Alberta Steel
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What is it? Part of my work involves shooting photos for commercial clients. I had the pleasure of traveling to Calgary and Edmonton last week to document the activities of a …
Rough Angel II
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My apologies for missing a few weeks of updates while I was away on holidays. Our trip to Colorado was great!
I attended two art shows in Aspen and Beaver Creek and the response I received was …
World Connections - Image of the Week
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Keeping connected while on vacation sure makes me appreciate the world wide web. We are never very far from connecting to the internet even when in beautiful remote canyons. It’s good to have the ability to stay connected to clients and their requests, although I need to remind myself that I am on holidays and to just enjoy the downtime.
Global Wireless Connections - Image of the Week
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In preparation for my Colorado art trip I missed sending out an image of the week last week…
Setting Your Own Direction- Image of the Week
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Every once in a while it’s a good idea to stop and look where you are and which way you are going. It’s easy to …
Angel 3
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Here is the third mosaic in a series based on Leonardo Da Vinci’s…
World Wire Globe - Image of the Week
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How do you make a high tech looking globe to represent global connections? Sometimes the solution is low-tech. In this instance, I photographed a …
Wish Upon A Star - Image of the Week
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You would never think that just on the other side of the hill in this shot there is a …
The World is Your Oyster - Image of the Week
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Natural pearls are rare and not easily obtained. The chances of me roaming the beach and finding a scene like this are not very good.
Cultured pearls are made by …
World Map - Image of the Week
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The world is becoming more interconnected everyday. International travel and business is a vital part of most country’s economies…
Technological Convergence - Image of the Week
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I had the idea for this “convergence” image brewing for a couple of years now and when I recently revisited it, many of the icons needed to be …
Summer tourists - Image of the Week
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My family is in the process of finalizing our summer vacation plans already…
Shopping for a new house? - Image of the week
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Even though the housing market has seen better days in some areas of the world, in my little corner, it continues to be stronger than ever…
Making Good from Bad - Image of the Week
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Sometimes a bad situation can turn into an opportunity. We’ve all heard that when life gives you lemons, you make …
Nautilus - Image of the Week
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The nautilus holds a special place in the design and art world as it’s nature’s example of the golden ratio. These proportions (1:1.618) are thought to be …
The Coffee Craze - Image of the Week
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Ahh, the smell of a roasted coffee bean. This rich, brown bean has become such a hot commodity. Coffee shops on every corner, people paying $5 for specialty coffee drinks. Coffee has become a socially acceptable addiction…
Harmony - Image of the Week
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It’s too bad we can’t all just get along like these rocks. …
Are You Listening? - Image of the Week
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My opening night reception for my fine art mosaic exhibition went very well. We had over …
My First Solo Show
Instead of the usual image of the week I’m sending you an invitation to attend the opening of my first solo show which …
How are We Doing?- Image of the Week
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I’ve been so busy preparing for my first solo art show that I missed last week’s “Image of the Week”. Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to …
A New Idea - Greener Lighting - Image of the Week
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This is the new look of “green” lightbulbs. The compact florescent swirly bulbs are going out of favour because of
Life at a Crossroads - Image of the Week
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Things are changing for me recently. If you haven’t noticed, I’m doing for fine art mosaic work as the sales from …
Mona’s Eyes - Image of the Week
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With this rendering of Mona Lisa’s eyes I was trying to use as few slate tiles as I could and still get a recognizable image. The end result used only 270 tiles, picked from …
Vision in Stone
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Here is my latest mosaic creation. I’ve been doing faces in stone and wood mosaics because a large part of the human brain is devoted to recognizing faces, and so …
Sugar Fix - Image of the Week
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I don’t know about you but I’ve had my fill of sweet treats over the last few weeks. My children have a bit of a sweet tooth too…
