Summer Study
Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario’s national and provincial parks.
in cemento veritas
Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.
Jellyfish and Microbeads
By pairing the natural with the unnatural, I create a subtle awareness of the plastic pollution crisis. Mixed media watercolor on paper.
Peppers for a Stew
This is a watercolor of three peppers in orange, yellow, and red being cut up to be put in a meat stew with other vegetables.
Covidscapes
These images were done during our Covid isolation.
Time
Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.
A Spring Collection
A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.
3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy
The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.
Elvis Has Left the Building
This artwork uses layers of collage and mixed media to portray memory, drawing on city life, poetry, art history, and other urban influences.
Diversity Dance
Celebrating the differences. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas.
Birdhouse in the Birches
A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.
In cemento veritas
Paintings and sculptures.
Garcia Lorca
Drawing of Garcia Lorca.
Review of The Mayapple Forest
A review of Kim Ports Parsons’ book of poetry The Mayapple Forest.
The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”
“The Hundred Word Eulogy” as pro-Islamic is challenged by translations that suggest the material fulfills two functions of a eulogy.
The Jejune
The jejune shares a handsome similitude with Mammon, in his politically-correct dysplasia, and his ability to fake.
Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar
A review of Emily Schulten’s book of poetry The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar.
Thoughts on Modernist poetry
The modernist poetry movement has radically changed the rules in form, style, stanza, and rhythm.
Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins
A review of insights and poems by Huey Newton as well as extensive political commentary on the overarching significance of the man.
Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen
This book can elicit an infectious curiosity about Bollywood amongst audiences beyond the mediascape of India/South Asia.
Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison
An interview with Best-Selling Novelist Jonathan Evison about his new book, Small World (2022).
An Apology for M.Phil.
A globally-acknowledged degree, of respected stature and ancient origins, does not find a place in the popular imagination.
Quirks and Quiddities
All about the dangers of soil erosion in Bangladesh, the fate of farmers, and what is being done to prevent it.
Lost in the Fog
It is about the unholy creation, existence, liberation, and legacy of the Nazi death camps as documented by “Night and Fog.”
Living is also about Learning to Die
Learning to die is the beginning of living.
An ARTistic Ride
From Stanley Park and Yaletown, to Granville Island and False Creek, I share eight of my favorites over the years.
Flight AWE613
Michael finds himself reevaluating his priorities and delving into precious memories as the plane he’s on seems doomed to crash.
Jack’s Gamble
Good and evil, virtue and vice…is it all just a toss of a coin?
Donkeys
Remember when the kid turns into a donkey in Pinocchio? Wasn’t that messed up? This is a rebuttal to my nightmares.
Irene and June
A darkly comic story about two elderly friends in a retirement home. What is truth and what is imagination?
Romantique
A “slice of life” pirouettes upon the palate reminiscent of a sweet and tart wedge of Lemon Meringue pie served with afternoon tea.
Her Red Dress Matches Her Eyes
A former librarian is hired as a secret agent with her government, and all hell breaks out.
Nature Doesn’t Bend
Gender identity, politics, and the criminal justice system collide like a car crash.
The Contract Broken
Voltaire and Rousseau discuss where modern society is going wrong.
Brilliant Blue
A story of 3900 words that might remind readers of a specific story by Hemingway and one by O’Connor.
Fifteen Minutes to Cavendish
A relationship viewed through a discussion on real estate. We get so caught up in “What-Ifs,” we lose sight of what’s right in front of us.
Lenses
This was written from the perspective of lenses. It doesn’t provide a solution; it only records what it sees. The consequences are unknown.
Dreams and Secrets of the Sea
A tale of a little orphan girl stealing dreams from a green, bib-wearing Sea Serpent, in a world where fairies take children’s dreams.
The Flower Lady
Love and compassion bloom during a pandemic.
A Second Life
Much will be forgiven those on whom not much has dawned. But let me ask: How could you not see the signs? What with the oceans rising…
We Swamp Creatures
The joys, or otherwise, of the swamp.
Journal Entry: Germination
Inspired by the gift of tomato seeds. Associative and journaling techniques were used to flesh out some kind of meaning.
Cries
We hear cries of children
Yet to be born
Most Poems
Most poems are pounded out in emotional flesh, sometimes physical skin scalped feelings. It’s a Jesus hanging on a cross a Mary kneeling…
Blue Cotton Candy
A reflection and feelings of the effects of the pandemic.
comes around
From parts unknown poetry appears.
Anti-Catharsis 2.0
Prickly rains drench Mother Courage as she pulls her wagon in Central Park.
If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off
When Love becomes silent cold war … Is it Hate? Is it Dependency or is it fear of changes? Deception seems to be the winner.
Spring
Spring is an introspective poem reflecting on personal growth throughout the changing of seasons.
disseverance
When the inevitably right thing happens – and doesn’t.
Smile at today’s sun as it goes down
Maybe if they knew of my hardships
They would go easier on me
Promise
A real story about two people who trusted each other and kept promises but the male in the relationship screwed the female over.