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.
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.
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.
Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
A review of Ainslie Hogarth’s Motherthing, a New York Times Best Book of the Year.
On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself
“Write what you know” is common writing advice. But how do we make this mean something and make it a part of our own writing?
Jean Paul
One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?
Exploring some of the ways in which cultural history has glorified Pollock’s work and turned it into a monolithic iconic entity.
Eyes on the Prize
Before there was transgender there was One-Eyed Charley.
A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson
A book review of Couri Johnson’s latest novella of fabulist short stories.
The Lang Fairy Books
A brief overview of the famous series edited by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, and his wife Nora, who did much of the rewriting.
Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems
A review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems by Oisín Breen.
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.
One of a Kind
Ricky Gordon, a high school basketball coach in a small town, upon his father’s death, must come to terms with the parent he never respected.
Mine Heart
Mine Heart reminds us of the atrocities which men can inflict upon humanity.
Albatross
“Albatross” is a story about loss, acceptance, and the importance of resilience in becoming a grown up.
David’s Stare
A “commercial” artist receives sage advice from a revered Master.
Many Wee Undead
Tells the tale of undead leprechauns unleashed on a quiet village by the misspoken spells of ignorant Wiccans.
Pond Life
A nine-year-old boy in postwar Britain realizes, from his own behaviour, what nastiness ordinary people were capable of.
The Frightful Fall
A healthcare aid panics when his client falls through the Hoyer Lift and to the floor.
Rough Ride
“Rose, watch little Al while I go to the store and get a few things for dinner. I won’t be but an hour,” called Jenny Wilkinson.
Lot Dog
Monday mayhem inside the “Dream Factory.”
The Best of Mothers
The overturning of Roe Vs Wade, for an Indian woman looking to the West as a model for women’s rights, this was my honest view.
A Spirit of Fate
With a dirty hand, the lad held the small, amber vessel into the moonlight and peered at it.
4-12%
A father dealing with his chronic illness and his fears for his young daughter. A mother trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the chaos.
The Water Charm
The stars align like a map resulting in a collision between aspiration and opportunity on a diverse cultural highway including dinosaurs.
Mary Mary
A young agnostic woman visits a cathedral to become closer to her ex-girlfriend.
Minor Marvel
Been there, done that, preconceived notions blown to pieces.
Making Friends the Deadly Way
Can you recall a time when you didn’t fit in? Tyrone finds a path to popularity, only to discover its source bursting with radiation.
Seeds of Resilience
Resilience and hope for the new generation to rise up against the corrupt system in Nigeria and indeed other African societies.
the sacrificing poet
A poet who sacrifices his own life for his own truth while the ones he loves watch on.
Eggs sunny side up
Explores how we deal with losing someone and the way we create ghosts out of loneliness.
I Know I’m Diseased
There is one disease we all have and for which, at least for now, there is no cure.
Winter’s Silver Lining
The catalyst responsible for the beauty of winter, a season dreaded by many but loved by some. Brings focus to the beauty of the season.
Surprise Christmas Gifts
A young girl receives a Christmas surprise.
Misandroid 2.0
Words drop, disconnect and die
as the babbling blather breaks.
Love Poem
Conveys a desire to coalesce with love in its purity.
I like to be unpredictable too!
Come over here.
A little closer.
Naturally
Death has long been one of the foundational pillars of poetry throughout the ages and this poem carries on this illustrious tradition.
Choreia*
Why can’t anyone sympathize with her wish to dance?
A Locked Door Being Tried
Mediates on the endless retreat into the self of someone who’s experienced the violent loss of their parents.
War winter
I left America, where gun violence is endemic. Europe seemed safer. Russia invaded Ukraine. Europe still seems safer.
Reflection
Reflection on writing and mortality.
Diné Deliverance
Loren was a member of the Diné nation who came on occasion to talk. Diné is alternative nomenclature for Navajo.
Reflections at Age Ninety-nine
Bunny Moon reflects on her life as she approaches her 100th birthday.