I went to Prince George, BC to be at the opening of Chance Operations² the show that Rhonda Neufeld and I have traveling to nine Canadian cities. Prince George is the sixth stop on the circuit.  My good friend, Julia Whittaker, greeted us at the airport when we walked into the arrivals area. Just a month prior to this a chauffeur met me at La Guardia in NYC.  He had moved past paper and searched for me with an iPad.  It was the first time I had been met that way and my first chauffeured transportation.  Julia drove us into Prince

  This morning I visited with Doug Haynes at his studio in Edmonton. Doug is one of the great painters working in Canada and he has been doing that for over fifty years now. Around 1994, I worked with him in the print studios at Keyano College to produce nearly two hundred monotypes.  I frequently find myself sharing the things I have learned about art from him with students and friends. These are some of the canvases that he still has around

My very first class in lithography was at the University of Regina.  On more than one occasion these three masters students saved my lithographic butt. Here they are from left to right - Nelson Yuen, Chuck Marsh and Charlie Largent.  Missing but not forgotten is C.J. Finn.