Cool Landscapes

Fellow artist and illustrator Mike Sass and I decided to spend the weekend in the Canadian Rockies painting. Saturday was beautiful, warm and sunny.








We were both looking forward to continuing Sunday. Unfortunately the gods had other plans. We woke up to 0 degrees and 10 cm of snow.


Yes, it can and does snow every month in Canada.

Workshops Part Two

I spent a good part of my summer giving workshops in Florence and my hometown, Calgary. The range of student personalities makes these workshops great fun. Students such as: Hank, a retired Pan Am pilot, Kesnia, the Russian animation student, an Italian brain surgeon named Palma, Marvel Comics artist Cary and Aaron, a high school student who is already saving to study with us in Florence



I design the workshops to be fun and informative. That said, they are not easy. As one student said, "I can't wait to get back to work so I can relax."








The paintings you see here are student works completed in a two week course.