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The Chic Choc mountains are deep in the Gaspe region of Quebec and full of surprises. The amazingly rugged area is surrounded by a coastal l...
Scale affects perception. Large becomes small becomes large, nothing is as it seems.... So it happened, that in my mind, I found myself bac...
It is a lucky day to say the least when you chance upon an albino fawn and then have two pileated woodpeckers fly across your path. So ...
As a young boy becoming an artist wasn't a question. Art was something that you did everyday. You made art by yourself and with friends...
I have recently read the book by What of Shoes, Van Gogh and Art History , Geofrey Batchen, 2009. Geofrey enlists the most powerful thinkers...
This week we entertained visitors from the prairies. One stop on our travels was the beautiful shore of the Minas Basin. The Minas...
Ideas swirl demanding expression. Sometimes painted directly and sometimes hidden, ideas express themselves in many forms. I do use...
Years ago in late December I found a spot up on Citadel Hill that provided a view over the rooftops to the harbour below. Sitting in this po...
My mind is still thinking beaches and not a full descent into winter but the first winds of winter blow over the northeast. Being November,...
Pumpkins serve as life models and subjects for abstraction. Space becomes visible through paint. Monsters and ghosts do...
We have been under clouds with everything from drizzle to downpours for the last few days. Along the sidewalk leading to the library the day...
The drawing of blooming morning glories had just been completed when I was listening to a radio broadcast on the CBC in Canada. The interv...
I wanted to mention that the paint I have been using for the last number of years is manufactured in Canada by D.L. Stevenson & So...
A short distance from home a favourite painting site at Lacey Brook remains. It is just far enough off the beaten track that urban noise i...
Somehow it always feels good to make a drawing. Having a pencil or some other mark maker on hand and ready is a first step but then the qu...
Morning glory plants have amazed me for years. Some years you get none and some years it's ok. I can't tell the difference but th...
A friend passed along some seeds a year or so ago. She said they came from a plant called the Maltese Cross. Well the seeds were ready and ...
A stack of pots becomes a drawing. The simplicity of the tools and the familiarity of household objects turns a drawing project into an ...
Our garden is home to many plants that I have drawn and talked about over and over but I wonder if I have mentioned famous birds that hav...
Finally able to spend some time painting. It is something I have wanted to do for some time. Over the last month we have travelled by c...
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