When you're a painter trying to relay what a painting means to you, it forces you to sit down and be honest with yourself. This blog is the reflection on "Citrus liturgy" It was easy enough to say this painting came from a feeling loneliness but it was a loneliness I had never felt before. It wasn't specific, there was no one person that stood out that I could say I miss this person. There was just a feeling and painting this painting made me stop and contemplate why I was fe

Framed library print of Renoir’s Bal du moulin de la Galette on my bedroom wall It was 1995 when the library held an art sale. Every few years, they cleared out books pulled from the shelves. They set them up in the mall across the street, right under the artificial skylight. I always looked forward to this event. Back then, the internet was just beginning to emerge. Books were still the primary way to chase down any information. My favorite aisle was the reference section. T

How contemporary painters use formal beauty to hold and deepen grief — offering collectors emotional depth, curatorial potential, and enduring value.

I'm sitting in Rome after a very long social media break. It may surprise you though that I am not here for art but for football. My dear...

The last few months have been crazy as far as travelling and teaching goes. Lucky for me it's daylights saving and my body is telling me...

If you told me a year ago I would sign up for a 10 day mural mentorship project I probably wouldn't have believed you.

Have you ever read a book and get so into it you have to finish it that night? The next day you wake up feeling like you have an...

You will notice a reoccuring theme with me. I am constantly pushed up against tight deadlines. If I didn't do this to myself I would...

Finishing up an art Submission is a great feeling. HItting that send button knowing you have done all you can in the given time deadline....

This morning I sit here grateful for the routine of my day job. I find my schedule thrown right out the window again. A family shake up,...

I am exploring some new projects and put together a few watercolor art lesson videos for beginners the last two weeks.

This weeks blog will be the transcript of my new youtube video of my watercolor painting Budapest Nights. I'll link the video at the...

As I fly away from Florence I always get the same feeling. The longing of wanting to be at school full time, the comradery of working with

It's early morning and I am trying to get back into the swing of my normal routine. The last few months have been bouts of illness and...

I am back in the winter wonderland that is the Canadian north. After the two weeks of travel I must say, this time, I was glad to be home.

As with most things they never go exactly to plan. As I scrambled to get ready for this Paris exposition things started to unravel.

The joy of being busy, betweens jobs and a paris collaboration life got busy. I Honestly enjoy being busy. Having a focus, deadlines and...

New routines, navigating old and new languages, and deciding on art school. Looks like i have some new routines, although very unintentional

It's 2am and I lay in bed wide awake but exhausted and having to get up in 2 hrs. It is always the same thing on the first day shift back

This is my experience of writing an artist CV and what I learned.