William Perehudoff a master of colour and paint passed away on this day in 2013. He is an inspiration for many artists in Canada and beyond. We miss him.

David Alexander's exhibition opened tonight at the Bau Xii Gallery. Here he is reprising his kabuki Dave chops as demonstrated a few years back.

Rhonda and I are working in Saskatchewan all through the month of July.  We have a show at the Art Gallery of Regina in 2014 and are taking an early opportunity to get some ideas together for it.  The joy of being here is that it gives us a chance also to re-connect with friends.  Tonight we had supper with

Rhonda and I were in Saskatoon over the past weekend to attend the opening of a show of our new work at Art Placement.  I was happy to see many old friends including Lorenzo Dupuis.  This picture captures him and what Bob Christie dubbed his "Cheshire cat smile".

Today, I attended the painting symposium organized in conjunction with Landon Mackenzie's exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery. Participants included Ben Reeves, Allan Switzer, Jesse Garbe, Eli Boronoswky, Allyson Clay, Damian Moppett, Neil Campbell, Elizabeth McIntosh, Vanessa Disler, Sean Weisgerber and Tiffin Breen. Here Ben wanders through the opening for Painters '11 - a string theory - the exhibition put up as part

Highlight of my summer was an opportunity to spend some time with Tom and Pat O'Flanagan.  The last time I saw Tom was at his show (with brothers Rob and Terry) at the Edmonton Art Gallery in 2004.  For sure, too much time has passed.  I never worried and always knew Tom had my  back in past dangerous and unpredictable

Andrea Pinheiro is a friend who leaves Vancouver tomorrow.  She is joining the faculty at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie where she will be working with another great friend, Tom O'Flanagan.  Tonight her joint show with Damian Moppett, "Not Photographs", opened at the Satellite Gallery.  We are going to miss you around here Andrea.

I spent two days in Guelph, ON with long time friend Rob O'Flanagan.   There has been much debate in his family about which brother carries the handsome gene.  But, I think this picture might settle that argument.  We spent part of our weekend looking for Amanda McMorran.   We did get to see her exhibition at the Macdonald Stewart

I had an opportunity to visit my first printmaking instructor in Trepassey, NL. We hadn't been together for nearly twenty years. Warren Peterson also taught me several drawing classes and is a prime influence in my thinking about art and life. He is also a master of the critique. Impossible to know how to thank him but he really made