A boring white lamp shade is just a boring white lamp shade. That is until… a few randomly placed strips of masking tape, bronze and silver metallic acrylic paint and a rainy afternoon transforms it into something new.


A boring white lamp shade is just a boring white lamp shade. That is until… a few randomly placed strips of masking tape, bronze and silver metallic acrylic paint and a rainy afternoon transforms it into something new.


“Hey, I have an idea. I could stack bricks, wood and patio stones to make a TV stand.” She says as her partner looks at her quizzically.
Admittedly, this one took a bit of convincing, but the end result did get the stamp of approval.

P.S. The bulldogs rump was not intentional. He insisted on being in the photo.

Quarry Rock, North Vancouver BC.

Layered acrylic paint on a 48×36 inch stretched canvas.

One sunny noon hour this summer, two friends and I were seated at a picnic table in the courtyard of our office building when the sound of classical music filled the air.