Oil painting
It is never too old to learn.
--- May 10 2022 Willowdale, North York, Toronto
Oil painting “From Sea To Sea” for Canada 150
CBC reporter : https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3833212
Chinese web : https://info.51.ca/community/chinese/2017-05/539840.html
From sea to sea ---- 2 Great iron road 2016.8 canvas oil painting 91.4x121.9cm
From sea to sea ---- 3 Cut mountain blasting 2017.3 canvas oil painting 91.4x121.9cm
From sea to sea ---- 4 Holed tunnel 2017.3 canvas oil painting 91.4x121.9cm
From sea to sea ---- 5 Wild living and dining 2017.5 canvas oil painting 91.4x121.9cm
From sea to sea ---- 6 Memory forever 2017.5 canvas oil painting 91.4x121.9cm
In 2017, At the150th anniversary of Canada Confederation, CBC reported it ( https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3833212).
Chinese web in Canada reported it too ( https://info.51.ca/community/chinese/2017-05/539840.html).
Painting of "Great Iron Road" is selected as the illustrations in the book “On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement” which is published in 2018 by BC Labour Heritage Centre. (https://www.amazon.ca/Line-History-British-Columbia-Movement/dp/1550178261/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=On+the+Line%3A+A+History+of+the+British+Columbia+Labour+Movement&qid=1610584311&sr=8-1)
In 2019, the original oil paintings “Great Iron Road”, together with the four original paintings describing the working life of Chinese railway Labours were purchased by an American collector who is keen on North American historical paintings.
Mr. Erik Floren, the Senior Features Writer of “Edmonton Sun” wrote: （Red font is my mark）
Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald - or so it's been attributed - once noted that "without the Chinese labourers, there would be no railroad."
Well, without the railroad there may have been no Canada; Sir John had anted the coast-to-coast service as a bargaining chip in the Confederation jackpot.
When British Columbia grew impatient that this much ballyhooed dream had yet to materialize by 1880, the Canadian Pacific Railroad quickly recruited labour directly from China for the dangerous work ahead.
Roughly 15,000 Chinese - falsely promised riches and a quick return home - were shipped to Canada.
Thousands died carving out the railway through the Rockies.
The completion of the national railway in 1885 transformed a colony into a country. The Chinese, however, were suddenly no longer welcome. A hefty "head tax" was slapped on Chinese immigrants until 1923, when immigration from China was all but eliminated.