Painting 3159
The hermit in the tarot sees what others see and do not see, he looks at himself, he looks forward and behind…
The Empty Mirror
These photographs are of worlds built with my own hands. The concept of how space affects internal life is central to my process.
Evening Shores
Original Watercolours
Watercolour prints on Canvas
Old Cock Road
Depicts a small pedestrianized street in Halifax, which links Commercial Road to Market Street.
Lost Heartbeats
Bold and high contrast colors intended to be the visual equivalent of a heartbeat, one that is lost because it was not taken.
Detached From Color
Photography as a means of self-expression. The most important quality of a photograph, as in all art, is to evoke an emotional response.
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.
Flash Fiction
What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends.
Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories
A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.
Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock
A book review of Lindsay Hill’s new novel “Tidal Lock” from McPherson & Company, published November 2024.
The Lucky Chops
The Lucky Chops is a unique brass band. They play funky jazz/rock tunes and often play the New York subway platforms.
Review: Endearing Species
The fiction starts with the citation of reasons for the migration of the Nepali speaking people from the Plain areas to the hilly ones.
The Pulitzer Prize Winner
A review of the two memoirs by Frank McCourt; “Angela’s Ashes” and “Tis.” These were moving accounts of his upbringing in Limerick, Ireland.
Sex, Fascism, and So Forth
A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.
Modernist Poetry
Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.
Profiles in Honesty
A book review of Writers and Missionaries, by Adam Shatz.
Not my circus, not my monkeys
Visiting the fascinating world of idioms and expressions and how they convey dozens of cultural subtleties and concepts.
A freelance journalist’s take on transitioning to dystopian fiction writing
The dystopian genre has produced some of history’s most iconic books, like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World…
The Whole Wide World
A review of The Whole Wide World. I was surprised that my sister did not like it all, so I tried to examine why it impacted me so much.
House of Hunger/Book Review
Lexi Kent-Monning’s book review of House of Hunger by Uzodinma Okehi.
Stories from the Darp
A review of Pinching Zwieback, stories by Mitchell Toews.
From A Candle To A Flame To A Wildfire Of Hope
This is a review of Mehreen Ahmed’s novel, Incandescence published by Impspired Magazine, UK and written by Chitra Gopalakrishnan.
The Corner Store
A local landmark, a collection of antique merchandising gear, and what Tuffer Gibson calls his baby, that’s the Corner Store.
Shade Tree Diplomacy
Life is conflict. While we think we know how we’d act as we watch someone else in a dispute, when it’s us we may not be quite so sure.
The Benefit of a Bad Beginning
A bad start in life gives the good things that finally come a rare preciousness.
Our Matchmaker was an Autonomous Car
Unlikely lovers confront technology leading to unexpected consequences within the “City by the Bay.”
Fortuna on Holiday
Lana fears the odds are against pulling off one more criminal caper. The brash Tito seductively convinces her that she’s being superstitious.
George Turns Back
George cannot remove his costume after a party. His actions cancel the future.
Too Soon
A young woman in a small town, has experienced the loss of her boyfriend and is uncertain as to what she has left to live for.
Small Big Picture
Head of a refugee camp can’t understand a woman who refuses to share a tent with a man who looks like the man who shot her husband.
Raging Rails and Campfire Tales
Mysterious artifacts are found inside a Mojave desert construction site leading to unexpected reunions for a contractor and his wife.
An Inconvenient Truth
A mother’s reaction to her daughter’s unplanned pregnancy.
ar·chi·tec·ture
A timely twisted tale where the past becomes the future for an architect, a devil, and Shakespeare riding beams of light.
Wretch
A story of a son looking for redemption after committing a grievous mistake years ago.
Jack in the Box
Do we ever really know our parents, or do we only think we do? Can an adult have a “coming of age” experience?
April’s Foul Day
This is a short story on grief and loss.
Oh Lucky One
Welcome to the aftermath – Our hero from last June’s ‘Minor Marvel’ in Literary Heist is back.
The Carny Contessa
A successful Hollywood writer, meets an unconventional protagonist and writes a new “chapter” for his career.
Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?
The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.
Enforcerage
Enforcerage is a poignant and evocative exploration of the struggle for justice and freedom across Africa.
Burning Books
“Burning Books” reflects on the rise of anti-democratic influence and the impact of disinformation on social media.
Full of Woe
A short comparison of Then to Now.
Regarding Eros
The true nature of Eros.
Comforting Wounds
People grieve with us for a time, but healing alone is ours.
Tic toc
Time, relentless and hard
Sweeps me swiftly forward
Transcendence
Transcendence
is eating a peach
Street Artist
I have always been fascinated by people who paint outside, especially in the heart of a city. They seem so immersed in their work.
Just Another Poet
Just another poet. There will always be another poet to take my place.
let it be
let insanity run its course let wells dry and thoughts go awry embrace the natural rivers of intention let the sound of silence become…
To M.
Maybe these words are my Ariadne’s thread whenever I lose my bearings in that absurd maze they unwisely call life.
The Music Plays On
A gatling gun of a poem, splicing and juxtaposing the mundane and the horrific and how they’re intertwined.
Happy Birthday Dad
Written on my father’s 100th birthday. Even though he left this world many years ago, he will never be forgotten by me.
Ruminating Spume
A bottle on a Mediterranean beach provokes childhood nostalgia.
Sylvia’s Eulogy
The coldness of the premature loss of a beloved.
Chrysanthemum
Inspired from the verse “Requiescat” written by an Anglo-Irish poet. Chrysanthemum, however, is dedicated to my late grandmother.