who here has wanted something so badly that they’re willing to put everything
that they’re willing to put everything
that they’re willing to put everything on the line to get it I bet just about
on the line to get it I bet just about
on the line to get it I bet just about everybody in here has think back to when
everybody in here has think back to when
everybody in here has think back to when your baby and you’re about to take that
your baby and you’re about to take that
your baby and you’re about to take that first step you’re moving towards
first step you’re moving towards
first step you’re moving towards something that you really want that step
something that you really want that step
something that you really want that step turns into 2 into 3 next thing you know
turns into 2 into 3 next thing you know
turns into 2 into 3 next thing you know you’re running around accomplishing all
you’re running around accomplishing all
you’re running around accomplishing all sorts of things and over time you get
sorts of things and over time you get
sorts of things and over time you get comfortable with your accomplishments
comfortable with your accomplishments
comfortable with your accomplishments and then somewhere down the line most of
and then somewhere down the line most of
and then somewhere down the line most of our accomplishments starts with them
our accomplishments starts with them
our accomplishments starts with them driven by the idea of comfort now I’ve
driven by the idea of comfort now I’ve
driven by the idea of comfort now I’ve realized that the only way to keep
realized that the only way to keep
realized that the only way to keep evolving as a person is to identify that
evolving as a person is to identify that
evolving as a person is to identify that I’m in a comfort zone and break out of
I’m in a comfort zone and break out of
I’m in a comfort zone and break out of it for me this is the only way I’ve ever
it for me this is the only way I’ve ever
it for me this is the only way I’ve ever really grown so let me give you some
really grown so let me give you some
really grown so let me give you some examples of how this has helped me in my
examples of how this has helped me in my
examples of how this has helped me in my life I grew up in the Yukon just outside
life I grew up in the Yukon just outside
life I grew up in the Yukon just outside of Dawson City I lived in a small log
of Dawson City I lived in a small log
of Dawson City I lived in a small log cabin on the bank of the Klondike River
cabin on the bank of the Klondike River
cabin on the bank of the Klondike River I grew up in this isolated part of the
I grew up in this isolated part of the
I grew up in this isolated part of the world with a kind of a freedom that
world with a kind of a freedom that
world with a kind of a freedom that allowed my imagination to really explore
allowed my imagination to really explore
allowed my imagination to really explore its limits so thanks mom and dad and
its limits so thanks mom and dad and
its limits so thanks mom and dad and when you grow up in these isolated parts
when you grow up in these isolated parts
when you grow up in these isolated parts of the world your your future can kind
of the world your your future can kind
of the world your your future can kind of seem laid out for you it’s beautiful
of seem laid out for you it’s beautiful
of seem laid out for you it’s beautiful right so life can get comfortable so
right so life can get comfortable so
right so life can get comfortable so I’ve always had a bit of an adventurous
I’ve always had a bit of an adventurous
I’ve always had a bit of an adventurous side so I guess the first true leaped
side so I guess the first true leaped
side so I guess the first true leaped that I took was when I decided to move
that I took was when I decided to move
that I took was when I decided to move away and become an artist so I left the
away and become an artist so I left the
away and become an artist so I left the Yukon taken with me some wonderful
Yukon taken with me some wonderful
Yukon taken with me some wonderful memories but a really truly deep
memories but a really truly deep
memories but a really truly deep fascination for light because it’s so
fascination for light because it’s so
fascination for light because it’s so far north when it’s light up there you
far north when it’s light up there you
far north when it’s light up there you know all summer it’s light in the winter
know all summer it’s light in the winter
know all summer it’s light in the winter you get about six hours of daylight but
you get about six hours of daylight but
you get about six hours of daylight but when it’s bright out it’s like nothing
when it’s bright out it’s like nothing
when it’s bright out it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before sunlight
you’ve ever seen before sunlight
you’ve ever seen before sunlight glistens off the snow it dances off the
glistens off the snow it dances off the
glistens off the snow it dances off the hoarfrost and it kind of makes the ice
hoarfrost and it kind of makes the ice
hoarfrost and it kind of makes the ice come alive and what I’d call like a
come alive and what I’d call like a
come alive and what I’d call like a silent symphony
silent symphony
silent symphony it’s unexplainable it’s like being in
