(posted on former website 4.8.2015)

I'm stepping out of my comfort zone this month. How? My lips will be painted red... a bold, vibrant and passionate colour. I'm doing this because I am participating in a campaign called Red My Lips; I wear red because I support the ideas and actions of respect.

In...

(posted on former website 3.22.2015)

(posted on 3.14.2015) 

On April 15, 22 and 29th, come on out and play!!  This is your opportunity to learn some simple, easy and fun art techniques.  No experience is necessary, just the willingness to try and play. The great thing is that, at the end of the 3 weeks, you will end up with your life ...

(posted on former website 3.12.2015)

How often are you bored, or feeling 'off,' and instead of dealing with the reasons why you are 'off,' you ignore it and turn to other ways to  fill the discontent you feel inside? I say,"Yep...been there...done that!"  

This #TBT #Artwork&Words is about being e...

(posted on former website 3.1.2015)

As I was clearing out my basement treasures (a.k.a accumulated clutter), I found some treasures. The image above, which I call Winner, is a drawing I created while I was in High School. It was based on another person's drawing/print that was framed in my parent's...

(posted on former website 2.2.2015)

It is hard to believe, with the temperature tonight going down to -24C (with the windchill of -34C), that we are halfway to spring.  How do I know this? The groundhog had its day today, and predicted 6 more weeks of winter. And if groundhogs don't do it for you, ...

(posted on former website 1.28.2015)

Today is #BellLetsTalk Campaign.  And today, Bell, a telecommunications company, puts 5 cents for every tweet of #BellLetsTalk towards mental health initiatives.  I like this type of company promotion as it helps others.  Money is raised, but it also raises the ...

(posted on former website 1.8.2015)

In lieu of Canada winning the World Junior Hockey Championship this past Monday, here is a past hockey ArtWork and Words piece

My past has memories of hockey.  In winter, the ice waited for us.  On Saturday nights, we gathered around the television.  From a ho...

(posted on former website 1.1.2015)

There is something wonderful about a new beginning.  A new baby, a recent improvement in work, the beginning of a relationship or almost anything fresh, brings light to the eyes of those sharing its news (and to those hearing it).

Today is the first day of a new ...

(posted on former website 12.25.2014)

I wish you all Light & Love everyday, but especially today.  Often the Christmas Season is a time of frantic movements and crowded space.  We can get so caught up in what we need to do that we can forget what is best for ourselves.  We can find ourselves in clo...

(posted on former website 12.21.2014)

The Winter Solstice, in the Northern Hemisphere, is the shortest day of the year. Living in Northern Alberta, all who live here are very aware that daylight is at its premium at this time; it is not uncommon that one goes to work in the darkness, comes home in ...

(posted on former website 12.13.2014)

(NOTE: This ArtWork was created in 2006. In my journal, I wrote down my thoughts when I created this piece.  It wasn't until today, when I posted it on my webpage, that I completed this ArtWork & Words. The following Words are based on what I wrote so many year...