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I have been writing about my artistic process for several years. It has given me a place to reflect on travels, books, life and generally unravel the stories behind my work.
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Berg Lake Trail: Plug and Play
September 2, 2025
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This was a last-minute trip. I only had a couple days to pack before joining a couple friends to hike the Berg Lake trail. Someone they knew had cancelled their reservation and ...
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Perspectives From Spain: On Foot and By Bike
July 31, 2025
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One of the things I value about travel, is looking back on my life from a distance and seeing it with a fresh perspective. Often when people return to the Comox Valley ...
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Larger than Life – Visiting the Guggenheim in Bilbao
July 3, 2025
Recently I visited the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao as part of our family trip to Northern Spain. I was very curious about this museum, since when I was in art school in ...
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The Spit
May 17, 2025
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I have camped at and visited Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island numerous times before with no thoughts of creating a painting. What drew me immediately to my friend’s photo of the same ...
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Nature's Free Medicine
April 2, 2025
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When I am in nature, taking an extra moment to acknowledge where I am at: what I am seeing, hearing or feeling, opens me up to be able to experience that sense ...
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My Little Green World
March 4, 2025
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Our little veggie garden and greenhouse will pump out a surprising number of vegetables over the entire growing season. Almost every day in the summer I can fill a bowl with an ...
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At the Edge of Nowhere - Amber Painting
February 4, 2025
In this painting, Amber, a yellow-orange couch is resting in the middle of the Comox logging road. The setting is referenced from a blurry photo I took at dusk in winter. I ...
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Health Equals Creativity
January 5, 2025
To live a creative life, you don’t need an ideal working space, money to buy paint, a difficult past or to have been born with tons of talent. I think the main ...
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Cougar Annie and the Art of Survival
December 2, 2024
Cougar Annie was a legendary character on the west coast. At the end of a five-day hike around the Hesquiat Peninsula with friends, we received a tour of Cougar Annie’s garden led ...
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Why I Love Bikes
October 31, 2024
I can still remember my first bike. It was a red “girls” bike with a matching red and white seat. I called it Thunder, pretending it was a horse, and rode it ...
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