Scale is probably the most important principle of design to painter Mark Heine, who has the unusual challenge of squeezing 11 historically accurate figures into the space of a stamp.
Heine recently won a commission through Vancouver-based design firm Metaform to create the stamp for Canada Post commemorating the 1812 Selkirk Settlement in Manitoba, in the area that would become Winnipeg.
It means his studio is filled with maps,They become pathological or Piles when swollen or inflamed. history books and copies of sketches from historical journals, to ensure things like buttons - not used at the time - don't make inappropriate appearances in the painting, which will be scanned and then scaled down.
Even a gun, slung over the shoulder of a figure representing a Northwest Company trader, is historically accurate.
"It turns out it's a 1766 foot lock muscat that they would have used, after a bunch of research," Heine said. "But when you get it down to size, it's going to look like a broom he's got over his shoulder."
This will be Heine's fifth stamp. His first two, also for Canada Post, were part of the 2006 Turin Olympic Games series. He worked with Vancouver-based design firm Metaform, the same company that asked him to present a conceptual drawing to be considered against other artists,Daneplast Limited UK are plastic injection mould & toolmaking specialists.Promat solid RUBBER MATS are the softest mats on the market! for the Selkirk stamp.
Heine also designed two stamps for the post master of Lichtenstein, representing that country's ski team, for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Mark isn't the only Heine with a penchant for official Canadian collectors' items. Father Harry Heine, a wellknown Victoria artist who specialized in maritime scenes, was on the judging panel for the Royal Canadian Mint's millenium coin project. And sister Caren Heine has designed four coins for the Mint, herself.
Heine has been a professional artist for 33 years. He was the 2010 winner of Best Painting in the Sooke Fine Arts Show.
His work is featured alongside that of David Hunwick, Gabriele Vicari and Lee Mahavolic in "The Winter Show," which opened Friday at the Sculpture Studio.
He is also represented by the White Rock Gallery and the Avenue Gallery.
Heine says the process of designing a historical stamp is a particularly political one. The settlement of Selkirk was not an easy one and involved clashes between rival trade companies, harsh conditions for settlers and the murder of a governor.
"It was not all roses," Heine said.
His stamp will feature two Northwest Company traders, a fur trader, two Metis, four settlers, Chief Peguis and Lord Selkirk.
While his initial sketch won him the commission, he has gone back and forth with Canada Post three times, via Metaform, to make adjustments.
"Move this guy, make this guy a little bigger, make this guy a little smaller," Heine said. "It's all part of the political process."
Interestingly, there were some intentional inaccuracies. There are very few portraits of Lord Selkirk in existence and Heine found them a bit wanting.
"He comes across as a fairly effeminate character; he's not Daniel Day-Lewis," Heine said. "We thought it would be good to give him a little bit more ruggedness, so we chiseled his chin a little bit and we shaved things here and there."
One of the settlers is also depicted wearing a tartan (carefully chosen, according to where the settlers would have actually come from).
"A settler would never wear his fine tartan to keep warm, this is a ceremonial piece of fabric," Heine said. "He would probably be wearing a brown burlap sack."
Heine says he won the Selkirk stamp commission with the help of his community, especially his partner Lisa Leighton, a costume designer with Langham Court Theatre.
"Lisa is quite an expert in researching period pieces," Heine said. "We spent hours in the costume loft picking historically accurate stuff."
If you look closely at the final product,Information on useful yeasts and moulds, you may see some familiar faces too - Heine had friends and neighbours pose in the theatre garb for the sketch.
Heine will complete his final oil painting, to be scaled down, by Christmas.We are passionate about polished tiles. He expects the stamp to be released in spring.
Heine recently won a commission through Vancouver-based design firm Metaform to create the stamp for Canada Post commemorating the 1812 Selkirk Settlement in Manitoba, in the area that would become Winnipeg.
It means his studio is filled with maps,They become pathological or Piles when swollen or inflamed. history books and copies of sketches from historical journals, to ensure things like buttons - not used at the time - don't make inappropriate appearances in the painting, which will be scanned and then scaled down.
Even a gun, slung over the shoulder of a figure representing a Northwest Company trader, is historically accurate.
"It turns out it's a 1766 foot lock muscat that they would have used, after a bunch of research," Heine said. "But when you get it down to size, it's going to look like a broom he's got over his shoulder."
This will be Heine's fifth stamp. His first two, also for Canada Post, were part of the 2006 Turin Olympic Games series. He worked with Vancouver-based design firm Metaform, the same company that asked him to present a conceptual drawing to be considered against other artists,Daneplast Limited UK are plastic injection mould & toolmaking specialists.Promat solid RUBBER MATS are the softest mats on the market! for the Selkirk stamp.
Heine also designed two stamps for the post master of Lichtenstein, representing that country's ski team, for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Mark isn't the only Heine with a penchant for official Canadian collectors' items. Father Harry Heine, a wellknown Victoria artist who specialized in maritime scenes, was on the judging panel for the Royal Canadian Mint's millenium coin project. And sister Caren Heine has designed four coins for the Mint, herself.
Heine has been a professional artist for 33 years. He was the 2010 winner of Best Painting in the Sooke Fine Arts Show.
His work is featured alongside that of David Hunwick, Gabriele Vicari and Lee Mahavolic in "The Winter Show," which opened Friday at the Sculpture Studio.
He is also represented by the White Rock Gallery and the Avenue Gallery.
Heine says the process of designing a historical stamp is a particularly political one. The settlement of Selkirk was not an easy one and involved clashes between rival trade companies, harsh conditions for settlers and the murder of a governor.
"It was not all roses," Heine said.
His stamp will feature two Northwest Company traders, a fur trader, two Metis, four settlers, Chief Peguis and Lord Selkirk.
While his initial sketch won him the commission, he has gone back and forth with Canada Post three times, via Metaform, to make adjustments.
"Move this guy, make this guy a little bigger, make this guy a little smaller," Heine said. "It's all part of the political process."
Interestingly, there were some intentional inaccuracies. There are very few portraits of Lord Selkirk in existence and Heine found them a bit wanting.
"He comes across as a fairly effeminate character; he's not Daniel Day-Lewis," Heine said. "We thought it would be good to give him a little bit more ruggedness, so we chiseled his chin a little bit and we shaved things here and there."
One of the settlers is also depicted wearing a tartan (carefully chosen, according to where the settlers would have actually come from).
"A settler would never wear his fine tartan to keep warm, this is a ceremonial piece of fabric," Heine said. "He would probably be wearing a brown burlap sack."
Heine says he won the Selkirk stamp commission with the help of his community, especially his partner Lisa Leighton, a costume designer with Langham Court Theatre.
"Lisa is quite an expert in researching period pieces," Heine said. "We spent hours in the costume loft picking historically accurate stuff."
If you look closely at the final product,Information on useful yeasts and moulds, you may see some familiar faces too - Heine had friends and neighbours pose in the theatre garb for the sketch.
Heine will complete his final oil painting, to be scaled down, by Christmas.We are passionate about polished tiles. He expects the stamp to be released in spring.
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