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Acrylic & Light, The art of Alvin Richard
http://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com
I'm an emerging hyper realist painter, living in Atlantic Canada.
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Olympic Confectionary
Acrylic on gessoed hardboard, 12 x 12''2009 - #178Corner Store no. 2 completed in 2007, was from of the same store located on Barrington Street in Halifax, NS. This time, I painted the other end of the sign which boast not one, but two of these Coca...
Canoes at Moraine Lake
Acrylic on gessoed hardboard, 15 x 11''Oct. / Nov. 2009, #177The image may look familiar, since this is a larger version of the painting, Study of Canoes at Moraine Lake. I realize even when I did the study that I was challenging the laws of landsca...
Olympic Torch Relay- Vancouver 2010
photo by Adam Huras - the Telegraph JournalL to R - Jean-Luc, myself and Doreen Nowlan-GallantToday was filled with excitement, emotions and the opportunity to share the Olympic Spirit with the communities of Cap-Pelé, Shediac and Moncton, NB, as I...
\'\'A monopoly of lollipops\'\' is a finalist
A monopoly of lollipops, 16 x 16'' - 2009Private collection - St Philips, NewfoundlandA monopoly of lollipops was named a Finalist in the Still Life/Floral category in the 26th Annual Art Competition of the Artist's Magazine. Winners and finalists ar...
Stawberries on a Sunday (revisited)
Acrylic on gessoed hardboard, 2006-09 27 cm diameter, #101This is a painting was never varnished because it was framed under glass; so I decided to re-work it a bit and re frame it in a smart new contemporary black frame. It will be among the painti...
Torch Relay of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games of Vancouver
Day-one of the Torch Relay arriving in Canada from Greece, and I'm already tearing up when I saw Simon Witfield and Catriona Lemay Doan carry the torch on TV. This will be my second torch relay. Twenty two years ago, I had the opportunity to carry t...

