Journal
Love Broke Open: Part One
I know sorrow. I know hurt. I know pain. I know suffering and I know unforgiveness. I know what it’s like to live wondering… is this it? Is this what life’s about? I know what it’s like to want to believe there’s more to life than just going through the motions every...
Cardinals, Robins and the Heart of the Canadian Rockies
"This piece of heaven that I’ve found Rocky Mountains and black fertile ground Everything I need beneath that big blue sky Doesn’t matter where I go This place will always be my home Yeah I’ve been Alberta Bound for all my life And I’ll be Alberta Bound until I die.”...
Secrets of the Great Bear Sea
"My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American Poet Secrets of the Great Bear Sea—an abstract representation of the mystery and wonder that...
Exhibiting at Artusiasm Art Gallery
Last night a new art gallery in Toronto opened with a standing room only crowd and I was happy to be among the 70 artists participating with my crazy fun piece 'Becoming Truly Alive'. Artusiasm is the new gallery and creative event space, owned by the most...
The Land of the Midnight Sun
"There was a time when it was believed that everyone was the same – animals, birds and humans. It was believed that a creature or human could change from animal to bird, human to animal, bird to animal. It was also believed that with the change, animals...
Dreaming in paint for the Yukon…
From the depths of the waters that flow, the scale of the mountains on high, the wildness that refuses to be tamed, there resides a reservoir of strength that awaits any on a quest of seeking to know oneself. It beckons the hungering spirit. It tests us to...
Yukon: One of the last great wildernesses
"There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting; It’s luring me on as of old; Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting So much as just finding the gold. It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder, It’s the forests where silence has lease; It’s the beauty...
Fun in the sun, art show and now gearing up for the Yukon
That's my handsome guy Paul and the love of my life, in the photo. I'm standing on the tips of my toes to get in the shot. Yup he's tall and I'm kinda short. We made a mini vacation out of the Art Fusion Galleries Exhibition trip. Enough time to enjoy some...
Announcing Beautiful World’s Canada Legacy Project
Last year as I dived deep into asking myself what type of an artist I really wanted to be and what legacy I wanted to leave behind, this idea for a BEAUTIFUL WORLD PROJECT whispered in my heart. A project devoted to lighting up the world through art by...