On Air Canucks, delays are a big fat whatever. There’s food, entertainment and no stink, stank or stunk. Sven Baertschi wasn’t bothered. He sat down in the right side of the plane, seat 9D beside Alex Biega, took out a pad of paper, grabbed a pencil and got back to work. Baertschi is an artist, you see, a wizard with an HB, 9B or a 9H, or even a pen. Just give him a writing utensil and stand back.
HORVAT was written across his page in bold graffiti lettering and he had to finish shading in a few places before he gave it to Bo. He’s also done one for his seatmate Biega and is hoping to sketch one for everyone on the team before season’s end. After the HORVAT, Baertschi gave props to the city he calls home sketching a VANCITY.
Baertschi grew up in Switzerland and it had a major impact on him and his brother and the artists they’ve become. He explained graffiti is everywhere, on trains, in tunnels, on overpasses; every letter, different fonts, colours galore. That style is evident in the above VANCITY and in the piece he made for Horvat, which Bo will display on his fridge at home where all good art belongs.
Baertschi will continue practicing his latest drawing obsession: 3D art. He said 3D art is on the rise in Switzerland and, inspired by it, he’s taught himself to draw a hole that if looked at from a certain angle, looks like it goes right through the paper. Turns out you don’t need a ridiculous adult colouring book to be creative these days after all.
honestly the leafs are the biggest fucking cockteases imagine pissing away 55 minutes of a game just to cut the lead down to one goal and then not finishing the job