15 years

Ahhhh

In the spring of 2013, I was fortunate to spend several weeks expanding my vision on the beautiful prairies of southwestern Saskatchewan. The landscape somehow reminded me of deeper aspects of myself both as an artist and as a person.

I know that recent events have brought the word "isolation" to the forefront of many people's minds. Many of us consider "isolation" to be a less than positive experience and something to be avoided. However, I've noticed in myself a

Have you discovered what kind of creator you are? Has it been different than what you predicted when you first began to create? Have you be part of an organization where you had to grow quickly and people took you under

November of 2006 (photo above) was my first Crawl. I was fascinated by all the artists who took part and all the people who attended. I thought, "This is a wonderful way to share art." I was hooked! So in the

I'd like to share another example of how my brush sometimes seems to know what it's doing even when the rest of me might not. Maybe you have had an experience like this while creating? Every now and then when I least

In my early days of painting I thought that I would become a cool, hard-edged abstract painter. Maybe you can picture what I had in mind? Sort of contemporary chic and edgy, wearing a lot of black, so cool as to be

Photo above: During my brief  "representational" phase, circa 1986 What have you learned in your own life about the steps to success? How did you learn those lessons? What role has a mentor (or your own experiences) played in helping you see

A few years into my fledgling career as a painter, I took another artist out for coffee. He was what I considered to be a successful artist—well-known with a well-established track record of sales and shows and accolades. I asked him

If you had been walking along 4th Avenue in Kitsilano one fall day in 2010, you might have seen an artist dancing in the street. That artist was me. I was dancing and singing “Yes, oh yes, oh yes!” and