My Little Green World
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
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
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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How Colour Makes Me Feel
I’ve often imagined that observing bright colours, especially in nature, was like taking vitamins.  The neon green moss in the forest in February, an intense dark blue sky behind white snowy trees, ...
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The Creative Focus at MISSA
In hindsight, I can see that it was a random chain of events that led me to teach drawing at the Metchosin Summer School of the Arts (MISSA) this July.
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Creating Space
I have been thinking about “space” lately, while replanting some shrubs and trees.  Having to consider how much space something like an apple tree will need when it is full grown is difficult while ...
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Peace is in Patience
I think “patience” is an underrated, yet very valuable quality to have.  Patience means being able to tolerate long periods of things not looking like they are progressing, or are like they ...
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Tapping Into Creativity
It was one of those days where you feel like a walking accident waiting to happen; everything you touch either breaks, falls or doesn’t work. My accompanying state of mind was scattered ...
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How Decisions Factor in Art
I often mention to my drawing students that being an artist means you have to make art decisions. What to work on, when to work, how long, what subject matter; once you’re ...
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