Canadian artist and educator Cameron Cross was working in Altona, Canada in the late 1990s when he had a vision: to replicate Vincent Van Gogh’s seven Sunflowers paintings on a massive scale in different parts of the world. Cross selected seven sites for his Big Easel Project, based on either their sunflower agriculture or connection to the Dutch artist. So far, three of the paintings in the series have been realized. Cross began right there in Altona, Sunflower Capital of Canada, in 1998. His second installation was in Emerald, Australia, a…
