My sons first bowl and spoon

Carved this bowl and spoon by hand from a bit of sugar maple burl.  Finished with a homemade beeswax wood finish so make it food safe.  Although Rowan (my son) is not eating solid foods yet, he does love his spoon and chews on it often.

The Bee Eater

This bust is of a shaman from a fictitious tribe of hominids - yet to be discovered.  This species lives deep within Papua New Guinea.

In the End

An older painting that has had a bit of reworking in the spring of this year.  Finally got around to taking a picture of it! 
Painting is 18"x24" and is housepaints and acrylics on canvas.

The Honey Hunter

A new piece finished this summer.  This piece is a bit of a new beginning for me - the use of mixed media.  I have since started two new pieces that will also be along these lines.
Painting is 18"x24" and is recycled housepaints, acrylics, pastels and conte on recycled linen.

Queen Bee

A new piece!  Finished in the fall.  This painting had been on the boiler for a few years now, with the intial sketch made at a local watering hole some years ago.  I had been struggling with how to make the sketch into a painting until early this summer.
Painting measures 24"x36" without frame and is recycled house paints and acrylics on reclaimed plywood.

In This Together

A SET OF WEED POTS

My first set of little weedpots! Completed this past summer. Each one is approximately 7" tall and about 5" wide. They are made from spalted birch and finished with a hand rubbed french patina, which is food safe and non-carcinogenic.
Found the wood that I used for this in a landscaping companies wood lot. The owner was kind enough to let me root through they're piles of different things, and didnt want any money either! I ended up giving the owner the pot on the right as a thank you. It sits in his office now and I am welcome to hunt around anytime I like - which I will definitely do again. There are some beautiful felled trees there - ranging from hard maples, beech, birch and cedars. All of this is destined for the fire or to be chipped for use as mulch.

AN OPEN MIND IS ADVISED

In the summer of 2009 I was invited by the agency that does the design work for the Vancouver International Film Festival to create a piece for consideration for the events poster. The theme for that year was 'An Open Mind is Advised.' This was my submission.
I did not win, but felt very honoured to have been invited, along with 10 other Canadian artists, to give it a go. The winning design was by an artist by the name of Alex Mcleod. He does incredible work and is doing very well for himself these past few years.
Piece is 38"x48". Housepaints and acrylics on recyled plywood.

THE SWARM

OF MAN BEES AND BEANS

This is my first sculptural piece. Its made from plaster and painted with acrylics. It measures 9"x9".