Self-portrait, 1971L Let Your Freak Flag Fly

            Upon graduation from the Ontario College of Art (now OCADU) in Toronto in 1971, my buddy Sandy and I packed our bags and climbed aboard his Dodge van in Toronto and headed out to see our home and native land. We drove as far east as we could go to Cape Spear, Newfoundland, then turned around and drove all the way west to Ucluelet on the far side of Vancouver Island. Then drove back across the country and home--the trip taking us 6 weeks. On Canada Day, we were driving by a canola field in Saskatchewan and I asked Sandy to stop and had him shoot a picture of me in the field holding the flag. And in 2016, turned the image into an oil painting--finishing it, appropriately on Canada Day. It's oil on canvas, 36" x 48". HAPPY CANADA DAY! 
   

Taken on: August 5, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D5200, f/7.1, 1/50 sec, 28mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5200
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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