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February 19, 2020
This painting is loosely based on a view of the Comox Valley, perhaps from Cumberland or somewhere in the Beaufort Mountains. It describes the place in a mountainbike ride or a hike you ...
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Windows Into the Past - Visiting the National Gallery
January 13, 2020
This December I had my dream experience of spending two days, mostly alone, at our National Gallery in Ottawa. I have been asked several times what my favourite piece was but I ...
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My Friend the Weekly Planner
October 3, 2019
A weekly planner has been part of my daily life for over ten years now. There are countless ways of keeping track of life’s commitments; such as in a wall calendar, computer ...
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Creative Impulse
July 3, 2019
Lately I’ve been writing in my journal almost daily as well as taking pictures as a way to stay in touch with my creativity in the midst of a busy life with ...
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Burning Thoughts
May 7, 2019
Over the years I’ve had a few dreams about fire. Sometimes I see the licking flames in sharp detail and other times something is burning more in the distance. A couple times there ...
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Monarch Mountain
March 26, 2019
This painting called “Monarch Mountain” is inspired by a hike with a friend in Atlin, B.C. (near Whitehorse) last summer. Due to this being a south facing slope in a northern latitude ...
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Giving Thoughts Wings
February 5, 2019
Daydreaming is a way of making connections in our life, finding meaning and coming up with new ideas. People value busyness and the resulting rewards of a productive life but I believe ...
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The Artist's Path
January 8, 2019
One thing I’ve learned about being an artist is that no one else will tell you that you must create. An artist needs to have their own belief in what they have ...
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Book Review: "Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer
August 31, 2018
Categories: Inspiration
I really enjoyed this recommendation by a visitor on the studio tour. The main lesson in this book is that creativity shouldn’t be thought of as strictly the realm of artists or ...
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