A quick end of year post. I made 73 paintings and illustrations this year. In 2022, I started working in gouache, oil, watercolor, and ink. That doesn’t mean that I’m abandoning acrylic, by any means, but it has been exciting challenge. I’ve also made an effort to start working in series more. So, I did…
I’ve been using a tool cart as my taboret for a few years now. If you are looking for a portable work surface that has storage for your studio, it is certainly worth a look. They have large castor wheels and sturdy metal drawers of varying depths that are nearly ideal for holding all of…
Recently, an Ikea Hemnes desk retired from its day job in the house to make room for something new. It was heading to the garage for storage anyway, so I decided to offer it an exciting new career in the arts. To make room, I refined the layout I created in February, correcting some minor…
Looking back, October was a busy month. At the beginning of the Month, we took the camper to Prince Albert, SK for a dog agility trial. We camped at the trial site, where there were about 20-30 chevy II variants (chevy 100, chevy nova, acadian invader, etc) wrecks sitting in the field next to our…
Sept 16-18, 2022 This was my second time going to the annual Fall Paint-Out in Rosebud, AB. This year, there was also an FCA-Calgary workshop happing in Rosebud at the same time, which meant there were about 70 Artists in town for the two events. I arrived on Friday afternoon with a plan to paint…
My wife and I tackled our first cycling tour together this September. We decided on three days of cycling with rest days in between each ride day. The three stages of the tour were: 1) Banff to Canmore and back to Banff, 2) Banff to Lake Louise, and 3) Lake Louise to Banff. Due to…
Opening night for the Mastrius 100 Days of Summer is ONE WEEK away! The show will have paintings from over 100 Mastrius Members and 10 Master Artists and is online from Friday, August 26 to Wednesday, August 31. Visit the Mastrius Art Show Website to SUBSCRIBE to the show newsletter (at the link in our…
Work in progress: A fun painting of Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park. This place is especially-special to me, because I got married right here,… well about 20’ to the left. This will likely be in the upcoming #mastriusartshow along with the work of 100 other #mastriusartist ‘s. Visit @mastrius.artshow to find out more…
Some items that are really useful in my Art Practice 1. Spring Clamps If you don’t have any of these, I encourage you to pick a bunch of them up. Once you have them, you will find uses for them all the time. You can buy plastic or steel spring clamps at places like Lee…
There is a big online art show and sale happening in August and I’ve been juried into it. Mastrius (@mastrius.official) is an artist mentorship group that started in Calgary nearly 2 years ago and has been growing like crazy. I’ve been a member for about 1.5 years and have learned so much from my excellent…