Banff in the Canadian Rockies - Lake Louise - Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - Vintage Travel Poster by James Crockart c.1936 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 12 x 16 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - James Crockart - JAMES CROCKART (1885-1974) British, Canadian artist known for his paintings. A native of Stirling, Scotland, was born on 19 July 1885 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He served his apprenticeship with a local architect from 1902 to 1909, then moved to Chipping Campden where he became an assistant to Charles R. Ashbee, a leading Arts & Crafts architect in England. After emigrating to Canada in 1911 he briefly resided in Montreal and worked as assistant to Saxe & Archibald for eight months, then moved to Saskatoon where he formed a partnership with Robert M. Thompson. Their collaboration was shortlived, and ended in 1914 when Crockart returned to Montreal to enlist and serve overseas during WWI. After 1920 he spent much of his career as a commercial artist and industrial designer in Montreal until the late 1940's. He died in Huntington, Que. on 19 April 1974