'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'Steve's house', 11"x15", watercolour

Some life drawings with pastel reworked into them:










'pool on Perseverance Creek", 11"x15", watercolour

more conte crayon and watercolour on watercolour paper or Janson History of Art Tome handmade paper.

watercolour and conte crayon on watercolour paper or homemade Janson History of Art Tome paper.

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'water discharging from a canyon on Forbidden Plateau', 11"x15", watercolour

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conte crayon and watercolour

This past weekend I was part of an exhibition in our village which consisted of some local artists; John Mortensen, April Lafferty and myself, with some visiting artists from Vancouver. The visiting artists were from Vancouver's Taiwanese arts community; Shya-fen Billington, Wu-Tzanq Liaw, and Chih-Hsiung Chien. Chih-Hsiung Chien brought a nifty little printing press manufactured in Taiwan and Japan and spent part of the weekend producing lovely little prints. Apparently his friend in Taipei is importing some of the components from Japan, and making the little presses to sell in kits. Not for sale here, and apparently just starting up in Taiwan; considerable interest from elementary schools as a way of introducing kids to the printmaking process. He let me do a drawing and print it up; very nice postcard size arrangement. Apparently you can buy bigger outfits. It works similar to the old Gestetners of my childhood, however the paper is thinner and more sensitive to the pencil. It provides an interesting line quality, as you can see above, and drawing on the tissue isn't too awkward.


Chih-Hsiung with my finished drawing on the template.


Inking the drawing.


Printing the drawing.


You can make about 40 prints apparently.

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'Myra Falls', 11"x15", watercolour

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'Perseverance Creek one', 11"x15", watercolour

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'toward Union Bay from Courtenay', 11"x15", watercolour


'toward Comox Glacier and Mirren Lake', 11"x15", watercolour


'The Red Pillar from Black Cat Mountain', 15"x22", watercolour


'view to Comox from Courtenay', 11"x15", watercolour

went to see a fella from our life drawing group perform in town; he sang and played zither, harp and guitar; some of his own compositions and a lot of old folk songs from all around Europe and even Quebec; some of them sung in archaic English and German. Really old stuff, very enjoyable and pleasant to sketch him all the while.

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crayon on masonite

crayon on masonite drawings.

Summer is here with all it's distractions, so posting will be less frequent for the next few months.

second to last life drawing session of the season

'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour

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'terrain from Mt. Frink', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of the mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'terrain from Mt. Frink toward Castelcraig', 11"x15", watercolour

drawings with watercolour

'Comox Lake and Boston Ridge', 11"x15", watercolour


'terrain toward Castlecraig', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view to mainland', 11"x15", watecolour

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'Albert Edward from near Ruth Masters Lake', 15"x22", watercolour

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'Kings Peak Glacier', 15"x22", watercolour


'Comox Glacier from Carey Ridge', 15"x22", watercolour


'Milla Lake from near Iceberg Peak', 15"x22", watercolour

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This weeks life drawing.

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Recent derivative figurative drawing with spraypaint on old handmade paper that I made as a student 30 years ago by tossing my Janson History of Art tome into the pulp making machine.

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'untitled view on west coast', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view from Mt. Washington', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of the mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled west coast', 11"x15", watercolour


'island's end', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"z15", watercolour

'Elkhorn from King's/Queen's col two', 15"x22", watercolour

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'clouds over Vancouver Island', 11"x15", watercolour

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Interpretive derivative figure studies

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'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", oil on board


'Elkhorn from Kings/Queens Col', 15"x22", watercolour


'Rees Ridge', 15"x22", watercolour


'Phillips Ridge', 15"x22", watercolour


'Landslide Lake', 15"x22", watercolour

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a couple of these are composites of two drawings from close to same angle.

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'the Golden Hinde, one', 11"x15", watercolour


'the Golden Hinde, two', 11"x15", watercolour

'Sarita Lake', 11"x15", oil on board


'The Big Store', 6"x9", oil on board

Recent small oil paintings.

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Small oil sketches done in last couple of weeks.

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It was a dark and stormy night, and I figured I'd better get on and attempt that illustration for my friends Steve and Dany; Dany is the publisher of a great bi-weekly local paper we have here in Cumberland, and Steve is organizing a writing contest in it based on the famous dark and stormy night contest.

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'untitled close to mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'vapours and Mt. Harmeston', 11"x15", watercolour

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'untitled close to mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled close to mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled close to mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled close to mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'Slocum and Foster from Landslide Lake', 11"x15", watercolour


'Across Landslide Lake', 11"x15", watercolour

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Cousin James. crayon on gessoed masonite.

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an old image found on the back of one of my pieces of paper; 11"x15", a view of the waterline under the granite rock on an Ontario lake.


'untitled alpine study', 11"x15", watercolour


'The Golden Hinde', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of the mainland', 11"x15", watercolour

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life drawings from Jan. 19

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'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour


'north end of Denman Island', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 11"x15", watercolour

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'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour


'untitled view of the mainland', 15"x22", watercolour

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'shadow on insurance building', 11"x15", watercolour


'untitled view of mainland', 15"x22", watercolour

poster for a class I might be teaching locally.

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'rank grass and sheds in back alley, Cumberland', 11"x15", watercolour

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'alley behind Dunsmuir', 11"x15", watercolour