7 Pierre Coupey brings out
Dundarave S distinctiveness |

Maxine Adam
“Contributing Writer

> EVERY. day we walk or drive in our community
and yet we see only the surface.
The Visions of the North Shore Millennium Project is
‘remembering and recording our heritage and_ reflecting our pre-
~. sent through artistic creation. Pierre Coupey, ane of the 12
artists participating in the project, has been living and working
on the North Shore for more than 20 years.
Born in Montreal in 1942, Coupey. studied English and tre-

“ative writing at McGill University. He went on to study drawing °

- and printmaking, at the Académie Julian and Atelicr 17 in Paris.
:‘s:, Coupey completed a master of arts in English and creative
writing at UBC and has been an instructor in the English
- department at Capilano College since 1970.
_He is also a member of the Art Institute at Capilano College
where he received a certificate in printmaking in 1992. Coupey
. has won numerous awards for both
. the founding editor of ‘The Capilano Review and a founding co-
_. editor of The Georgia Straight. He has published four books of
2, poetry and has shown his work ina a vanity of solo and group

and painting and was_

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CAPILANO Coltege’s Pierre Coupey is one of the 14 artists involved In the Visions of the North Shore
Millennium Project, currently on view at the West Vancouver Museum, and Archives. :

exhibitions. His ett work is held in both private and public col-
lections in Canada, the United Srates and Europe.

For Visions, Coupey is working on a print of Dundarave
Pier. He has spent a lot of time at the Jocation and says “It’s a
beautiful place. One of the things I really like about it is it just
gives you a special vantage point to the water. You really can feel
close and when we have those storms, it’s one of the first places
that I go to. You get right out to the end and wait for those
huge waves and that’s a lot of fun.”

Dundarave Pier was built by the municipality of West
Vancouver in 1914 to provide ferry service from Dundarave to

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It is casy to take for. granted the place where we live. Coupey. a
reminds us that the North Shore “.... is a powerful place and it~’
has a powerful light. It is a a specific Pacific Northwest light — it
imbues you and we are privileged to have this. We are very lucky
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