We have had the good fortune to wake up to a fresh snowfall this morning here in Vancouver, Canada and it formed some pleasing patterns on the sculptures in the garden. "Virasana," "Il Volo," "Backdrop of Time," "Gaudi's Eye," and "Shadow
The 33rd annual Studio Show was a success. We had the good fortune of sunny skies for all three days of the exhibition, albeit cold ones, and we saw a little more than 200 visitors to the gallery. It is always
We are hosting the 33rd annual Studio Show here at our gallery. It has been a year since we last had an exhibition in the gallery. Although we were on the annual North Shore Art Crawl and exhibited at a mansion
It is time again for the Fund for the Arts on the North Shore (FANS) awards gala. The FANS Society has again commissioned me to create the recognition awards, this year for two recipients, pictured above. At the special reception, FANS
Alleyne and Barbara Cook have been our gardening mentors for over 20 years. We first met Barbara when we had our then day table at the Lonsdale Quay Market in 1991 and she bought a marble flower vase. Since then, the
This past summer, I finally tackled the remaining part of a large block of Italian travertine that I brought back from Pietrasanta several years ago. This has been a challenging season for me, as the Canadian Federal government is building a
Last week, I led a workshop on carving limestone at the Sorrento Centre, in the Shuswap region of BC. The annual event is hosted by the Shuswap School of Carving and Arts, which is a group of wood carvers that get
Once again, I am donating a sculpture to the Wigs for Kids Auction. A branch of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Wigs for Kids is a program for children who are suffering from cancer or other serious illnesses to get
I have purchased all the stone for the students that will be participating in my limestone carving workshop at the Shuswap School of Carving & Arts. I paid a visit to my limestone supplier, Architectural Stone Masonry in Abbotsford, BC last week
We attended the Sculptor Society of British Columbia’s annual exhibition at Vandusen Gardens this summer. Among the many sculptures on display was a whimsical cormorant sculpture carved by Sam Michael Hesse from a block pyrophillite. Hesse’s “Cormorano” (above left) was dressed in