it’s unexplainable it’s like being in
it’s unexplainable it’s like being in the presence of everything and nothing
the presence of everything and nothing
the presence of everything and nothing all the same like all at once time
all the same like all at once time
all the same like all at once time stands still it was in the Yukon where I
stands still it was in the Yukon where I
stands still it was in the Yukon where I fell in love with light I put my ice
fell in love with light I put my ice
fell in love with light I put my ice skates on and I’d skate up the river
skates on and I’d skate up the river
skates on and I’d skate up the river minus 40 below zero temperatures just to
minus 40 below zero temperatures just to
minus 40 below zero temperatures just to experience this I get back home cozy
experience this I get back home cozy
experience this I get back home cozy little cabin my mom would have to
little cabin my mom would have to
little cabin my mom would have to massage the blood back into my feet it
massage the blood back into my feet it
massage the blood back into my feet it was frozen I’d do this every day
sometimes it was like 50 below and I’d
sometimes it was like 50 below and I’d go out just to experience this light
learning for me as a child was difficult
learning for me as a child was difficult because when i try to read something the
because when i try to read something the
because when i try to read something the words would jump all over the page and
words would jump all over the page and
words would jump all over the page and move around so as a result like school I
move around so as a result like school I
move around so as a result like school I was home-schooled Andrew schools never
was home-schooled Andrew schools never
was home-schooled Andrew schools never really something that interests me so I
really something that interests me so I
really something that interests me so I focused on developing my talents and
focused on developing my talents and
focused on developing my talents and skills in another way so I’m a
skills in another way so I’m a
skills in another way so I’m a self-taught artist and I started drawing
self-taught artist and I started drawing
self-taught artist and I started drawing using charcoals I do mainly animals and
using charcoals I do mainly animals and
using charcoals I do mainly animals and other nature scenes so I fell into the
other nature scenes so I fell into the
other nature scenes so I fell into the realm of realism I was teaching myself
realm of realism I was teaching myself
realm of realism I was teaching myself as I went so I thought the more
as I went so I thought the more
as I went so I thought the more realistic I could get the image to look
realistic I could get the image to look
realistic I could get the image to look the more I was progressing so I got
the more I was progressing so I got
the more I was progressing so I got pretty good at charcoals but it didn’t
pretty good at charcoals but it didn’t
pretty good at charcoals but it didn’t take long for me to start to want
take long for me to start to want
take long for me to start to want something that was a little more of a
something that was a little more of a
something that was a little more of a challenge something that was more unique
challenge something that was more unique
challenge something that was more unique to me as an artist so this challenge
to me as an artist so this challenge
to me as an artist so this challenge came to me when I was I was actually
came to me when I was I was actually
came to me when I was I was actually prospecting with my dad we’re digging I
prospecting with my dad we’re digging I
prospecting with my dad we’re digging I think digging in some rocks and I
think digging in some rocks and I
think digging in some rocks and I noticed that the the ground would change
noticed that the the ground would change
noticed that the the ground would change color the further and I dig and so I was
color the further and I dig and so I was
color the further and I dig and so I was like all of a sudden was like what if I
like all of a sudden was like what if I
like all of a sudden was like what if I layer up paint and then carve into it to
layer up paint and then carve into it to
layer up paint and then carve into it to release the image so I couldn’t get this
release the image so I couldn’t get this
release the image so I couldn’t get this idea out of my head you know i was like
idea out of my head you know i was like
idea out of my head you know i was like thinking about this i told a couple
thinking about this i told a couple
thinking about this i told a couple people and they’re like stick with what
people and they’re like stick with what
people and they’re like stick with what you know you know stick with what you’re
you know you know stick with what you’re
you know you know stick with what you’re kind of good at this is a
kind of good at this is a
kind of good at this is a here but I you know I this wouldn’t
here but I you know I this wouldn’t
here but I you know I this wouldn’t leave me so I eventually went out and
leave me so I eventually went out and
leave me so I eventually went out and got some good paint then I started to
got some good paint then I started to
got some good paint then I started to layer it up now keep in mind there’s no
