My sketchbooks are as much a journal of my birding experiences as they are collections of studies. Flipping through some old drawings last night, I was reminded that the Elora heronry should be seeing some activity by now. After a steady diet of feeder birds and waterfowl during the long winter months, the angular, serpentine [ Read More ]
Regardless of what the calendar says, and never mind on which day the vernal equinox lies — as far as I’m concerned, the first day of spring is the day the first Red-winged Blackbird arrives to stake his claim over the marshes and fields that I like to wander. Midway through the second week of [ Read More ]
The thrill of spotting a wild animal is stirred by the knowledge of what a privilege it is to encounter such a shy creature. Unless, of course, you’re within city limits. Here the rules change, as there is such a density of human beings that many of the wild animals that choose to find their [ Read More ]
What? March? Really?! Time I finished up with this. I used Payne’s grey almost exclusively while building up the first three quarters of the painting. As a result, I had to fight with it a bit to warm up the lunar palette, and it remains a very cold piece. Sometimes you go too far. But [ Read More ]
I spent my Sunday afternoon vegging out and watching TED talks videos. For those of you not familiar with it, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference of ideas, and has featured the likes of Stephen Pinker, Brian Greene, Al Gore, Stephen Hawking and many other fascinating thinkers and doers. Participants are invited to [ Read More ]
Birder with a sketchbook, skeptic and popular science junkie. Spends too much on books. Fearful of spiders. Is well trained.
Currently resides in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
