Hand Drawn Halifax
Portraits of the city's buildings, landmarks, neighbourhoods and residents
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2015
- Category
- Canadian, Artists' Books, Atlantic Provinces
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459503977
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $24.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459506848
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Emma FitzGerald sketches Halifax and its residents vividly, in colour. She effortlessly catches moments in the life of the city. While she draws, she keeps notes on what she sees — and what people say to her. She has an ear, as well as an eye.
In this sketchbook you will find spots you didn’t know existed and hear stories you never imagined. Emma overhears conversations at local restaurants and bars, notices prom night in the Public Gardens, learns the recipe for McNabs Island famous lemonade, checks out Ashtray Rock and finds out where the real fishermen live. The personality and character of the city and its people shine through.
About the author
EMMA FITZGERALD was born in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa. Her early travels have given her a large appetite for adventure. Combining her interest in people and places, Emma followed a career path that was part architecture, part art. She received her BFA in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia, spending her third year at Lâ??Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where she honed her drawing skills. She then completed her undergraduate and masterâ??s degrees in Architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She has worked in architecture offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, and across Canada.
While working in Gambia, Emma took students onto the streets of their own communities, using sketching as their primary learning tool. When she returned to Halifax, drawing became an act of connecting with the many stories and unofficial histories of the area, a custom during her travels, but never before in Halifax. This laid the groundwork for her new book.
Editorial Reviews
"Part journal, part sketchbook, Hand Drawn Halifax is a love letter to Atlantic Canadas largest city."
The Globe and Mail
"Through her words and illustrations (a mighty combination) Fitzgerald notes those folk who are the bedrock of this city...Fitzgerald's illustrations are alive, shifting, swaying in front of your very eyes. She captures an essence while leaving out the bits and bobs the reader must go and see on their own, those integral aspects of a place that will only be found when you're there on your own, hunting for a piece of treasure."
Atlantic Books Today
"A love letter to the city and it's diverse souls."
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