layer it up now keep in mind there’s no
layer it up now keep in mind there’s no there’s no manual for carving paint so
there’s no manual for carving paint so
there’s no manual for carving paint so this was a learn as you go process I had
this was a learn as you go process I had
this was a learn as you go process I had to throw this piece and a deep freeze in
to throw this piece and a deep freeze in
to throw this piece and a deep freeze in order to keep it cold enough for me to
order to keep it cold enough for me to
order to keep it cold enough for me to like cut into the pain when it was done
like cut into the pain when it was done
like cut into the pain when it was done I noticed something that I hadn’t
I noticed something that I hadn’t
I noticed something that I hadn’t anticipated the image would change
anticipated the image would change
anticipated the image would change depending on the light of the day so
depending on the light of the day so
depending on the light of the day so this to me was a bit of a breakthrough
this to me was a bit of a breakthrough
this to me was a bit of a breakthrough and it’s kind of become the fundamental
and it’s kind of become the fundamental
and it’s kind of become the fundamental catalyst for the continuation of all my
catalyst for the continuation of all my
catalyst for the continuation of all my work to make pieces that move and change
work to make pieces that move and change
work to make pieces that move and change depending on how they interact with
depending on how they interact with
depending on how they interact with light so it was kind of like you could
light so it was kind of like you could
light so it was kind of like you could say that this technique was kind of
say that this technique was kind of
say that this technique was kind of being guided by the light now everybody
being guided by the light now everybody
being guided by the light now everybody knows that where there’s light there’s
knows that where there’s light there’s
knows that where there’s light there’s shadows so now I could use shadows to
shadows so now I could use shadows to
shadows so now I could use shadows to make the audience as I travel up and
make the audience as I travel up and
make the audience as I travel up and down the piece instead of color so
down the piece instead of color so
down the piece instead of color so figuring this out took me about a year
figuring this out took me about a year
figuring this out took me about a year of my life but it rewired my brain with
of my life but it rewired my brain with
of my life but it rewired my brain with kind of understanding that i wouldn’t
kind of understanding that i wouldn’t
kind of understanding that i wouldn’t received if i hadn’t taken the steps to
received if i hadn’t taken the steps to
received if i hadn’t taken the steps to initially challenge myself now everybody
initially challenge myself now everybody
initially challenge myself now everybody knows that time is money so i figured it
knows that time is money so i figured it
knows that time is money so i figured it was time for me to figure out a faster
was time for me to figure out a faster
was time for me to figure out a faster technique so i wanted to incorporate
technique so i wanted to incorporate
technique so i wanted to incorporate what i had learned from this experience
what i had learned from this experience
what i had learned from this experience like i wanted light to remain the key
like i wanted light to remain the key
like i wanted light to remain the key factor and figured that I’d probably
factor and figured that I’d probably
factor and figured that I’d probably start incorporating gel into this so I
start incorporating gel into this so I
start incorporating gel into this so I came up with the idea if I if I put
came up with the idea if I if I put
came up with the idea if I if I put paint in between layers of gel I can
paint in between layers of gel I can
paint in between layers of gel I can achieve a similar effect to that of the
achieve a similar effect to that of the
achieve a similar effect to that of the carving and it worked like this piece
carving and it worked like this piece
carving and it worked like this piece here is the same same picture it’s just
here is the same same picture it’s just
here is the same same picture it’s just from different angles so when you walk
from different angles so when you walk
from different angles so when you walk by it you can see like stuff spray off
by it you can see like stuff spray off
by it you can see like stuff spray off the tires so I was pretty proud of it
I’ve always believed that doing things
I’ve always believed that doing things the hard way leads to a greater
the hard way leads to a greater
the hard way leads to a greater understanding and this wasn’t any
understanding and this wasn’t any
understanding and this wasn’t any different with this technique I make my
different with this technique I make my
different with this technique I make my own tools I’d to the ends of sticks to
own tools I’d to the ends of sticks to
own tools I’d to the ends of sticks to make brushes and i would use like little
make brushes and i would use like little
make brushes and i would use like little bottles with needles on the end of them
bottles with needles on the end of them
