Tag: Blog Post

  • Push & Pull

    I’ll be updating my website with an image of this new painted wood cutout soon.  For now though, just a little teaser. I’m still trying to think of a good title for this piece….  Any suggestions?

  • The Four Walls of My Studio

    I set up my studio for a studio visit the other day and realized I had a lot of work!  Since I don’t really put everything on display and set everything up like this very often, I thought it was a good opportunity to take some photos…so I thought why not do a 360 shot…

  • Spring – Pink & Blue Blooms

    It’s good to be back in the studio and working again.  I’ve been busy working on the wood cut outs I made in Banff, but I didn’t have enough time while there to actually paint them. Trying something different this time, the way that I’m painting the flowers.  We’ll see how it looks when the…

  • Portrait Painting as an Act of Love

    When I was doing research for my MA thesis paper on portraiture, in 2003, I came across a story by Pliny the Elder.  It was about the invention of drawing/painting.  A Corinthian maiden traced the profile of her lover using charcoal and the shadow of his face on a wall.  He was about to depart…

  • And then it snowed

    I thought I was escaping the snow of Banff…only to return to Vancouver and have it snow here.  Some photos of Kitsilano Beach, covered in a blanket of snow.  The clouds were dark and low…the mountains hidden.  The water lapped up on the beach and tickled the edge of the snow. I felt pretty lucky at…