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Westwind
24 × 36" · Acrylic on canvas
Salt on your lips, wind in your hair. Strong winds whip across this canvas — crisp, fresh air fills your lungs. To the west, the horizon shines like your best friend is the open Pacific.
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ʔuuqsap
Serenity
24 × 48" · Acrylic on canvas
Serenity is the absence of anxiety and fear. I think we could all use a little more of that.
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ʔiiḥatis
Big Beach
24 × 48" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
There are very few places that I am as attached to as this specific place. It has been a touchstone for me throughout my life.
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ƛaʔukʷiłik
Aftermorrow
36 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
The subject in my work is the location. Ucluth Beach is a protected beach deep in the heart of Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ territory — a micro climate with its own weather, magical and sheltered.
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t̓aaqaakaḥ ʔani hininqa ƛułtuupʔi
I Believe in the Good Things Coming
48 × 60" · Acrylic on canvas
'Every day is a new day' said Cecil Paul. He'd let go of all the abuses and negativity he'd experienced in life. Stay positive, and get on with some of those wonderful things you're meant to do today.
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ƛaʔukʷiłitʔi
Day Before Yesterday
36 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
My paintings are meant to capture and convey that whole experience — what it's actually like to stand there, with some genuine understanding of the place you're in.
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Roots
24 × 48" · Acrylic on canvas
Driftwood has roots. The latest from the Florencia series. It's always good to get back to your roots — get your feet in the sand and stay connected, grounded.
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K̓aaxn̓I
Driftwood
24 × 36" · Acrylic on canvas
Fresh work like a fresh breeze. Sand, surf and sun on warm driftwood.
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Wet Socks and a Rock in My Shoe
24 × 48" · Acrylic on canvas
I don't paint things because they're pretty — I paint what I feel is important. It's about love, life, loss, entropy and the reality of our environment.
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Qwatwat
Half Moon Bay
36 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Half Moon Bay is within the traditional territory of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation. "To paint something is to know it." I hope viewers will have that sense of familiarity wash over them.
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Florencia Bay
36 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Florencia Bay, aka Wreck Bay, aka South Flo — regardless of what you call it, it is beautiful and a favourite spot of mine.
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Yuułuł
Ucluth Beach
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Shown at the Orange Door Gallery as part of PRAS' Golden Days of May Artshow.
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ʔiicaapi
The Wind Blows Against It
24 × 36" · Acrylic on canvas
ʔiicaapi [pronounced eechappy] means 'The Wind Blows Against It' in Nuu-chah-nulth. Today the charts name it Tonquin Island for the ship from New York that in 1811 was blown up.
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Eventide
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Ucluelet's Wild Pacific Trail is spectacular at any time of day but at sundown you can sometimes see a painted sky in the most amazing colours.
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Janson Island
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Janson Island is a glowing gem sliding out from behind George Fraser Islands as you leave Ucluelet harbour. Paddling back, a Killer Whale breached right behind my kayak.
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ʔuusmaqakma tuupał
The Ocean is Dangerous
24 × 26" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
The largest waves I've seen in my life — amongst the largest in the world that afternoon. Wind in my ears, salt on my lips, waves are terrifying and far too beautiful to look away.
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Ebb & Flow
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
There is always a discrepancy between a photograph and the experience. Painting allows the opportunity to reintroduce the emotional, experiential elements that the camera rarely captures.
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Shore Pine on Sunset Point
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Shore Pines have a distinct pattern to their branches and canopy.
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Together Forever
24 × 48" · Diptych · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvases
These two trees grew next to each other on their rootball. They spent their whole life intertwined and in falling over they've maintained their inseparability.
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Afterglow
16 × 24" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Sometimes you can catch a view whereby the water is brighter than the sky.
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Westward
16 × 24" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
The westward view. I happen to think the sense of realism in this painting comes from the colours.
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Stormbreak
24 × 24" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Storms generate powerful waves and the cavitation makes sea foam. Debris gets swirled and redistributed all over the intertidal zone.
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Warmth of Winter
24 × 24" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
I sat in the sunshine watching the light sparkling on the underside of the log for quite some time. Even at your favourite spots you can have an exceptional moment that'll stay with you until you find yourself having to paint it.
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Forest & Fog
24 × 24" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Trees are amazing — they live in family groups, communicate and exchange resources. They even have a pulse.
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After a Full Moon
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
A seascape from the Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet.
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WestCoast
48 × 60" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
A large format statement piece — the west coast of Vancouver Island in all its scale and presence.
Commissioned
Florencia Bay 2020
24 × 36" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
A commissioned work capturing one of the most loved beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
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Wild & Pacific
24 × 48" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
One of my favourite spots along the Wild Pacific Trail — the King Tide punctuated by tremendous waves, the ocean looking calm until it roared up into crashing waves with sea foam swirling about.
Commissioned
Florencia: A Place to Discover Yourself
48 × 60" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
A large format immersive work from Florencia Bay — the place many artists have found inspiration.
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Big Beach
24 × 36" · Acrylic on canvas
ʔiiḥatis — Big Beach, Ucluelet. A place of continual return.
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H̥umiis
Ancient Cedar
24 × 48" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Ancient cedars are among the most storied living things on the coast — witnesses to centuries of wind, rain, and tide.
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Tin Wis
Calm Beach
24 × 72" · Acrylic on canvas
A panoramic commissioned work — Tin Wis (Calm Beach) in Tla-o-qui-aht territory, Tofino.
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The House at Amphitrite Point
48 × 60" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
PRAS Collection. Amphitrite Point — the rocky headland at the entrance to Ucluelet Harbour.
Commissioned
Edge of Twilight
24 × 48" · Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
I painted this for some dear friends and when I see it, I always think of them.
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Florencia
24 × 48" · Acrylic on canvas
A favourite beach, where many artists have found inspiration.