bottles with needles on the end of them to apply paint in between the layers of
to apply paint in between the layers of
to apply paint in between the layers of gel and without the use of conventional
gel and without the use of conventional
gel and without the use of conventional tools it made it really hard for me to
tools it made it really hard for me to
tools it made it really hard for me to control the outcome so this forced me to
control the outcome so this forced me to
control the outcome so this forced me to approach the whole thing with stronger
approach the whole thing with stronger
approach the whole thing with stronger and ten more focused and even still I’d
and ten more focused and even still I’d
and ten more focused and even still I’d get a little bit of you know Smee Ridge
get a little bit of you know Smee Ridge
get a little bit of you know Smee Ridge colors would run a little bit they’d
colors would run a little bit they’d
colors would run a little bit they’d evaporating leave little sporadic
evaporating leave little sporadic
evaporating leave little sporadic anomalies and like imperfections and
anomalies and like imperfections and
anomalies and like imperfections and this became something that actually
this became something that actually
this became something that actually really liked after a while you know so
really liked after a while you know so
really liked after a while you know so breaking away from the comfort zone of
breaking away from the comfort zone of
breaking away from the comfort zone of using conventional tools actually helped
using conventional tools actually helped
using conventional tools actually helped my process evolved so I built a large
my process evolved so I built a large
my process evolved so I built a large body of work with this technique and I
body of work with this technique and I
body of work with this technique and I tackled all sorts of different subject
tackled all sorts of different subject
tackled all sorts of different subject matter just to prove to myself that this
matter just to prove to myself that this
matter just to prove to myself that this technique was valid yeah this stage I
technique was valid yeah this stage I
technique was valid yeah this stage I knew that getting my work out to the
knew that getting my work out to the
knew that getting my work out to the public was the next step like I wanted
public was the next step like I wanted
public was the next step like I wanted to see how these pictures inspired by
to see how these pictures inspired by
to see how these pictures inspired by light would affect people or how people
light would affect people or how people
light would affect people or how people would respond to them and I wanted to
would respond to them and I wanted to
would respond to them and I wanted to document this whole process so I was
document this whole process so I was
document this whole process so I was talking to a really good friend of mine
talking to a really good friend of mine
talking to a really good friend of mine about this and he happens to also be an
about this and he happens to also be an
about this and he happens to also be an excellent photographer so we decided
excellent photographer so we decided
excellent photographer so we decided that we were going to take our work and
that we were going to take our work and
that we were going to take our work and put it up in parks and alleys and
put it up in parks and alleys and
put it up in parks and alleys and streets all over the city when we
streets all over the city when we
streets all over the city when we initially tell people about this they’re
initially tell people about this they’re
initially tell people about this they’re like I don’t know why would you hang
like I don’t know why would you hang
like I don’t know why would you hang something that you know you can sell for
something that you know you can sell for
something that you know you can sell for money in the street I was like well
money in the street I was like well
money in the street I was like well that’s where an honest energy of the
that’s where an honest energy of the
that’s where an honest energy of the community lives
and besides if I hang my artwork up in
and besides if I hang my artwork up in these weird spots it’s more likely to
these weird spots it’s more likely to
these weird spots it’s more likely to get a response so with the help of a few
get a response so with the help of a few
get a response so with the help of a few friends we went out and we started
friends we went out and we started
friends we went out and we started placing artwork up in alleys
placing artwork up in alleys
placing artwork up in alleys photographing it and then we blast it up
photographing it and then we blast it up
photographing it and then we blast it up on social media and pretty soon
on social media and pretty soon
on social media and pretty soon everybody’s response turned around
everybody’s response turned around
everybody’s response turned around people started to really want to get
people started to really want to get
people started to really want to get involved I took one of my large pieces
involved I took one of my large pieces
involved I took one of my large pieces down to a nearby construction site and
down to a nearby construction site and
