Creating PLAYFUL BEINGS Tarot Deck – a peek behind the scenes
On February 29, 2024, I launched my first Kickstarter campaign! The goal is to self-publish my very first tarot deck, PLAYFUL BEINGS. In this post, I'm going to share some behind-the-scenes images of creating the PLAYFUL BEINGS tarot deck. It’s been a long, creative journey that all started in January 2023 when I ...
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Intaglio Printmaking – A Great Medium for Nature Art
Caribou in a snow storm (2024) I had a wonderful opportunity in January to take an Intaglio Printmaking course at artsPlace in Canmore, AB with artist Alison Brown. I had never heard of intaglio printmaking but I fell in love with it from the first class. This technique seemed to unlock a skill in my hands I didn't know I ...
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Winter Sunset Linocuts – Art Prints and Cards
One of the things I love about both the prairies and the mountains are the sunsets. They provide me with such solace and hope. One day, I was driving down the QE2 highway between Edmonton and Calgary and I had a brainwave for a set of linocuts. They are one part my prairie upbringing and the other part my present mountain ...
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Baker Lake in Banff National Park
This past summer, we went hiking up to Baker Lake. It's a hiking area near the infamous Skokie Lodge in Banff National Park. Our three day hiking trip started with a challenge - a huge rainfall after 3 weeks of wildfire smoke from B.C. We got 5mm of rain throughout the whole day and everything, clothes, backpacks, shoes, ...
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Snowy Days and Nights
Snowy Night in the Rocky Mountains Victoria Park at Sundown I love the quiet mystery of a snowy winter night. And I love the crisp, sparkling light of a snowy winter ...
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Let the water run over me.
A recent grouping of my abstract mountain series that focuses on the power of water in the mountains. Not intentionally, many of these paintings are from my memories of hiking the Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park in B.C. I'm most happy hiking when I'm beside a river or a stream. Giant Waterfall and River in Yoho ...
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Garden Sketches from Mexico
I was fascinated by traditional wooden masks of various animals. I've read that the Jaguar symbolizes the agricultural cycle and the rainy season. Back in October 2019, we had the opportunity to travel Mexico with two dear friends. Our one friend was born in Mexico and his family hails from Guanajuato. When we arrived at ...
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