcentre

dailylifedrawing #sketch 502 😀. Today's selection at #pacificcentre #coffeesketch #gesturedrawing #CharacterDesign #portrait #caricatures  #figuredrawing  #artistsoninstagram #vancouverdailylifedrawing #sketch #vancouver (at Nordstrom Pacific Centre)

That time I lost my mind in excitement. #apple #flagshipstore #pacificcentre (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOb6fGLiKy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

RetroSpector Canada 🇨🇦(Pt.2): (fall-winter 1972-73)—“There’s a lot of life in Vancouver & EATON’S is going your way!” ||>> Fashion Forward — EATON’S campaign w/ full colour pullout insert in The Vancouver Sun (+ other print media ) MidCentury Modern Commercial Advertising Illustration — flip through hand-drawn artist impressions of home decor fashion forecast for 1973 • illustrates decors of urban & suburban home furnishings each expressing different personalities dwelling on Canada’s West Coast. From the ultra-mod WestEnd hirise swinger’s/bachelor pad to West Van’s Upper Levels traditional-chic. Backstory: The venerable Toronto based, Coast-to-Coast department store had long occupied the former Spencer’s Dept. Store (at W. Hastings & Richards) announced its new Pacific Regional flagship store. late 1960’s—1980 Cadillac Fairview (Toronto) proudly opened up sequential phases in its growing Canadian Pacific empire “Pacific Centre” was the property developer’s jewel in its crown (then) — an above ground “Grande Ensemble” of gleaming-white anchor store adjacent to its jet-black Miesian inspired minimalist towers — designed by Los Angeles based Cesar Pelli, Architect • the massive Pacific Centre Mall & office - Hotel complex spanning 3 city blocks, was pretty radical for our sleepy branch office, port city. • Vancouverites didn’t know what hit them. Their immediate response in media & street was a slew of comic pejoratives & vitriol w/ nicknames: “Great White Urinal” or “ Great White Latrine/Toilet”. & Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower as “Tower of Darkness”, or “Black Monolith”. As a kid I felt, “finally the future & space age had arrived” & the Village-of-Vancouver felt fresh, upscale + “happening”. • #pacificcentre • #Eatons • #retrospector • #retrospectorcanada • #Smallstudiodesign • (at Pacific Centre Mall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFvkiv9hQlm/?igshid=1phchb55u9rwa

RetroSpector Canada 🇨🇦: (fall-winter 1972-73)—“ There’s a lot of life in Vancouver & EATON’S is going your way!” ||>> Fashion Forward — EATON’S campaign w/ full colour pullout insert in The Vancouver Sun (+ other print media ) — the venerable Toronto based, Coast-to-Coast department store had long occupied the former Spencer’s Dept. Store (at W. Hastings & Richards) announced its new Pacific Regional flagship store. 20thC. Modern Commercial Advertising Illustration — flip through hand-drawn artist impressions of Women’s & Men’s fashion forecast for 1973. It illustrates Vancouver lifestyle w/ urban sophisticates in smart casual fashions while going about their lives in our picturesque city-by-the-sea. Backstory: late 1960’s—1980 Cadillac Fairview (Toronto) proudly opened up sequential phases in its growing Canadian Pacific empire “Pacific Centre” was the property developer’s jewel in its crown (then) — an above ground “Grande Ensemble” of gleaming-white anchor store adjacent to its jet-black Miesian inspired minimalist towers — designed by Los Angeles based Cesar Pelli, Architect • the massive Pacific Centre Mall & office - Hotel complex spanning 3 city blocks, was pretty radical for our sleepy branch office, port city. Vancouverites didn’t know what hit them. Their immediate response in media & street was a slew of comic pejoratives & vitriol w/ nicknames: “Great White Urinal” or “ Great White Latrine/Toilet”. & Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower as “Tower of Darkness”, or “Black Monolith”. As a kid I felt, “finally the future & space age had arrived” & the Village-of-Vancouver felt fresh, upscale + “happening”. • #pacificcentre • #Eatons • #retrospector • #retrospectorcanada • #Smallstudiodesign • (at Pacific Centre Mall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFu-ZWBhMXR/?igshid=r9nkaezc4ipt

Dailylifedrawing #sketch #1291 today's selection at #pacificcentre . #CharacterDesign  #portrait #caricatures #artistsoninstagram #lifedrawing #vancouverdailylifedrawing #vancouver #watercolor #painting #Coloredpencil #figurativeart #portraitdrawing #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #pencilsketch #pencildrawing #pencildrawing  #sketch #sketches #sketchbook #art_empire #coffeesketch #portrait #face (at Pacific Centre. Downtown Vanvouver) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YaoYIDR4d/?igshid=1hhbg9gmmi5c4

dailylifedrawing #sketch #1284 & #ipaddrawing 266. today's selection at #pacificcentre #portrait #caricatures #artistsoninstagram #lifedrawing #vancouverdailylifedrawing #vancouver #watercolor #painting #Coloredpencil #figurativeart #portraitdrawing #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #pencilsketch #pencildrawing #pencildrawing  #sketch #sketches #sketchbook #art_empire #coffeesketch #portrait #face #procreateartist #procreateart #procreate (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GfqUsDlFJ/?igshid=1xw6345z7k3ug

Dailylifedrawing #sketch #1275 today's selection at #pacificcentre . #CharacterDesign  #portrait #caricatures #artistsoninstagram #lifedrawing #vancouverdailylifedrawing #vancouver #watercolor #painting #Coloredpencil #figurativeart #portraitdrawing #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #pencilsketch #pencildrawing #pencildrawing  #sketch #sketches #sketchbook #art_empire #coffeesketch #portrait #face (at Pacific Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8vOfOCDQPs/?igshid=4txpp12lk532

Dailylifedrawing #sketch #1271 today's selection at #pacificcentre . #CharacterDesign  #portrait #caricatures #artistsoninstagram #lifedrawing #vancouverdailylifedrawing #vancouver #watercolor #painting #Coloredpencil #figurativeart #portraitdrawing #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #pencilsketch #pencildrawing #pencildrawing  #sketch #sketches #sketchbook #art_empire #coffeesketch #portrait #face (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ienB4j2qE/?igshid=vhm7wg7jdvr5