Perched on chair overlooking the last row of sopranos at a Wednesday night  rehearsal of the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, camera in hand, I was stunned to feel the power of those 80 voices reverberating through the room as they ran through a crescendo in John Rutter’s Requiem. It was a power one didn’t expect when…Read more »

Wild to discover my TTC drawing featured in this Now magazine article! No doubt Cliff Goldstein’s story inspired TTC & Pattison, as before the story ran they did reach out to offer payment for using the artwork. (A tiny bit of research suggests they do pay creatives in other cities with similar programs.) The cash is…Read more »

Heather Faris is an Animal Communicator. What’s that, you ask? I built a website to explain it: https://www.heatherconnects.com/ …And for comparison’s sake, here is the only web presence she’d had for this work until we launched her site two nights ago: http://www.thehealingspacecalgary.com/associates/heather.html

  OK, technically it was under the Van Horne Viaduct, which my creative partner Frank and I were crossing when we heard The Van Hornies’ Tuesday night practice in the park down below. Being us, we immediately took out our iPhones, started shooting and captured the last song of the evening, which I’ve just finished…Read more »

I’ve been experimenting with Procreate, the drawing app for iPad. It’s super fun! And a great teacher, if you can resist overlapping your drawing with the original photo to see if everything is in the right place! (In this most recent drawing, her eyes and ears weren’t, so thanks for helping it look like her,…Read more »

“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.” — HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE Set amidst bracing snowy winter weather and picturesque holiday decorations, the magic of Hillary and Adrian’s intimate winter wedding carried through their Harry Potter theme and custom games into…Read more »