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Shake It Up :: Get Loose :: Work The Muscles…I Can’t Do The Same Thing Forever.

On July 10, 2012 By

Any time that I spend a lengthy time work­ing on tight, clas­sic work…it’s too much for me. My cre­ative mus­cles atro­phy; my brain keeps me up all night and I feel like I’m trudg­ing along, ther­mos and lunch­pail, to my shift at the fac­tory studio.

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Choices : Create / Destroy — They Are Both The Same.

On July 4, 2012 By

Choices are one and the same. Through the process of cre­ation, we destroy. Through destruc­tion, we cre­ate. Through imagery of Haida Gwaii, con­tem­plate your choices as an artist.

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Triumphant Wins and Epic Losses — This Week In The Studio

On June 29, 2012 By

There are ups and downs in every artist’s stu­dio. This week has had all of that. Here are my epic fails and tri­umphant wins.

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Work In Progress — “The Yellow Raincoat”

On June 25, 2012 By

The very inter­est­ing thing is that no mat­ter where you are in rela­tion­ship to the paint­ing, it changes accord­ing to the reflec­tion of the light source.

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The Artist’s Window –Creating Onsite vs.The Studio.

On June 20, 2012 By

There is a big dif­fer­ence in work­ing on site, with all of the sen­sory input of the moment. Sound, light, colour, smells…they all ADD to the moment of rap­ture when cre­at­ing the work, and for me as an artist, there is noth­ing quite like that pure energy of cre­at­ing the “feel­ing” of what you have in that one moment and place.

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A Study in Contrasts

On May 23, 2012 By

Noth­ing quite so excit­ing than start­ing your trip by get­ting this close to a bear. I had a great day on the road, expe­ri­enc­ing every form of weather from snow to sun­shine. In one day, I spot­ted two black bears, a huge male elk, bighorn sheep, deer, loons, bald eagles.

It’s made me real­ize once again, how priv­i­leged I am to live in this part of the world, and that so much is right in my own backyard.

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All That Glitters…IS Gold!

On May 17, 2012 By

There are many things one thinks about in a paint­ing. Often, it’s how to han­dle your cho­sen medium and how to best reveal the light in a three dimen­sional form on a two dimen­sional surface.

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Gwaii Haanas Marine — Parks Canada Videos!

On April 11, 2012 By

Here are a cou­ple of beau­ti­ful videos made by Parks Canada of the Gwaii Haanas Marine Park. I will be there this June, as Artist in Residence.

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Press Release :: Janice Tanton Bound for Haida Gwaii — Gwaii Haanas National Park Artist in Residence 2012

On April 9, 2012 By

I’m going to be an Artist in Res­i­dence at Gwaii Haanas!

Artists in Gwaii Haanas is a col­lab­o­ra­tive effort between Gwaii Haanas National Park, the Haida Gwaii Museum, and the Haida Nation. For 10 days in June, three artists (two artist res­i­dents of Haida Gwaii and one vis­it­ing artist) will be guided by a Parks Canada staff mem­ber into remote areas of Gwaii Haanas National Park.

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