All that jazz
Last week was the Halifax Jazz Concert. I went to two evening performances. The first was the Spontaneous Combustion Orchestra. The...
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Jul 20, 20091 min read
The great divide
Today the call-in question on the Maritime Noon radio show (CBC of course) was: “Are you in favor of space exploration?” It seemed nine...
Jul 19, 20091 min read
Love in bloom
I went to Peggy’s Cove for an afternoon this week and didn’t have a camera. I felt like I wasn’t really there. I went to Chester for an...
Jul 13, 20091 min read
And then there was Bath
A morning in the spa, an afternoon shooting the breeze.
Jul 10, 20091 min read
From Exeter back to Denmark (Road)
Exeter is another beautiful city. It’s origin is unknown, dating back to pre-Roman times. Remnants of Celtic, Roman and medieval...
Jul 8, 20091 min read
Camera chimera
We went to a glass museum in northern Denmark (I do wish I could remember the names of the towns). One of the sculptures was a box made...
Jul 6, 20091 min read
Before leaving Denmark
Aaron and I spent our last day in Aarlborg, the third largest city in Denmark. Joanne had left a couple of days earlier. And then it was...
Jul 5, 20091 min read
And still more photos of Denmark
The next day, Aaron, Joanne, Thora and I made a tour around the tip of Denmark. The town of Skagen sits where two bodies of water meet. ...
Jul 3, 20092 min read
The art of music; the music of art
Yesterday Sonny Rollins, the great jazz sax musician, was interviewed on Q (CBC radio of course). He talked a lot about his connection...
Jul 1, 20092 min read
More on confidence
My friend Kim Dawn recently wrote me in response to my post of confidence. I agree with what she has to say: I strongly believe in...
Jun 30, 20091 min read
Girls just wanna have fun
After most of the people had left the opening reception, I fooled around for the camera in front of my paintings with expert photographer...
Jun 27, 20091 min read
More photos from Denmark
To publicize the exhibition, the gallery made a banner for the front of the building. They had printed a copy of a painting of mine for...
Jun 24, 20093 min read
A beautiful thing to have such dreams
On another note, this has been on my mind (and in my draft box) for a few weeks. It’s about confidence. As an artist, it is important...
Jun 23, 20091 min read
Some pictures from the exhibition
The opening reception at Galleri Saltum in Denmark was very successful. The work was well received and two large paintings sold right...
Jun 22, 20091 min read
An afternoon in Aarhus: Sculpture by the Sea
On Friday I took a quick bus/train trip down to Aarhus to meet Aaron and Joanne. They had spent two nights in Copenhagen. I hadn’t seen...
Jun 21, 20091 min read
Beautiful Danish scenery
I find myself using the word beautiful so many times to describe Denmark. It definitely is beautiful. I stayed in a house that was...
Jun 20, 20091 min read
Pix from beautiful Denmark
My first morning in Denmark, Thora, the gallery owner, took me to where they make cheese and butter. When my children were young, we...
Jun 17, 20092 min read
Continental pleasures and confusions
When I was first waiting with Aaron at Heathrow airport for the bus to Exeter, I saw a car go by without a driver. Or so it seemed to me....
Jun 16, 20091 min read
Use my sky
Use my sky. It might be slightly tarnished from previous times when I have walked across a cloud and slipped through, missed my cue, ...
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