Nature

  • Wildlife of Spain: Species Photographed in Nature

    A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Andalucia, Spain. Areas explored include Seville, Huelva, Donana Parque Natural, and Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche.

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  • Wildlife of New Zealand: Species Photographed in Nature

    A listing of all wild species I have encountered in New Zealand, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species (except Invertebrates, it will be a bit different). This was a visit in 2014 when I had older equipment and before I was prioritizing animal photos, so the photos aren’t quite up to…

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  • Wildlife of Australia: Species Photographed in Nature

    A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Australia, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species. This was a visit in 2014 when I had older equipment and long before I was prioritizing animal photos, so my apologies that the photos aren’t up to my current standards. I have also…

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  • Wildlife of Ontario, Canada: Species Photographed in Nature

    A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Ontario, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species (except Invertebrates, it will be a bit different). All photos are my own.

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  • Wildlife of India: Species Photographed in Nature

    A personal photographic account of my month-long travels in Rajasthan, India in February 2020. Most of the sightings were within 5km of my stay at the Farm Studio artist residency in Andore. However, there would also be sightings included from Jaipur, Ranthambore National Park, Ranakpur, Kumbalgarh, Jawai Bandh, and Sirohi. I am self-trained in wildlife…

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  • Under the Santa Monica Pier, a flash memoir

    The beach at Santa Monica is large, flat, and long. Palm trees, playgrounds, and restaurants are interspersed in the landscape, but the Santa Monica Pier rises above the water as a monolith among the sand. It draws people in with its lights, sound, and size. With it being the epicentre of excitement on the beach, it…

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  • A Year of Living as an Artist – 2019 in Review

    The first time I remember being really good at something is when I began drawing. I was a decent runner, pretty good at soccer, a decent chess player – but I was better at drawing. Even as a child, animals were one of my fascinations. My reading habits included Ranger Rick (a kids environmental magazine),…

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  • How My Scratchboard Portraits are Made

    The most asked question I receive at art fairs is, how are the scratchboard portraits made? Well, I buy the boards premade at art shops; it is called Ampersand Scratchbord. It is masonite board coated with white clay and black India ink, you use metal tools to scratch away the surface ink to show the…

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  • Wildlife of Costa Rica: Species Photographed in Nature

    My encounters with different animal species after a month at an Artist Residency in Costa Rica.

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  • Five of the best summer walks in Toronto

    Humber River – Walking north on Royal York Road from Humbertown Shopping Centre, there is a hidden entrance to Lambton Woods from the east side of the street. The path winds along beside a stream through beautiful woods down to the Humber River shore. Head south along the Humber River Recreational Trail until you reach…

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