HOW TO DECIDE What To Paint!
August 23, 2022
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How Do I Decide What to Paint? If your new to painting, one dimension you may encounter is the question… But what should I paint?
Your Unique Advantage as an Artist…and a Person. – Lessons Learned From the Studio of Life.
December 16, 2020
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It occurred to me today as I thumbed through my Instagram feed that there is so much amazing art and artists out there and thank
SUNDAY UNPLUGGED, An Artists Perspective on Staying GROUNDED
August 2, 2020
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Sunday is the day I unplug. It has become part of my routine in recent months and it affords me a moment to ground myself,
Expanding DEEPER into Your DETAILS – How I Carved My Soapstone Grizzly Bear Sculpture ‘Hemlock’
August 1, 2020
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This piece began as the second block of a single piece of soapstone I cut into 2 equal parts. (The other half of this stone
Creating ‘VIRTUE’ – The Process of Carving a Great Horned Owl
July 23, 2020
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I had just returned home from a week long visit to my hometown of Prince George BC and I was ready(ish) to get back to
Broken Sculpture Broken Dreams
July 21, 2020
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I faced some adversity in the studio this last week. I had spent the week working on a new abstract piece and it was set
Humbled by Soapstone
July 11, 2020
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This year so far has been a year of expansion with regards to my sculptures. One of the first big changes I implemented was I
The Creation of my Soapstone Carving “GAIA”
February 15, 2020
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The Creation of Gaia. It was pouring rain and I was soaked. I had just spent the last hour digging through hundreds of soapstone boulders
Sculpture Classification
January 23, 2020
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The classification of my sculptures is simply a way to better understand your work of art and how it fits in to the overall body
3 POWERFUL Reasons to Buy Original Art.
January 21, 2020
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3 POWERFUL Reasons to Buy Original Art Before I get to my reasons, I want to start off by giving you some background about myself,
How the Creative Forces Aligned to Create “Eclipse” – My 500LB Grizzly Bear Stone Carving.
January 6, 2020
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“Eclipse” was the first of three planned monumental sculptures I began in the summer of 2019. This particular piece actually began about a year and
The Creation Process of “Sea to Sky”
December 24, 2019
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The first stage of carving “Sea to Sky” my 1000lb Italian marble humpback whale sculpture, began when I went to my supplier to pick out
Another Day in the Carving Studio.
December 15, 2019
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There was a chilling frost this morning when I arrived at the studio here in Squamish BC. My goal for today was to finish making
Painting The Howe Sound
May 25, 2018
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This painting took me 2 sessions to complete on location. In fact however, it took me 5 previous paintings spread out over the course
The Story Behind The Art – Painting “Alive” At Shannon Falls
April 29, 2018
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I painted this piece on a Wednesday. I already had 2 decent painting days this week and so in my mind was primed for
Sharing a Story about a Plein Air Painting
April 26, 2018
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This was the second painting of the day. Lately I have been doing a painting in the morning and a painting in the afternoon. Sometimes
30 DAYS OF ART
January 3, 2018
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30 Days of Art Challenge DAY#1 I have been contemplating doing this now for a while where i challenge myself to a walk a 30
Portrait of a Mountain
May 28, 2016
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When I go out to paint, I will at times have specific things that I am going to work on. With this painting, the word
The Value of Plein Air Painting.
April 8, 2016
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I have been thinking about writing this blog post for a while now about the relationship I have with plein air painting and the relationship
The Psychology of ARTWORK and Blending Realities
January 22, 2016
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Doing art for me throughout my life was always a very Self Reflective Process. In my 20’s as I got more into art and eventually
The Secret To Becoming An Artist
January 18, 2016
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My Expressive Period. Throughout my process as an artist my style of the work I do has shifted, changed, and evolved. In retrospect I
Inside The Artists Studio Update
January 16, 2016
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Today I worked on a new project that I started yesterday. It’s an alabaster sculpture of a sitting polar bear. My first one in this
My Purpose and Directive For Creating ART
January 11, 2016
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What interests me about art? For me creating art is an extension of my own life process of understanding who I am, and understanding Life,
Embracing Selling Your Art – The Final Stage of the Creation Cycle
January 10, 2016
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One important part of my creative process as an artist is the part where I actually have to sell the work that I make.
Embracing Myself and Embracing The Art I Make
January 9, 2016
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So I am in the process of re-designing my website…….again. I have re-designed and re-aligned my website probably 10 times over the past