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Anatomy of a Painting: Orchid Branches on Cambodian Print
Steps I used to create Orchid Branches on Cambodian Print, 36 x 48″, mixed media on canvas READ MORE
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I have finally arrived at the Leighton Artist’s Colony
Imagine a “campus” filled with extraordinary and creative people from all disciplines pursuing their artistic goals…and then have dinner with them looking over the Rockies…and then as you walk to… READ MORE
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Banff Centre Frenzy and Tunnel Mountain
oday I hiked up a mountain – it was glorious. But that was only the beginning. I was given a tour of the Banff Centre (how can everyone be so… READ MORE
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Thinking about “my process” at Lake Louise
In Banff Centre-speak, it’s all about envisioning your “process” and then producing the work. I have always thought of myself as a realist painter since the basic drawing of the… READ MORE
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Is Everyone a Genius Here?
A few nights ago, I shared a dining room table with an Australian Aboriginal author of 26 books, some of which were written to educate about the true history of… READ MORE
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Work Begins in Earnest
Somehow I have found myself tucked away in my studio in the forest, hours flying by, with no interruption. Not even music. I hear the breeze rustling through the trees,… READ MORE
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Living Artfully
This is what one young artist told me his “project” was. I think I am already living artfully, so why am I working so hard? Because it’s heaven in this… READ MORE
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Two weeks left
It’s all happening so fast!! But aside from the long hours in my heavenly studio, surreptitious moments occur – wandering on a trail just outside Banff by myself and coming… READ MORE
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“If we are not back by 5:50, call us in.”
All Posts And so began my wonderful adventure of a canoe trip along Bow River, “putting in” at Castle Mountain, running the Red Earth Creek rapids, and “taking out” at… READ MORE
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Sensory Overload
All Posts I went to Calgary yesterday to see a wonderful gallery, came back just in time for “Country and Western Hour” sung by the Icelanders with a bit of… READ MORE
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I’m Having a Show!
All Posts It’s a great accomplishment for me (28 paintings and drawings) but next to Jane Goodall’s presentation Friday night, I feel quite small. What an inspiration she is and… READ MORE