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Ok, I am looking forward to tidying up the  website and making it a bit more streamline. So I will be getting to that sometime soon....so watch for a that coming up. Lots of artwork is  available for gifts for Christmas...check out Available art category. Also...

I have always been a horse lover. When I was about 12 years old, my brothers and I were lucky enough to get two lovely mares. A big buckskin named Shawny and a smaller Arab named Christie. They were great horses, we loved them and spent many happy hours with them...

It is the field work that creates the passion that keeps me painting the long hours that it takes to create wildlife art. The excitement of seeing the animals in their natural habitat living their lives. We are so fortunate to live in the interior of BC just minutes...

The first month of the year 2922 is almost done. My year has started out  differently than I expected.  Yet it has been so great to  have lots of time with family. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family. Grateful to each and everyone one of them for their...

Well we have jumped into a new year and I wish every one  a wonderful healthy happy 2022. Lets make this year the best yet!

Sometimes I have a cute or funny idea in my head. After a while of percolating on it, I just have to paint it to get it out of my head. My whimsy art is all about silly and fun. A thought or idea that makes me smile. The cute or silly factor of an animal in a...

This year has been an odd one...with Covid, extreme drought and the BC wild fires. I sure can't say that I have enjoyed it. Lots was scary, worrying and sad.  But I am so grateful to have had such wonderful people around me. While we have not had the chance to see...

Wishing you all a Great Day! Sometime I forget to do write this blog and let  everyone know how it is going in the studio. It has been a great busy year with lots of paintings being created. I work hard to create the very best artwork that I can ....make better...

It is awesome to be invited to create a unique artwork. To take their special idea to create some brand new ....something unique that will always speak to their heart. This is artwork to celebrate the love of your pets or bring your happy wild place into your living...

Hello all, if you have been watching  you may have noticed that my website disappeared from the web for a bit.  Tech problems happen and unfortunately the site failed...and I lost about 9 months of information, photos, blogs etc. But I am so grateful to my wonderful...

Well it has been a year to remember and we are only at Sept. I am.... as so many already looking forward to being past this year and looking back at it as a memory. Hopefully soon the pandemic will be over but I know that will not be as soon as we all would like. ...

This painting is addressing the sad fact that we are losing our songbirds due to the poisons that we use to increase our yields of crops. The pesticides kill not only the bugs but all the creatures that eat the bugs too. Lost Song is a painting of barn swallows flying...

Was just looking for a beautiful point on a brush to create that wonderful flash of reflection in the eye of my animal on the easel. The brush needs to come to a marvellous sharp point while still holding enough paint to do the job. All the ones in use have worn down...

We do allot of hiking, we head out and up the trails systems in BC and sometimes we just scramble up the hillside above us without using the trails (Neil is better at full on cross country than I am, boy can he hike) We do it to enjoy nature and see the animals that...

I am collecting all the time. Collecting little bits of nature...pinecones, stones, dried leaves and feathers...for their beauty and so I will know what they really look like to paint them. Creating and collecting photos of nature, all the animals,  the mountain side,...

It has been a few years now but my Out of the Dark series was and is still an inspiration to my other artwork. That year due to our work schedule we only had time to exercise after supper...and in the dark. We would walk our country mile in the dark with only the...

  Horses - they have been part of my whole life. The decades of my life can be paired to a number of wonderful horses. We have ridden the pastures and the mountains...learned so many things together. They have been great friends and even a few stubborn...

So pleased that my book is now available. This is something I have been thinking of for several years. A fun silly project filled with love and laughter. A small mouse that wanted to fly...the illustrations show all that this little clever fellow tries in his pursuit...

Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming... the fishing and wildlife art is perfect for Dad. The whimsy art is great for the nursery, grandma's house or anyone who loves to smile. What about mom...she would be delighted with the horse art and squirrels. All the family...

To create... To create beauty... To solidify a moment... To represent an animal... To exceed expectations... Share a love... Illuminate a part of me without using speech... Showcase importance... Make a connection... Tell a story... Show a soul…mine and theirs…touch...