There is a column in OVAC’s magazine (Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition) called Ekphrasis which connects the disciplines of poetry and art allowing them to inspire each other. I like to believe paintings or photographs are visual poetry, but they have often inspired me to write. Like painting, there are lots of failures and mediocre works […]
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Once Imagined…
After nearly a year of anticipation, the book launch is done and the exhibition is in its last week. (You can still see it at Auburn’s satellite location at the Shipyards at the waterfront in Gravenhurst until the 15th of October – Terry the curator says it’s the last exhibition for the year and some […]
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Once Imagined Launches September 30th!
It is finally here… The book of stories, paintings and photos of a series of Muskoka historical and abandoned buildings launches September 30th at the Auburn Gallery in Gravenhurst. There will also be an exhibition of the last paintings from the series that will run until Thanksgiving. Join us at the Auburn Gallery in Gravenhurst at […]
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Change is inevitable. Even while getting ready for September 30th – the final date for the opening and book launch. There will be more on that coming soon. But, for now, I thought I’d share this photo I took last year in the Oklahoma Panhandle that seems to fit things perfectly. ~
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The Making of a Book
I have always had an obsession with the abandoned, but I never intended on making a book. I just liked to blog my art process. Painting takes a long time for me. Getting these places on canvas is a slow experience that requires reference photographs, drawings, multiple compositions, colour scheme and finally the painting process. I use the […]
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Four Corners in Photographs II
Part II of the Four Corners road trip. In total we drove around 2500 miles in 10 days. It was grueling at times, but just when you think you’ve had enough, there are views like these and people like Delphina Sells, the Navajo Medicine Woman we met at Shiprock. She was with her son, Roderick […]
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