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My dad lives on the edge of Lethbridge, Alberta in a house with a wedge-shaped lot that backs on to some railway tracks. If you go out the back gate, down the path that runs parallel to the tracks for … Continue reading
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Anie and I spent the afternoon last weekend in Fernie, and on our way home in the late afternoon the sun was turning the Steeples range into a light-show. As we crossed the bridge into Wardner I got Anie to … Continue reading
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In a rare moment I found myself with a few hours on a Saturday afternoon with a canvas gesso’d and ready to paint. I even had an idea waiting for this moment so I didn’t have to much prep, just … Continue reading
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Over the Christmas holidays I grabbed an afternoon to myself and headed to downtown to do some drawing of old buildings and stock up on art supplies from Mona Lisa on 17th (it’s seriously a tragedy that such a nice … Continue reading
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Over the last few days I finally got time to get a few ideas to the press. I ran out of wood blocks months ago and as way leads to way I haven’t had time to make more. Last week … Continue reading
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Some random sketchbook pages from the last couple of weeks:
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As a musician and graphic artist, one of my favourite creative pursuits is creating album art for other musicians. There is a unique challenge to take a collection of songs, a title, and try to distill some artwork that is … Continue reading
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Every year the little mountain church up the road puts on a great little Christmas Eve service at the historic Wildhorse Theatre at Fort Steele. The service is always very creative and community oriented. This year is the 16th annual … Continue reading
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Waiting for a large image to flatten and print a bunch of times, filled the time drawing an imaginary mode of transportation.
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I’ve been doing a bit of drawing lately in my spare (!) time and I thought I’d share with you a few pages from my Moleskine. I decided to take some of my favourite movie titles and re-tool them into … Continue reading
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This last weekend I was in Revelstoke for a conference doing some graphic recording, and they handed out these nifty enviro-notebooks. In addition to having the logo I designed screened on the cover (always cool to see your own work … Continue reading
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Here are the final incarnations of the posters I’ve been working on for the Gallery 7 Theatre season. Last year I had such a blast making these posters, and this year follows suit. This year we were trying to integrate … Continue reading