Artists In Our Midst

Apparently Rossini and Wagner didn't get along. Rossini once said that Wagner created some wonderful moments of music, usually followed by a quarter of an hour of bad music. Wagner shot back that he wondered who would be left to promote Rossini's music when Rossini died. I won't take sides in this argument, believing that there is enough good in both the maestros' music to please countless music fans for generations to come. But I can relate to Rossini in his belief in self-promotion. If you are in Vancouver please come to the Artists In Our Midst opening on April 28th at 7 p.m. It is at the Roundhouse in Yaletown. My work will be at studio 10 on the Saturday and Sunday after that (April 30th and May 1st) from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.

For the next two weeks I have prints up at Finn's Menswear on West Broadway, and at Quadro framing on West 10th at Trimble.

Flowers On Film

I'm still scanning old negatives. These were shot on good film and have a feel that can only be produced with film. But I love the control digital offers me in the final printing. Maybe I have never fully experienced the romance and control of a darkroom.

Black and White Scans and Ralph Gibson

A three week chest cold has kept me inside a lot. So I've been scanning old B&W negatives. I did get out to listen to Ralph Gibson talk about his life and photography.

Richmond Dikes & Edward Hopper

Sometimes it is hard to know if you are the only one that sees something in what you work on and save. Edward Hopper was one influence on the way I look at things and the way I feel about them.

Stanley Park Stream

"Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world."

Oscar Wilde

South Beach Seawall & Rumi (a new kind of entry)

"A great silence overcomes me

and I wonder why I ever thought

to use language at all"

Rumi (from ode 1823)

Version by Coleman Barks

Fraser River Dock

Okay, so maybe I haven't gotten down to the business of preparing for the show. But I did get out. And it was the west coast at its moody best.