Oceanside Pier, April ‎28, ‎2015

Oceanside Beach Mk1

Year: 2015 (April ‎28, ‎2015)

11″ x 8.5″

Media: Canon® Pro Platinum High Gloss Photo Paper

Printers: Canon® PIXMA

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Art: Photo

Artist: Luc Paquin

A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land. More broadly, the sea is the interconnected system of the Earth’s salty, oceanic waters considered as one global ocean or as several principal oceanic divisions. The sea Pacific.

A beach is a landform along the coast of an ocean. It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. The particles comprising a beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.

Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, and showers. They may also have hospitality venues (such as resorts, camps, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild beaches, also known as undeveloped or undiscovered beaches, are not developed in this manner. Wild beaches can be valued for their untouched beauty and preserved nature.

Oceanside Pier, North Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, USA.

Luc

Oceanside Pier, April ‎28, ‎2015

Oceanside Mk9.1

Year: 2015 (April ‎28, ‎2015)

11″ x 8.5″

Media: Canon® Pro Platinum High Gloss Photo Paper

Printers: Canon® PIXMA

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Art: Photo

Artist: Luc Paquin

Gulls or seagulls are seabirds. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground-nesting carnivores, which will take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.

Gulls nest in large, densely packed noisy colonies. They lay two to three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, being born with dark mottled down, and mobile upon hatching.

Gulls-the larger species in particular-are resourceful, inquisitive and intelligent birds, demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure. For example, many gull colonies display mobbing behaviour, attacking and harassing would-be predators and other intruders. Certain species (e.g. the herring gull) have exhibited tool use behaviour, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example. Many species of gull have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.

Oceanside Pier, North Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, USA.

Luc

California Academy of Sciences, Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco

Aquarium Mk01

Year: 2013 (July ‎17, 2013)

11″ x 8.5″

Media: Canon® Pro Platinum High Gloss Photo Paper

Printers: Canon® PIXMA

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Art: Photo

Artist: Luc Paquin

California Academy of Sciences, Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco

The California Academy of Sciences is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 26 million specimens. The Academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the 20th century.

Completely rebuilt in 2008, the building covers 400,000 square feet and is among the newest natural history museums in the United States. The primary building in Golden Gate Park reopened on September 27, 2008.

Luc

Turkey, March 4, 2013

Turkey Mk01a

Year: 2013 (March ‎4, 2013)

11″ x 8.5″

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Artist: Luc Paquin

The turkey is a large bird which is native to the Americas. One species, Meleagris gallopavo (commonly known as the wild turkey or domestic turkey), is native to the forests of North America, mainly Mexico and the United States. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle or protuberance that hangs from the top of the beak (called a snood). They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As in many galliformes, the male is larger and much more colorful than the female.

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Lac des Trois Montagnes, April 6, 2002

Lac Des Trois Montagnes Mk1a

Year: 2002 (April ‎6, 2002)

11″ x 8.5″

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Artist: Luc Paquin

Lac des Trois Montagnes, La Conception, QC, Canada. A spring lake in the ice.

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Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, October 8, 2012

Mont-Tremblant Mk1.1a

Year: 2012 (October ‎8, 2012)

11″ x 8.5″

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Artist: Luc Paquin

Mont-Tremblant is a city in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately 130 kilometres north-west of Montreal and 140 kilometres north-east of Ottawa. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ski resort, the Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, which is 5 kilometres from the village proper, at the foot of a mountain called Mont Tremblant (derived from local Algonquins who referred to it as the “trembling mountain”).

Mont-Tremblant has a race track called Circuit Mont-Tremblant. It has hosted or currently hosts Formula One, Can-Am, Trans-Am, and Champ Car World Series competitions amongst others.

The surrounding area also features hiking, cycling, canoeing, fishing, golfing, ziplines, and a host of other outdoor activities.

Established in 1895, Parc national du Mont-Tremblant is the oldest national park in the Parcs Québec network and the largest south of the 49th parallel. Its mission is to protect a representative area of the Southern Laurentians for present and future generations. The territory’s beauty and the purity of the landscapes draw visitors from all over the world. It is easy to reach, only a 30-minute drive from Station Mont Tremblant ski resort.

Autumn in Mont-Tremblant the is known for being host to some of the most colourful autumns in the world.

Luc

Homage Dali

Homage Dali Mk1

Homage Dali Mk2

Homage Dali Mk3

Year: 2014 (November, 2014)

8″ (L) x 10″ (H)

Painting media: Acrylic paint

Art: Canvas

Artist: Don Luc

Homage Dali

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.

Dalí attributed his “love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes” to an “Arab lineage”, claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors.

Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.

Luc

Lac des Trois Montagnes, Jac Paquin

JacPaquinMk1

Year: 1999

10″ (L) x 6″ (H)

Painting media: Acrylic paint

Art: Wood

Artist: Jac Paquin

Chalet in Lac des Trois Montagnes, La Conception, QC, Canada. In Quebec French, any summer or vacation dwelling, especially near a ski hill, is called a chalet whether or not it is built in the style of a Swiss chalet. Jacqueline Paquin from mother. They are used as a place to spend with friends and family; common activities including swimming, canoeing, waterskiing, fishing, hiking, sailing, bicycle, hunting, skiig and cross-country skiing.

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