down to a nearby construction site and we convinced the workers there the the
we convinced the workers there the the
we convinced the workers there the the crew to hoist it up on their crane cable
crew to hoist it up on their crane cable
crew to hoist it up on their crane cable so we could get an image of it hanging
so we could get an image of it hanging
so we could get an image of it hanging in the air and they were like really
in the air and they were like really
in the air and they were like really they’re happy to do this you know so
they’re happy to do this you know so
they’re happy to do this you know so this was really cool because now we are
this was really cool because now we are
this was really cool because now we are getting the community involved with our
getting the community involved with our
getting the community involved with our project you know not only were they
project you know not only were they
project you know not only were they accepting it they were happily assisting
accepting it they were happily assisting
accepting it they were happily assisting us and encouraging us with what we were
us and encouraging us with what we were
us and encouraging us with what we were trying to do so breaking out of the
trying to do so breaking out of the
trying to do so breaking out of the conventional way of displaying artwork
conventional way of displaying artwork
conventional way of displaying artwork really was paying off it encouraged me
really was paying off it encouraged me
really was paying off it encouraged me to keep moving forward with this
to keep moving forward with this
to keep moving forward with this confidence I figured I’d go down and
confidence I figured I’d go down and
confidence I figured I’d go down and approach the port of Metro Vancouver and
approach the port of Metro Vancouver and
approach the port of Metro Vancouver and see if we could get in there to take
see if we could get in there to take
see if we could get in there to take pictures of cranes hanging off of there
pictures of cranes hanging off of there
pictures of cranes hanging off of there you know the cranes basically
you know the cranes basically
you know the cranes basically and they agreed they let us in and it
and they agreed they let us in and it
and they agreed they let us in and it was pretty cool the whole the whole
was pretty cool the whole the whole
was pretty cool the whole the whole thing was amazing this is this is nuts
thing was amazing this is this is nuts
thing was amazing this is this is nuts because no one’s really allowed in there
because no one’s really allowed in there
because no one’s really allowed in there right let alone taking pictures so I’m
right let alone taking pictures so I’m
right let alone taking pictures so I’m happy to say that we did this without
happy to say that we did this without
happy to say that we did this without getting arrested because we were pretty
getting arrested because we were pretty
getting arrested because we were pretty determined to do this if they didn’t let
determined to do this if they didn’t let
determined to do this if they didn’t let us in we probably would have tried to
us in we probably would have tried to
us in we probably would have tried to break in and I would have been pretty
break in and I would have been pretty
break in and I would have been pretty funny but at this point we had you know
funny but at this point we had you know
funny but at this point we had you know the community’s response was had gone
the community’s response was had gone
the community’s response was had gone way way past my expectations and because
way way past my expectations and because
way way past my expectations and because of that I thought it was time for me to
of that I thought it was time for me to
of that I thought it was time for me to give something back so I’d realized that
give something back so I’d realized that
give something back so I’d realized that people would give my artwork a moment of
people would give my artwork a moment of
people would give my artwork a moment of their time when they were in front of it
their time when they were in front of it
their time when they were in front of it but if they happen to cross the same
but if they happen to cross the same
but if they happen to cross the same piece at night when no one else was
piece at night when no one else was
piece at night when no one else was around like was my artwork we’re
around like was my artwork we’re
around like was my artwork we’re stealing you know so I was like I
stealing you know so I was like I
stealing you know so I was like I started to think about this and the more
started to think about this and the more
started to think about this and the more I really liked it
I really liked it
I really liked it I started to think of people running
I started to think of people running
I started to think of people running down the road with my artwork under
down the road with my artwork under
down the road with my artwork under their arm and I’m I was like now that’s
their arm and I’m I was like now that’s
their arm and I’m I was like now that’s community interaction so
we picked the wall on a building in
we picked the wall on a building in gastown and we decided to leave a piece
gastown and we decided to leave a piece
