Pink Supermoon, Victoria, BC Photo credit: Jackie Bourne 2020. Went outside to find the moon, didn’t see anything and just as I turned around to go back inside, I saw a glow that I thought was a street lamp at first. It wasn’t a street lamp. 😉 So I spent a few minutes chasing the…
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…
Happy Earth Day 2018! xo
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 found out about The Artists for Conservation Festival a few years ago. Some of the most amazing and inspiring art that I’ve ever seen has come from this yearly art event. These artists and the people involved in this are so seriously dedicated and passionate about saving animals and their habitats in which they…
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…
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…
Had a really inspiring day out in nature in Stanley Park at Beaver Lake today and made a new squirrel friend. When people would walk by he’d run into his home in the tree to hide then come back out when the other people were gone. I swear he was posing for the camera.…
