Friday, March 14, 2008

Toboggan Run
gouache

22.9 x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")


Not Everest, just a Westview Park toboggan run. (Westview Park is a former City of Winnipeg landfill site.)


toboggan |təˈbägən| noun


ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan ‘sled.’


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