The following paintings were completed late in 2011, during voyages to Antarctica via the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.  For Video Highlights taken during these incredible and historic trips can can be found on my blog.)

Paradise Bay, Antarctica

Awarded the Curry's Da Vinci Award, Open Water 2011, CSPWC 86th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

I am very honoured to receive this award in recognition of the painting "Paradise Bay, Antarctica".  For several years now I have painted on the great white continent and always find inspiration in its natural beauty and endless abstractions of form.  Witnessing climate change among the massive ice shelves and glaciers, I contemplate this melting flow of water that effects us all.  Watercolour is an ideal medium for attempting to capture the light and flow of this journey and I am grateful to share this painting at this Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour open international juried exhibition.

Autumn in the Pacific Spirit Forest

The Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which adjoins my backyard in Vancouver, provides countless inspiration for new paintings.  In October, the Big Leaf Maples of this forest decorate the hemlock and sweet fir moss-draped understory.