“Can You Hear the Music?” was this year’s submission to BC Children’s Hospital for their Holiday Card program. I believe that this is the 22nd year I have participated in their fundraiser for the hospital.
Set against the vintage wallpaper background, the retro rotary dial phone has been witness to countless messages, tears and stories.
If there is one thing that I have learned is that everyone has a story and this vintage Royal typewriter has recorded many stories. I do a little writing myself and there are times when the perfect words fall out of the ether with almost no thinking about it. And other times, with … Read More
A soft colours of a setting sun are always welcome and remembered in the mind’s eye.
My senses are alway heightened when I am at the coast, the salt is in the air can be detected, the water lapping at the shore can be heard and the beauty of the natural world can still be seen.
Even though there is a the quiet lapping of the water at the shore, silence and peace are felt, as light reaches across the water.
The inspiration for this painting came from the tiny cabins on Hollyburn Mountain. They were originally built in the 1920’s and 1930’s and many still remain today. All the cabins were built with timbers in the vicinity of the cabin site. Today the sites are leased from the municipality and it is my understanding that … Read More
This little piece was a conceptualized vision of a rural agrarian countryside. It was a fun stylized piece of a rural community, growing food and eating fresh off the land .
This beautiful Cedar stood in the sun with its draping branches allowing the light to catch on its foliage…a magical moment caught on canvas!!
This piece was painted for the Federation Gallery’s Climate Crisis Exhibition. The object was to paint an image that was perhaps disturbing or inspired conversation around the idea of our changing climate: Brainstorming concepts as to what are some of the causes of climate change and from a balance with nature perspective, what are viable … Read More