gastown and we decided to leave a piece there and this piece was this was an
there and this piece was this was an
there and this piece was this was an experiment and the piece was intended
experiment and the piece was intended
experiment and the piece was intended that to be a gift for the person who I
that to be a gift for the person who I
that to be a gift for the person who I thought would be giving me the best
thought would be giving me the best
thought would be giving me the best compliment ever and so I wrote on the
compliment ever and so I wrote on the
compliment ever and so I wrote on the back I wrote if you’re reading this
back I wrote if you’re reading this
back I wrote if you’re reading this you’ve been involved in a social
you’ve been involved in a social
you’ve been involved in a social experiment please take this home put it
experiment please take this home put it
experiment please take this home put it up on your wall all I’m asking you to do
up on your wall all I’m asking you to do
up on your wall all I’m asking you to do is photograph it in its new environment
is photograph it in its new environment
is photograph it in its new environment and then send me a picture along with a
and then send me a picture along with a
and then send me a picture along with a brief description of how it’s affected
brief description of how it’s affected
brief description of how it’s affected you and we left it there photographed it
you and we left it there photographed it
you and we left it there photographed it went home the next day sure enough we go
went home the next day sure enough we go
went home the next day sure enough we go down the piece is totally gone so I’m
down the piece is totally gone so I’m
down the piece is totally gone so I’m like that was quick you know I thought
like that was quick you know I thought
like that was quick you know I thought it would at least take a couple days
it would at least take a couple days
it would at least take a couple days right and so it was gone and I didn’t
right and so it was gone and I didn’t
right and so it was gone and I didn’t get an immediate response and I started
get an immediate response and I started
get an immediate response and I started to get kind of discouraged you know I’d
to get kind of discouraged you know I’d
to get kind of discouraged you know I’d put a lot of time and energy into this
put a lot of time and energy into this
put a lot of time and energy into this project and for it to be just to be left
project and for it to be just to be left
project and for it to be just to be left unanswered was a little bit
unanswered was a little bit
unanswered was a little bit disheartening so I thought you know was
disheartening so I thought you know was
disheartening so I thought you know was it too much to ask for that brief
it too much to ask for that brief
it too much to ask for that brief description I don’t know I kind of but
description I don’t know I kind of but
description I don’t know I kind of but anyway about two weeks later we were
anyway about two weeks later we were
anyway about two weeks later we were contacted by The Huffington Post and
contacted by The Huffington Post and
contacted by The Huffington Post and they wanted to do a story on the whole
they wanted to do a story on the whole
they wanted to do a story on the whole project they had seen a post on social
project they had seen a post on social
project they had seen a post on social media by the person who found the art so
media by the person who found the art so
media by the person who found the art so when the story came out it was a great
when the story came out it was a great
when the story came out it was a great story but it was a bit of a
story but it was a bit of a
story but it was a bit of a misrepresentation about what it was that
misrepresentation about what it was that
misrepresentation about what it was that I was trying to do the headline read
I was trying to do the headline read
I was trying to do the headline read free art
I was like come on like the person that
I was like come on like the person that wrote the article must have never heard
wrote the article must have never heard
wrote the article must have never heard the term starving artist you know so
sometimes when you take the leap you
sometimes when you take the leap you don’t always land where you think you’re
don’t always land where you think you’re
don’t always land where you think you’re going to but I learned something that I
going to but I learned something that I
going to but I learned something that I hadn’t learned you know like I’m with
hadn’t learned you know like I’m with
hadn’t learned you know like I’m with all this stuff I was like okay this is
all this stuff I was like okay this is
all this stuff I was like okay this is one of the most important things that
one of the most important things that
one of the most important things that I’ve learned in all of this is it’s what
I’ve learned in all of this is it’s what
I’ve learned in all of this is it’s what the it’s what the the viewer takes away
the it’s what the the viewer takes away
the it’s what the the viewer takes away from the art piece that gives it true
from the art piece that gives it true
from the art piece that gives it true value given that piece up made me feel
value given that piece up made me feel
