Sometimes it’s interesting, I think, to see what I was painting. You can see all the choices I made while I translated the scene to my board. As artists, it’s these choices that help to say something about a place and convey our emotion. It’s our choices that make our work unique.

For people like me, that love rocky coastlines with waves crashing and tide pools full of anemones and other exciting creatures, here are a few places for you to check out. They are all easily accessible by vehicle and don’t involve long hikes carrying heavy art equipment

Off on our adventure: Me, Simon and Lucky

Time to escape the snow and the cold. Everything is so beautiful in the West Kootenays in winter, Christmassy I call it, even in early February. It just screams at me to go outside and paint. I really tried, but I guess I’m just not hardy enough