Tag: art history

  • Photo Diary Part 1: Rome/Vatican

    It has been a bit quiet on the blog front this past month.  I’ve just returned from a two and a half week trip to Europe for my sister’s wedding in Positano, Italy.  It was a beautiful wedding in a stunning locale, on the Amalfi Coast.  I was lucky enough to be able to travel…

  • Seduction is a Double-Edged Sword

    Seduction is a Double-Edged Sword

    I was going to wait until I took some better photos before I unveiled my new painting, but I haven’t had time to re-photograph the painting yet. The thing is, I often have a really difficult time trying to photograph my paintings, trying to capture all of the minute details in a photograph that also…

  • Texting, texting, 1, 2, 3…

    I went to a couple of really great artist talks these past two weeks. One was by Damien Moppett, whose show I still have to see at The Rennie Collection, a space I fully encourage everyone to go check out in Vancouver. (You have to book an appointment to go see the exhibitions, but it’s…

  • The Arctic Wolf & The White Hart

    The Arctic Wolf & The White Hart

    I recently delivered a couple of portrait commissions that I had been working on for the last few months.  Ryan and Chloe first saw my work at the Eastside Culture Crawl a couple of years ago, when I was still at the William Clark Studios.  I remember meeting them then, and Chloe really liked my…

  • Happy Accidents of the Swing

    Earlier this spring, I started a new painting with dark looming green storm clouds. At the end of May, I posted an early sneak peek on my blog, which you can find here.  The painting took a bit of a back seat over the summer and then I went away on my Ox-Bow residency. I…