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MAX JACQUIARD-MYRA CANYON GICLEE CANVAS - $1,200 (SURREY)
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The Carmi Subdivision of Canadian Pacific's Kettle Valley line involved a circuitous climb from Penticton on Okanagan Lake over the Okanagan highlands and down into the Kettle Valley near the U.S. border. The summit of the line, some 3000 ft. above Penticton, was in Myra Canyon in the hills southeast of Kelowna. The railway here wound along the steep sides of this rugged canyon, necessitating the construction of no fewer than 18 bridges and two tunnels between the stations of Myra and Ruth. Four trestles are visible in this view from the bridge at mile 85.6; a fifth is out of sight behind the oncoming train. 5219 was a coal burning 2-8-2 recently rebuilt from 2-8-0 #3687. Max Jacquiard has a sizeable research library of printed materials, photos and slides of steam trains and the places they would have operated. It is that attention to precise and accurate details that can be seen in his paintings. The sensitivity to his subject and quiet passion that is infused into each work seem to allow Max Jacquiard to breath life into the canvases. The images he creates have captured the imaginations of steam buffs across Canada and the United States. His paintings grace the walls in homes across North America.