Mandala
Something strange has happened over the past year . . . I’ve become an artist.ĂÂ Perhaps it’s something I have always been, but God has breathed life into my artistic dimension in about 14 months.ĂÂ Now I live and breathe … Continued
Man’s Fingerprint on Nature
For we are fallen like the trees, our peace Broken, and so we must Love where we cannot trust… – Wendell Berry The assignment: Man’s fingerprint on nature.ĂÂ An ecological/environmental theme. The concept: The distancing of humanity from nature and … Continued
Mirroring the Landscape
I’ve been reconnecting with nature ââŹâ at least through art. Nature has always been a key source of inspiration, and during my Mixed Media Painting II course with Diana Kubicek, I had the chance to explore some abstract landscape concepts. … Continued
Descent into rainy season
I’ve entered winter: my “descent into rainy season,” as I described it last year.ĂÂ In British Columbia, it rains most of the month of November, and is dark.ĂÂ At the risk of sounding tragic, I find this constant drumming depressing. … Continued
The wrapped cube
Communicating in 3-D is like a new language, similar to learning a new technology. For the last two weeks, I have been journeying through a creative process accompanied by a four inch cube of plaster. I was assigned to analyze … Continued
Wrapped Cube – process
Making sense of my “wrapped cube” assignment – now that you’ve seen me analyzing my cube through camera phone technology, I still haven’t been able to find a whole lot of meaning in this assignment. The task: After I’ve lived … Continued
Communicating in Technology
Communicating in Technology IââŹâ˘ve been fascinated by epistemology and communications theory since studying world view in college.Ă I used to be immersed in this stuff as teaching intern for a professor at the school.Ă This week IââŹâ˘ve unearthed hundreds of … Continued
Hands open
“Assume a posture of giving or receiving,” the instructor said. We sat around a heavy table scarred by tools and encrusted in dried media, hands extended in front of us. She came around and poured plaster into our hands. We … Continued
Golden Mean
As part of my fine arts studies at Emily Carr, I spent the day putting together an art project to demonstrate “the golden mean.” There were lots of rules: it had to be black and white, had to consist of … Continued