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Art Progression – Cloudy Cascades

Enjoy these progression photos of my latest mountain landscape, Cloudy Cascades. The full painting and description is here in my Canadian Wilds gallery.
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Sunflower Tutorial: Now Live

Earlier in the year, I painted this sunflower facing the sunrise in support of Ukraine. You can see the full painting here in the Floral Gallery, and the process of painting in the video below on my YouTube channel.
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Art Progression: Assiniboine at Sunrise

I’ve a new painting up for Mount Assiniboine at Sunrise. You can see the painting details in the Canadian Wilds Gallery, and here are some progression pictures from the painting process
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Stamps & Logo: Origin

Wonder where the stamps I include with signatures come from? Or my website logo? The answer is Japan! While in high school, I had the wonderful experience of going on exchange programs to Japan. The longest was two months in Otaru, which is on the northern island of Hokkaido. While there, my favourite new activity was Japanese Calligraphy, or Shodou,

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Art Progression – Cloudy Cascades

Enjoy these progression photos of my latest mountain landscape, Cloudy Cascades. The full painting and description is here in my Canadian Wilds gallery.
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Sunflower Tutorial: Now Live

Earlier in the year, I painted this sunflower facing the sunrise in support of Ukraine. You can see the full painting here in the Floral Gallery, and the process of painting in the video below on my YouTube channel.
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Art Progression: Assiniboine at Sunrise

I’ve a new painting up for Mount Assiniboine at Sunrise. You can see the painting details in the Canadian Wilds Gallery, and here are some progression pictures from the painting process
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Stamps & Logo: Origin

Wonder where the stamps I include with signatures come from? Or my website logo? The answer is Japan! While in high school, I had the wonderful experience of going on exchange programs to Japan. The longest was two months in Otaru, which is on the northern island of Hokkaido. While there, my favourite new activity was Japanese Calligraphy, or Shodou,
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Goshuin: Beautiful Memories of Japan

While in Japan this November, I learned about Goshuin, which is a stamp or seal which you can get at most shrines or temples in Japan. Goshuin refers to the red seal of the shrine or temple, and is accompanied by beautiful calligraphy typically covering the shrine or temple name, date of visit and sometimes a short prayer. As a