Fragile Inheritance Calendar 2025

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...featuring illustrations and text from our as yet unpublished book "Fragile Inheritance, a painter's ecology of glaciated North America." 


We are really pleased with the quality, printed by CoBa Studios in our neighbouring town of Merrickville. The calendar is standard size, spiral-bound, and printed on high quality smooth paper which splendidly presents the glowing colour and crisp detail of my watercolours. The spacious calendar squares are marked with Canadian holidays and notes from our seasonal observations across several decades, to which you can compare your own sightings of the first dandelion or the last frog call - as well as quirky anniversaries of interest to nature lovers, like Rock-flipping Day, and Darwin's Birthday. The 13th month, January 2026, tells the story of the making of the book - our cross-Canada travels, how I painted in the field, and why the book, started in 1984, is even more important now, in the face of increasing climate change.

Here are the pages:

January

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November










December









January 2026









Back cover












The price of our calendar is $25. To order, please contact Aleta

Comments

  1. The Art of Phil ChadwickDecember 11, 2024 at 5:33 AM

    Brilliant work Aleta and Fred! Congratulations for making a difference with you dedication and knowledge.

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