I had a great opportunity to open up an art shop for a solo show in Willow Park Village, just off Macleod Trail in southern Calgary. The space is around 1500 square feet and has a lot of wall space! Willow Park Village is a great mall with lots of parking and the mall itself [...]

Newest Wildlife art flip book...

I did a flipbook for my larger images, then one for the fluid/general sized items and now I have been asked to do one in coastal colours. They're fun to create and I think they show booth the consistency and the diversity of the art well too!

I did a flipbook for my larger images and have now done one for the fluid/general sized items. They're fun to create and I think they show booth the consistency and the diversity of the art well too!

I decided to create a flip book to highlight my extra large paintings also as an easy way of sending my portfolio.. I like how simple it is.

I am an avid reader and reading the Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, right now.  I have only finished the second chapter but the book has been incredibly enlightening and powerful. The first pages are concerned with the fact that everything we have is made up or as the book [...]

I recently did an interview with Jessica Whiting for my inclusion as an artist in www.CalgaryArtMarket.com. I have included it here. here I love to photograph small images such as bumblebees and butterflies. I imaging what they see and small images in the photographs are enlarged in their eyes. This is a major inspiration for [...]

I have long lived by an artist's code of excellence and my friend John Paul explains this better than I could ever do. Below is the video. https://youtu.be/c3CkTS4L3-0

I was a graphic designer for most of my life and freelanced since 1986. Prior to becoming a designer I was hired as an accountant's assistant and they were going to sponsor me to take courses. I spoke to a friend and told her that I wanted to do art instead. She told me to [...]

I recently saw a TEDX video with artist Gwenn Seemel that spoke about why she doesn't copywrite her art. She has a point and the talk is very informational. I am not sure how I feel but personally, my work is spontanious and evolves in the moment... even I can't copy it... Here's the video. [...]

I submitted samples of my work to Baywest's Artist Program recently and out of over 90+ entries Baywest Homes chose Aurora Falls as one of 5 finalists to hang in their Harmony Aspen Showhome. I am delighted and overjoyed to be included in this group of artists and the art will be hanging over the fireplace until [...]

My art piece called Amaranthine had been selected as a semi-finalists in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series. It was a great honour and although I didn't win the big one my art was seen by a whole pile of people who might not have seen it without the extra help. To be truthful though, Amaranthine [...]

This piece shows Louie Schwartzbergs award-winning photography and short film on Gratitude and Happiness. Brother David Steindl-Rast's spoken words, Gary Malkin's musical compositions and Louie's cinematography make this a stunningly beautiful piece, reminding us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us. The banner image of Bridal Falls (top) is my [...]

Our Economy is constantly working towards more stuff and it is not always the right stuff for our health, our oceans and the earth. What if it changed towards better stuff? We can all do our part to stop this nonsense and move towards better solutions, better jobs and health, not just more stuff and [...]

Spiky Needle Sea Urchin A while ago Mark and I took a trip to Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras. We stayed in an ECO Lodge named Tranquil Seas and it was my favourite all time place to stay. It wasn't only the lush gardens, friendly environment or comfortable cabana that made this [...]

I love nature and head to the hiking trails whenever I can. Here's a great video from a camera set up in the woods.

I love bees and often photograph wild ones while hiking in the foothills near my home. We all know how necessary these insects are and we also know that our bee populations are dwindling. Note: the top banner picture is my own. I found this video of a honey bee metamorphosis from National Geographic fascinating. It features the first 21 days [...]

Captain Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, California has recently filmed and edited a 5-minute video that contains  beautiful, jaw-dropping, footage ever taken with a drone from the air of a huge mega-pod of thousands of common dolphins stampeding off Dana Point, California as well as three grey whales [...]

Special video "Valentine's Day". From an artistic point of view, the flowers are represented in the 4 seasons. The fire for the fall, ice for the winter, fast hatching (timelapses) for the spring and colour inks for the summer. https://vimeo.com/255479836

Nautilus Live shows deep sea fireworks, and a spirit of exploration! When something remarkable floats by in the middle of sampling operations, the team quickly switches gears to marvel and document. The frilled tentacles of the Halitrephes maasi jelly came into view at 1225m in the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California, Mexico. Radial canals that [...]

This is an amusing video from the BBC1 showing a Hermit Crab 'swap meet'. As hermit crabs grow, they need larger shells. Since suitable intact shells are sometimes limited, competition often occurs. The availability of empty shells depends on the relative abundance of gastropods and hermit crabs, matched for size. If the crabs vary significantly in size,  the [...]

Spending time in Peru's Amazon Rainforest and learning about the ecosystem was incredible, but the second part of our trip was even more amazing. In case you missed it: Project Peru Amazon: Part One. 5 truly enlightening days were spent volunteering (voluntouring) at Amazon Shelter. This is a centre for rehabilitation and conservation of wild animals. Magali is the [...]