I have been volunteering on the Grouse Mountain Snow Sculpting Team in Vancouver, BC, Canada for three years now, and the team captain is a retired international sand sculpture competitor. Alan Matsumoto has regaled me with stories of his work,
I will be leading a workshop at the BC Carving School in Sorrento, BC, September 22 - 27, 2013. I was invited last fall and accepted the opportunity, though it was contingent on getting at least seven participants. We have
I have written several posts on why I feel civic Public Art Programs are a farce. I call the series, The Fallacy of Public Art, and there is Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Here, I illustrate four examples of
I will be participating in the Art in the Garden Tour this year, but I will be showing my sculptures in a West Vancouver, BC, Canada waterfront garden. I’m excited to unveil a new series of sculptures, inspired by the garden
The 32nd annual Studio Show will be a little different this year. We’re calling it Studio Saturdays in December. The gallery will be open from 12 noon until 4 pm on December 1, 8, 15 and 22. We’ll have the coffee
Once again, Michelle and I have to say goodbye to one of our dogs. In December, 1999, two soulful brown eyes quietly looked up to me from inside a chain link kennel at the local SPCA and captured my heart. Today,
photo courtesy of greatamericanwest.com I have been rejected from yet another open call public art competition. This makes 119 in my career and I have never won a civic open call competition. I do have several sculpture in public space projects
The Regent Seven Seas Navigator has been in the Seaspan Dry Dock here in North Vancouver for the past few weeks getting an overhaul. Michelle and I reminisced about our adventure aboard this vessel ten years ago. I am the first