Description
Kits Beach – 2018. Acrylic on canvas. Original painting size: 60″ x 30″ (152.4 x 76.2 cm)
Kitsilano Pool is one of five outdoor swimming pools in Vancouver. It first opened in 1931, having been constructed at a cost of $50,000. At 137 meters (450 feet), it was, and may still be, the longest salt water pool in North America; almost three times the length of an Olympic pool.
Originally, the pool’s waters where filled and replenished by the changing tide. The pool locked the ocean water in place giving bathers a place to swim at low tide. It even had a sandy bottom until that was replaced with concrete in the 60’s.
The pool was almost entirely rebuilt and pumps and heating systems where added in 1979. Then after falling in a state of disrepair, it was modernized once again with a $3.3 million renovation in 2018. Changes included the removal and replacement of the pool basin membrane, repairs to the pool deck, and the addition of pumps to replenish sea water. Improvements to the concrete, new pool coating and control joints meant less water would escape. Prior to this upgrade, 430,000 gallons of potable water where used each month to keep the pool topped up.
Limited Edition Prints
This Edition is limited to 200 signed and numbered prints and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Limited Edition Prints are available on stretched canvas, rolled canvas, fine art rag paper or photographic paper in a range of sizes from 60″ x 30″ (152.4 x 76.2 cm) (the original painting size), down to 36″ x 18″ (91.4 x 45.7 cm) on canvas or 19″ x 9″ (45.7 x 22.9 cm) on paper.
Open Edition Small Inkjet Poster
Small Posters are offered as a more affordable option to Limited Edition Prints. Open Edition simply means these prints are unsigned and unnumbered with no limits on how many can be printed and sold.
This image is also available as an Open Edition Small Inkjet Posters, which are high quality Inkjet prints laid out on a standard size, 19″ x 13″ (48.3 x 33 cm) (A3+), satin finish, photographic paper sheet. They include the artwork image with a title/artist line below. This option offers a very high quality image with great lightfastness and archival paper qualities.
Now also available in a half-size 13″ x 9.5″ (33 x 24.1 cm) format.
