Hello there, Here is a painting for the dog days of summer – something cool, wet and shady. On the side of many of the trails here one can find these little mini falls popping out of the mountains side. They are nature’s grandeur in miniature – shady little microcosms of moss, stone and tumbling mountain…
new painting – Darren and Jenn’s Good Saturday
Hello! Winter is now well over and we already have the way to the lake free of snow for mountain biking… and mosquitoes galore to make mountain biking there really, really uncomfortable. The trick is to not stop. Ever. But as it is early in the season and the route is uphill one needs to…
new painting – Maria and Leilani’s Sunset Run
Hello all, Today brings new snow and a new painting. Yes, the latter despite the former (maybe I should be out there instead of in here blogging, I mean). After last weeks’ epic powder day we have had barely a flake and the groomers have been scraping up the same sad snow all week. Inspiration…
new painting – Whitecroft Autumn Canopy
Hello, After a month or two of toil, my submission to the annual Sotheby’s Art Auction was completed (at the 11th hour as usual). This year’s offering is a view experienced in an autumn walk with the dog and kids to the Whitecroft waterfalls. Along the way are a few groves of birch, aspen and…
Early October Snow on Gentle Giant
The countdown begins to season opening – slated for November 17th. Not to be a downer but my gut tells me its not going to happen on time this year. We have been getting minimal skiffs of snow interspersed with warm days. While the higher elevations are building up the centimeters, down on the lower…
new painting: “September on the Whitecroft Waterfall Path”
Hello all, There is no doubt about it. Fall is my favourite time of the year. The kids are back in school, the boots and sweaters come out, and the fall colours appear. Here at Sun Peaks that means primarily yellows from the aspens and some birch. Later in the fall, though, the brilliant reds…
new painting: July off the No. 9
Good morning, Second last week of August here. After crowing in my last post about the good air quality we are now socked in by a pretty nasty mass of orange grey forest fire smoke. I am feeling a bit sorry for myself as this necessitated the postponement of a visit by a few of…
new painting – Off the Valley Trail, June
Hello friends, The good times have been flying by and August has sneaked up on us. It has been a beautiful, lazy mountain summer. Sunny but not extreme weather, decent air quality (cannot take that for granted here in forest fire country), and a whole lot of freedom to explore the hills on foot and…
new painting – “Bluebird Morning on Homesteader”
Hi all, Here is the first painting of 2018! Hooray! While it is clear that this year’s painting output may well be as prolific as others (or less) I am patting myself on the back for getting anything finished at all. Been busy. Likewise for the blog. I had envisioned that it would be a…
new painting – Anticipation – Eve Before Opening”
Hello all, Another busy few weeks have flown by, which brings us to the week before Christmas. As if Christmastime isn’t busy enough, I have been painting like mad in preparation for this years Sotheby’s International Realty Benefit Art Auction. This fun annual event is a great time with good food, music, wine tastings, a…
Happy Opening Week!!
Through September and into October Sun Peaks can be a quiet place. The guests and many of the seasonal workers are largely gone and most businesses take a little break to recoup or renovate. The place is not dead entirely but it does take on a sleepy, dreamlike state. Then, starting somewhere in late October,…
End of season update
Well now, that went by fast. Last time I checked in here it was January and the high season was still new. And now, its all over. But while most of BC experiences proper spring it is still snow boots and white stuff around here. Its melting fast but the melting is interspersed with…
The Tipsy Pine 