The images on this page show a selection of my works from a project reflecting upon the Canadian provinces and territories in which my family has resided through the past 100+ years. My creative process incorporates traditional with current artistic techniques.
Travelling across Canada, besides painting and sketching out ideas, I have photographed its landscape, birds, and mammals. After scanning through hundreds of these captured photographic images, I select seven or eight (both auspicious numerological symbols in some western and eastern cultures) that form the initial stages of the creative process. My knowledge of photography and computer technology is then blended with my knowledge of the ancient arts of Asia: silk screen, stone, and woodblock printing. The process is a hybrid of techniques resulting in virtual imagery, originating from my mind’s eye, inspired by the spiritual, and ultimately manifested physically as a limited edition of archival-quality fine art prints. This is not to be confused nor equated with commercial reprographics (example: mass-produced printed replicas of a painting). It is a painstakingly lengthy process, more time consuming and often more expensive, than working in traditional media. In addition to inks, each page is manually signed in graphite, then embossed with a metal instrument, and finally stamped with a hand-carved stone relief image that further uniquely identifies the artist.
Travelling across Canada, besides painting and sketching out ideas, I have photographed its landscape, birds, and mammals. After scanning through hundreds of these captured photographic images, I select seven or eight (both auspicious numerological symbols in some western and eastern cultures) that form the initial stages of the creative process. My knowledge of photography and computer technology is then blended with my knowledge of the ancient arts of Asia: silk screen, stone, and woodblock printing. The process is a hybrid of techniques resulting in virtual imagery, originating from my mind’s eye, inspired by the spiritual, and ultimately manifested physically as a limited edition of archival-quality fine art prints. This is not to be confused nor equated with commercial reprographics (example: mass-produced printed replicas of a painting). It is a painstakingly lengthy process, more time consuming and often more expensive, than working in traditional media. In addition to inks, each page is manually signed in graphite, then embossed with a metal instrument, and finally stamped with a hand-carved stone relief image that further uniquely identifies the artist.