value given that piece up made me feel really good you know it brought balance
really good you know it brought balance
really good you know it brought balance back to this whole thing like the
back to this whole thing like the
back to this whole thing like the community gave me something by like you
community gave me something by like you
community gave me something by like you know all this amazing like feedback and
know all this amazing like feedback and
know all this amazing like feedback and so giving that what it was like keeping
so giving that what it was like keeping
so giving that what it was like keeping a balance that’s important can’t always
a balance that’s important can’t always
a balance that’s important can’t always be take right so whenever I’m I gave it
be take right so whenever I’m I gave it
be take right so whenever I’m I gave it away it made me feel a little bit better
away it made me feel a little bit better
away it made me feel a little bit better even that even though if I would have
even that even though if I would have
even that even though if I would have sold it you know so with this newfound
sold it you know so with this newfound
sold it you know so with this newfound knowledge you kind of have this new
knowledge you kind of have this new
knowledge you kind of have this new responsibilities now from that point
responsibilities now from that point
responsibilities now from that point forward every piece that I was to create
forward every piece that I was to create
forward every piece that I was to create not only needed to be aesthetically
not only needed to be aesthetically
not only needed to be aesthetically appealing to its audience it needed to
appealing to its audience it needed to
appealing to its audience it needed to have some sort of a connection on an
have some sort of a connection on an
have some sort of a connection on an emotional level or be like purposeful on
emotional level or be like purposeful on
emotional level or be like purposeful on a deeper level because that’s what
a deeper level because that’s what
a deeper level because that’s what important art is it’s purposeful are so
important art is it’s purposeful are so
important art is it’s purposeful are so learning that led me to my latest series
learning that led me to my latest series
learning that led me to my latest series I’m making paintings of old fishing
I’m making paintings of old fishing
I’m making paintings of old fishing lures and I’m using them as bait to draw
lures and I’m using them as bait to draw
lures and I’m using them as bait to draw attention to the global water issue
now sinking these things in the water
now sinking these things in the water has also added a layer of community
has also added a layer of community
has also added a layer of community involvement and it’s been you know I’ve
involvement and it’s been you know I’ve
involvement and it’s been you know I’ve been working hard at getting this out
been working hard at getting this out
been working hard at getting this out there to the world for the last little
there to the world for the last little
there to the world for the last little while I’ve been working with all a lot
while I’ve been working with all a lot
while I’ve been working with all a lot of really good photographers from around
of really good photographers from around
of really good photographers from around the Vancouver area and it’s it’s it’s
the Vancouver area and it’s it’s it’s
the Vancouver area and it’s it’s it’s been amazing so now as a child was
been amazing so now as a child was
been amazing so now as a child was terrified of reading and writing because
terrified of reading and writing because
terrified of reading and writing because the words would move around when I look
the words would move around when I look
the words would move around when I look at them but I’ve dedicated years of my
at them but I’ve dedicated years of my
at them but I’ve dedicated years of my life into creating paintings that move
life into creating paintings that move
life into creating paintings that move around when other people look at them
around when other people look at them
around when other people look at them you know so looking back I realized that
you know so looking back I realized that
you know so looking back I realized that the very thing that I thought was a
the very thing that I thought was a
the very thing that I thought was a weakness may have been the thing that
weakness may have been the thing that
weakness may have been the thing that helped push me to take this leap what I
helped push me to take this leap what I
helped push me to take this leap what I once thought was an inadequacy has kind
once thought was an inadequacy has kind
once thought was an inadequacy has kind of become my gift of the world so you
of become my gift of the world so you
of become my gift of the world so you got to remember it’s not always going to
got to remember it’s not always going to
got to remember it’s not always going to be warm in the sunshine but you got to
be warm in the sunshine but you got to
be warm in the sunshine but you got to take that step first step out into the
take that step first step out into the
take that step first step out into the light if you want to grow thank you
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