About
Sometimes art needs to take you away
to another land where flowers spin,
the terrain is checkered moss green and ocher;
where the grass grows as bamboo
and is pointy at it’s tip.
Drawing, painting and writing feel good to me. I don’t seem to remember a time when I wasn’t creating something, anything for that matter. I am a collector of paper, pens, paint and all things container, tiny, metal, old or wooden.
I love mini. Being able to hold something in the palm of one’s hand is just well precious.
My artwork is whimsically detailed and painstakingly created. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Life inspires me. After three near death experiences I am grateful to be amongst the breathing!
I have been working in the arts since the age of 17. I’ve doubled in age since and still love it. I am formally trained as an illustrator, surface and graphic designer after graduating from both the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design and later, Langara College in Vancouver, BC.
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Having lived on both coasts of Canada I can say I’m “Back-East” now eh!
I am 35 and happy.
This Blog has been awarded the Successful and Outstanding Blog Award from Liz Strauss and also the Outstanding Blog award from Troy Worman.
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It’s alright to use a photo in order to get your watercolor kit back. *That* I don’t mind. I hope it turns up!
Hey ethan – thanks about *that*. cheers!
Hey… love your blog… I’ll be back… check me out.
John
Thanks John – see ya when you are around again. Cheers!
I am contacting you to request permission to use one of your photographs. My name is Leanne Woods, and I work for Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. Our pastor is developing a sermon series titled “Real Hope”, and has asked me to secure an image of a pine tree growing from a rock. I did a google search and found your image of a pine growing from a crack. Would you consider allow us to use your image for the marketing of this campaign? We would adapt the image in scale as needed and then add the words “Real Hope”, along with our logo. The image would be used on our weekend service folders, posters, street banners and on our website. Please email me directly and let me know if you would give us your permission.
Leanne Woods
Director of Communications
For more information about our church you can visit our website online at http://www.westsitechurch.org. Thank you.
Leanne – It was really nice to talk to you. I can’t wait to see the printed and online material in the New Year. Cheers!
Hey, I love to read peoples blogs that are living their passion or least trying to, ha. It’s very inspiring and exciting. I checked out your art, I love the deco bird and mod box…i think thats what their called. Anyways lovin the blog. It’s funny how pain and near death experiences can actually be a great friend in disguise, in my experience they have shown me how to live. I wish you the best in life!
Hi Mike
Thanks for stopping by and saying hi! Hope you had a great Christmas and a wonderful 2009!
Cheers!
Hi! I surfed through your pages and was amazed by your flawing energy and art. I like the mandala, tradition, pop art, and psychedelic mix of your work, or so I feel for it. Greetings from the greek islands !
Hi Leonidas – Greetings from Canada! Happy Valentine’s Day and thanks for the cool words about my art!
Very cool artwork. Much enjoyed.
Thanks Steve. Glad you like it
Hi Jessica,
I wandered by along the usual weird paths; I was looking for visual artwork depicting near-death-experiences and somehow ended up here. Well I didn’t find any of that (yet) but your beautiful artwork instead.
Your colors and textures are truly fantastic; I fully understand your apparent fascination for trees, plants, fungi and, er, um cold sores. Well, not so much them perhaps, but I find it interesting that you committed the little devils to paper. Serves ‘em right.
“Do you love me?” is a gem and ‘Day Dreams’ is a . . . dream. Really great work; thanks for your inspiring blog.
Cheers!
Son
Thanks so much for the kind words Son! Cheers to you to!
And sadly I’ve experienced three near death experiences. They are written deep within the catacombs of this blog…
Gday Jessica,
Just wanted to say that i was reading through a Google Wave just now, when your avatar caught my eye. I clicked it and followed the link to your website where i discovered some pretty awesome illustrations.
I love your work. For some reason they take me back to a place in my imagination that only existed when i was a child. I love it!
All because your Sassy Sea Urchin got my attention.
Cheers,
Gab.
Gabriel! Hi!
Thank you so much for the google wave invite and also for liking my art. Glad it brought you to an imaginative child-like place
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