I joined the crew from the ARTCO studio and we traveled to Verona, Italy to attend Marmo + Mac, the world's largest trade show for stone. This international event is a showcase for anything to do with the quarrying, processing
Michelle and I and some friends took a tour of the Fantiscritti marble quarry east of Carrara, Italy. We calculated a morning with good weather, as the clouds and accompanying storms can swoop in very quickly in the afternoons. We
I’ve been working for 5 weeks now at my friends’ studio in Seravezza, Italy and am pleased that my Muse has returned. One of the key goals of Michelle’s and my year living and working abroad has been fulfilled. I was
I've been working at the studio of my friends, Nicolas Bertoux and Cynthia Sah in Seravezza. Italy now for three weeks, looking to entice my Muse back. I am happy to report she has been waiting for me and has
A big part of Michelle's and my Intermission Year abroad is for me to once again work under the Tuscan sun in a marble carving studio, this time in Seravezza, Italy. After three months of traveling across the USA, the
Michelle and I drove from Oslo, through Sweden to our most northern point of our "Intermission Year" at Kalix, before driving down the length of Finland to Helsinki, then on the ferry to Estonia. We were hosted at our friend, Kara
Visit to the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway
Many years ago, longtime supporters and collectors, the Stormorkens told me about a sculpture park in their native country that I simply had to visit. As a stone sculptor, they felt I really should know about Gustav Vigeland and his
I had the great privilege to be invited by our UK host, Zoe to join her and her friend, Catherine to attend Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. I have long been interested in Stonehenge and its mysterious construction over 3,000 years ago
It has been a long-time dream for Michelle and I to live and work abroad for a year, and we are finally executing the plan. We have said goodbye to our cozy home in North Vancouver, BC, Canada and are
I can finally show you how 60% of my public art sculpture project for Vancity Savings Credit Union was done. For the period of production of the two granite sculptures, I was under a Non-Disclosure Agreement with Vancity, as they