Tag: nature
How Inspiration Appears
June 2, 2026
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How do we get inspiration, a good idea, or a “lightbulb moment” to appear? I think partially it comes from an inner readiness to respond to the world around you. If you ...
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How to Trick Time (Before It Tricks You)
March 30, 2026
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
One summer, when I was about ten years old, there was a moment in time that I haven’t forgotten. It wasn’t an exciting moment, more of an everyday moment.
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Carpe Diem
February 27, 2026
Categories: Art Process, Nature
In this painting, called: “Carpe Diem” (“seize the day” in Latin), the walls of the house have magically disappeared. What is usually pictured indoors, or on a patio, is instead outside, surrounded ...
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Reflection
January 29, 2026
There is a maze of trails in the area I live that mountain bikers call The Vortex. Once you go in, you may not find your way out. In this place, just ...
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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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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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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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