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Painting - "PILLARS OF REASON"
Acrylic & chalk on Canvas
66" X 42"
From my studio in downtown Vancouver I would walk around the Classic architecture of commercial buildings, look across Coal Harbour to the magnificent forests, mountains and ocean surrounding this city and marvel at the contrast of stone and greenery existing together in close proximity.
Painting - "FLURRIES"
Acrylic & Pastel on Paper
30" X 22"
This area of Vancouver has historically been home to the Musqueam Indian people who hunted, fished and lived within it.. Looking at the decaying remains of what were colossal trees, I am inspired to speculate on the powerful feelings of grandeur and awe that this forest has generated for those who have walked through it.
VISAC GALLERY, Trail, B.C. 1994
Painting - "SURVIVAL"
Acrylic & Pastel on Paper
30" X 22"
In the fall the roadside weeds are in a last 'grip of life' before winter sets in. Their exploding seed pods are a brave act of survival. My shadow on the landscape indicated man's presence - one of destroying and polluting or preserving and renewal - the choice is ours.
Painting - "FRICTIONAL DRAG"
Mixed Media on Canvas
53" x 42"
Swash marks are an oceanographical term for the tiny lines of sand left on a beach by each receding wave. I have tried to depict the feelings of serenity and renewal that a newly washed beach can evoke but waves also inevitably leave debris!
