I would have met Peter Deacon and wife, Cherry, in the late 1990s. At the time, I was most interested in the sustainability and protection of Alberta rivers. I had just come off of a period of time being immersed in the Friends of the Old Man and was looking at the novel, The Diviners, by Margaret Laurence, as a metaphor for inheritance and protection of the landscape for the sake of my children.
When I saw an exhibit of Peter’s work at the Deacon-Ulrich Fine Art Gallery, I fell in love with this piece, The Elbow River…a water colour on beautiful paper. Framed behind glass, another poor photograph…but a piece that I love for so many reasons. I’m so happy to have it in my collection.