Grey Whale and Standing One – New Painting! Inspiration: For years, I’ve ridden my bike around Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC and passed by this beautiful ancient landmark recently renamed Slhx̱í7lsh (Squamish language) by the Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Squamish First Nations, meaning ‘Standing Person’ or ‘Standing One’. On this morning, to see a grey whale…
Happy Valentine’s Day, Lunar Chinese New Year and Family Day weekend! Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day, Lunar Chinese New Year and Family Day weekend! LOVE and UNITY (Dolphin circle), Colored Pencil on paper, 10in x 10in, (circa 2002). I drew this one from life – a wooden sculpture of two dolphins that I used…
Earth Reset, new painting sketch, Pen on paper, 9in x 12in This sketch was strangely inspired from the crazy times we’re living in right now with the Covid-19 Pandemic. While almost every single person on the planet is at home and businesses shut down, it’s not a mystery how and why the natural world has…
Sometimes an idea for a painting will haunt me for years. This one I’ve had on the back burner since a trip to Spain ten years ago. I knew at the moment I was standing there, it was a moment for me that I’d never forget. A dream realized that the beauty of our…
At the Artists for Conservation festival last weekend at Vandusen Gardens in Vancouver, BC… Every year this event consistently has some of the best art I get to see. I was so blown away by how beautiful and realistic the paintings are. They have a no photo policy but they let me get away with…
I LOVE ‘old’ in nature…like ANCIENT old! Whenever I visit Salt Spring Island I go searching for old rocks and formations. I was very pleasantly surprised when I came across this beach at the north end of the Island. At first I thought they were fossils but with the help of a couple trusted…
Last week, I hiked up to the top of Mount Erskine on Salt Spring Island. After recently hiking up the Lions Mountains in Vancouver, this one was much easier in comparison – not that the two can be compared, they’re both majestic and beautiful. Erskine though is basically a hike (upwards of course 😉 through…
I had a really good start to my 40th birthday year last Saturday climbing 6.5 hours up the East Lions Mountain and 4 back down. It was by far the most difficult thing I’ve done not only physically but trying to keep balance when muscles started to fatigue in spots where falling back or…
I had to take a selfie at one of the places that inspires me and my art the most…under the sea with the fish and the coral. Though you can’t see them in this photo, there are a couple of sharks over my left shoulder (on the other side of the glass).
I’m so glad I decided to go to the Aquarium in Toronto when I was there last week. Despite the 1200 kids, when I finally made it through to where these sharks and fish were, I was in heaven. The only time other than this that I’ve seen a shark was snorkeling in Mexico…
