This is one of the first images in a new portfolio I am working on. Reflections of Innocence #1 (7″x7″)
When you don’t plan, some things just never happen. Some events need planning, not only to occur, but to execute. This canoe trip was a result of both, a decisive moment and commitment followed by careful execution. Here’s to getting our daughters out into the wilderness. This trip had all the weather that a summer …
Almost five years ago, my family and I took a leap of faith, packed up our lives and moved 4 hours away from comfort and stability. It was both an easy and a difficult decision to make. The easy part was the beautiful part of the country we were moving to, the life imagined of …
sĭm″bē-ō′sĭs noun Lichen have scientific names as though they are a species of organism, but actually lichen is a fungus and an alga living in a symbiotic relationship (both are benefited by living together.) The fungus cannot photosynthesize so it cannot create food from solar energy, but the alga can photosynthesize. The alga needs water …
Welcome to my portfolio. Below are all my posts that will take you through a chronologic journey of my work. Much of my earlier work has been regrettably lost (won’t bore you with details). The oldest work represented here is a project I did back in 2001 and the bulk of the work picks up …
It has taken five long years for the kids and I to get back out into the canoe and go camping. A major change in life (moving to Bancroft and building a house) had left us with little time for canoe trips. The last weekend in September was unusually warm and perfect for a fall …
I have two works selected for the 2022 Juried Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Bancroft.
The Bridge Community Church (Bancroft) Men’s Canoe Trip, 2019
We were warned that this trail was not for novice hikers. The beauty of this landscape is possibly only equalled by its ruggedness. I suppose that’s part of the reason why it is so spectacular – because of how rugged and remote it is. It had been 17 years since the first time I witnessed …
Who didn’t have a rock collection as a kid? Rocks were everywhere: on the driveway, at the beach, in the river, basically everywhere we played outside. We skipped stones on the lake, as toddlers put them in our mouths, we painted them to make a pet rock and eventually we started to collect them and …