When I came back from Gwaii Haanas National Park in June, my head was filled with so many images, expe­ri­ences and thoughts that I needed some time to sort through them before pick­ing up a paint­brush. I’m still going through that, with over 5000 pho­tographs, a full sketch­book, sound files and video. One of the things I’m start­ing to do now is to thumb­nail sketch out in “sto­ry­board” form, my trip through the park itself which took 5 days. I’m look­ing at every pho­to­graph, recall­ing the expe­ri­ence and pick­ing a few moments that inter­est me. One of the great­est tools any artist can use is the thumb­nail to do this, and it’s a great tool that I learned way back in my col­lege days as a graphic designer.