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Latest Update: Feb 13th, 2024.

 

WELCOME

Whenever I finish a new painting or something newsworthy occurs, I'll update this page.   

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WHAT'S HAPPENING 

Spring is around the corner and things are heating up in the studio! 

- Finally finished "#1, Downtown Series, Going To Work, District 1881" 

I've loaded it to the new "Downtown Series" gallery, along with some writing describing a few thoughts on its creation and the inspirations behind it.  

#1, Downtown Series,"Going To Work, District 1881" acrylic on canvas, 30" x 48", 2024.

Putting the last fallen leaf on the overhang of the Uptown Grill.

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- Recently repainted a piece from 2019 "Gliding in the Old Growth". This can happen if a painting hangs around the studio too long. 

"Gliding In The Old Growth", acrylic on panel, 20 1/4" x 24", 2019-2023.

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- Added a new video a while back! Click here to go to the Video page. 

It's exciting to combine my painting, music/sound, and video interests!

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- Other work in progress - #40 in the Sunnyside Series. This series has been a 15 year journey of giving voice to the shoreline of my home waters of Cultus lake, in all it's amazing light and shadow. When painting #1 in 2009, I never imagined painting #40 in 2024. I often wonder now - which one will be the last?

 

Work in progress, #40, Sunnyside Series, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 72".  This is the second largest painting in the series, after #31.

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- Recently added a new little painting in a new series - Fern Figure 1, "In the Place My Wonder Comes From". This is the first painting I've ever done that was inspired by a sculpture that I made. 

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- Also recently added a new gallery page with photos of the first piece in a sculpture series I'm excited about titled - "Fern Figure Sculpture Series" - a new addition to my art practice and a first for my website.

This sculpture series is born of living on the land, and making art out of what's around me. It's fun working in 3D and fun working outside the studio, a new direction that I'm excited to explore. This sculpture has already inspired a painting. And now the painting is inspiring more sculptures, ha ha! Love it! More to come!

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- Other painting finished a while back:

 #39 in the Sunnyside Series. This one is unlike any other in the series. 

 

"Still Learning" An exercise in actualization. 

 

"The Call, #3, Deleted Scenes From An Unmade Movie" series

   

"The Call", 3 Deleted Scenes From An Unmade Movie Series , acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30".

 

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* Check out the news page to read about my studio being open for visits.

 

 

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- To see photos from my solo show "Love This Land"

   held at the O'Connor Gallery in Chilliwack, BC, August 24 - Oct 2, 2020,  

                              #artinapandemic              

             

 

- Released 4 new print editions a while back.

 

                          

                   "#36, Sunnyside Series" (2018) Previously unreleased

 

    ...and three water images:

 

                               

                            "Home Waters"   (2020)

                       

 

                               

                  "Far Shore, Lindeman Lake"  (2007)

 

 

                         

                         "Chipmunk Creek"  (2006)

 

Check out the Print Page to see available sizes and prices

 

- Added a first to my website a while back

- a page for a photo series titled "On Ice." 

                        

                            click on image to view

 

 

* Sunnyside Series  * Limited Edition Canvas Prints *

  Check out the "Print Page" for available sizes and prices 

           

 

 

See the Gallery of Available Paintings to find out which paintings are still available for purchase. There are newer pieces as well as ones from years past.

The paintings shown here also appear in other galleries on this website according to their respective years and series.

                      

 

For those who are interested in reading about some of the thoughts and experiences that have informed my creative life - check out my Studio Blog (now suspended.)

These 35 entries were written between Feb. and Oct. 2011. They have been arranged in chronological order - oldest to newest.

 

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy.

 

   

 

  Working on "Fire and Ice, Black Tusk".                                                               In the studio.