I’ve rewritten this page about 1,053.25 times. I’m gonna do something that’s uncomfortable for me. I’m gonna open up in a public way. I can do it privately; I’d even say I’m good at it. But openly, I’ve lived small. It’s hard to put yourself out there when you’ve lived your life in an small,…
The framing of language matters. When I typed the title of this blog post, I wasn’t fully sure what I wanted to talk about. But I used the word “Rebuilding”. It represented a present feeling and one I constantly have. It’s the mental taking of pieces of my past, organizing them into their right place…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”798″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background This is part one of a bigger project: a tribute to the beautiful work of Chadwick Boseman through the Marvel film, Black Panther. The intention was to create a Mr. Boseman as a background portrait, and combine it with an overlaying foreground painting of the Black Panther.…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”784″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background Another in the pantheon of DC royalty, Batman has always been one of my favorite in the comic book genre. I couldn’t resist taking some time to sketch and paint a version of my own. The classic portrayal of this superhero often has him perched above a…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”514″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background Superman has always been the benchmark definition of what the superhero genre is. The mystique of a being having super powered strength, speed and the ability to fly – with the self-imposed mandate to protect the well-being of everyday citizens – gripped my imagination as a child.…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”791″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background One of my recent favorite movies in the “superhero” genre was Wonder Woman. It kinda surprised me – I haven’t been quite as enamored over the DC films as I am with Marvel. However – as I do love the characters, this film exceed all expectations for…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”170″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background There are always iconic movies that will be ingrained by nostalgia. The rites of passage of 80’s cinema invariably include the Indiana Jones saga. I was enthralled by watching the movies, likely while staying at my family up north over summer holidays We never had a television…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”171″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”793″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background I grew up loving comic book characters. I never collected comic books and I was only really acquainted with the flagship characters (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, etc) – it wasn’t until I was an adult watching the Marvel Studios films that my imagination grew into full…
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”455″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background As a Canadian boy growing up in Edmonton during the 1980’s, we were gifted with what is regarded as the best hockey team in NHL history. The Edmonton Oilers were dominant – and their goaltender was a young man named Grant Fuhr. He was the quintessential athletic,…
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”448″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Background Often I will take time to make practice pieces using people whom I know and love as the subject. In this case, my beloved Uncle and Aunty who both played an important part in my life. As a child, their home in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was a…
