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  • Rock And A Hard Place

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    Run Time: 3Hr 12 Min
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    This painting was inspired by many days beside the pond and water fall at my old house. I found it so relaxing to sit beside the pond and watch birds bath on the ledge of the waterfall and listen to the sounds of peepers, greens and leopard fr...

  • Common Loon

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    Run Time: 3Hr 35 Min
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    Believe it or not this painting was inspired by a harrowing experience with an elk, full story in part one! Loons have always been one of my favorite birds to paint. I find the subtle colour variations in their black sheen to be challenging to ...

  • Morning On The Athabasca

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    Run Time: 4Hr 18 Min
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    One of my favorite spots in the world is Jasper, Albert, part of the Canadian Rockies. Each year I taught a workshop in St.Albert and I would venture out to the national park for a few days backpacking after the workshop. The scene in Morning O...

  • Kindred Nuzzle

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    Run Time: 11Hr 30 Min
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    For many years I would visit the site of a fox den in the spring see that years new editions to the world. This den housed generations of fox, so many that the denning foxes became very accustomed to the presence of humans around the den. Throu...

  • Sichuan Café

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    Run Time: 12Hr 9 Min
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    This painting is one of my favorites, why? Because I always wanted to paint a panda, but have never had the opportunity to visit China, the only place in the world that they are indigenous. I only like to paint things that I experience in per...

  • Serenity's Rhythm

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    Run Time: 3Hr 42 Min
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    This painting was inspired by the beautiful visit to the coast line of Lake Huron. The interesting thing about this painting is that the pilings in the painting are not wave breakers, they are actually old parking barriers! Global warming has...

  • Evening Perambulation

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    Run Time: 9Hr 3 Min
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    This coyote is almost a daily site at the back of my property. I often see him on his evening perambulation through the woods on his way to the next door neighbors house, a hot spot for chicken dinners. I find myself always amazed at the beaut...

  • Perfect Perch

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    Run Time: 2Hr 56 Min
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    The perfect perch was inspired by a split second photograph of a male Downy Woodpecker. This little guy flew in and perched on this dead wood, had a quick one second look at me, and then flew off into the deep woods. The encounter was so quick ...

  • King Of The Hill

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    Run Time: 1Hr 45 Min
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    King of the hill was inspired by a photo shoot I did many years ago with my old friend Dan Smith. The shoot was so long ago the images were on film not digital. I never did use the images and they laid in my photo pile for well over a decad...

  • Snow Gazer

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    Run Time: 4Hr 13 Min
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    Snow Gazer was inspired by an encounter with a Downy Woodpecker on an afternoon walk. I loved the pose and initially did a pencil sketch which is the Downy Drawing tutorial. Once the sketch was completed I thought that the pose was too dynamic ...

  • A Place In The Pines

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    Run Time: 5Hr 23 Min
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    This painting was inspired by the resident Red Squirrel that patrols the forest behind my house. My dog Tuk and I are constantly scolded by this squirrel whenever we venture into the backyard and always from the same perch, so it seems. I loved ...

  • Downy Drawing

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    Run Time: 2Hr 15 Min
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    Downey Drawing was inspired by an encounter with a Downy Woodpecker on an afternoon walk. I loved the pose so much I ended up doing a full colour piece after I completed this pencil drawing. The full colour piece 'Snow Gazer' is also a tutori...

  • After The Rain

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    Run Time: 7Hr 14 Min
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    This painting was inspired by a flock of Redpolls that came through my backyard. This was very exciting as it is very rare to see these guys in my area. The reds in the males and the reds of the sumac in the backyard made a perfect combinatio...

  • Emerging Colour

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    Run Time: 13Hr 39 Min
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    So many of my paintings are subject matter that I experience in and round my home. I am very lucky to live in a very rural area that has hundreds of trails in the vicinity, trails I walk everyday with my dog Tuk. This particular painting was...

  • Under A Watchful Eye

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    Run Time: 9Hr 14 Min
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    This painting was inspired by an interaction I had with a very large bull in Yellowstone Park. I spent the better part of an hour sketching and photographing this heavy hitter before he became annoyed with my presence. Although I was a good 50...

  • Winter Filigree

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    Run Time: 9Hr 3 Min
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    Winter filigree is a view from my back porch on a gorgeous winters eve sunset. One evening while out playing frisbee with my dog Tuk I looked to the sky and was instantly inspired to paint the scene I was experiencing. With the contrast of da...

  • First Flurry

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    Run Time: 5Hr 54 Min
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    Black Capped Chickadee's have always been one of my favorite birds. They have the most character and always seem to be energetic little bundles of energy. One of the main reasons I love them is that I feed the local flock by hand. Feeding the...

  • Valley Of The Raven

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    Run Time: 1Hr 46 Min
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    This painting was inspired by a visit to Yellowstone National Park. On this particular morning the mist was so thick I could barely see a 100 yards. In the mist I could hear the crackle of a ravens call, but could not see him. Then, just l...

  • Reflections

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    Run Time: 10Hr 43 Min
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    One of my favourite things to due is go canoeing first thing in the morning. The lake is quiet and the loons and other wildlife are out looking for breakfast, creating optimal photographing opportunities. This painting was inspired by a trip t...

  • Sparkle And Flow

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    Run Time: 20Hr 7 Min
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    One of my favorite things to do is paddle a lake early in the morning and look for loons. This particular painting was inspired by the beautiful glitter on the morning water that made the whole area shimmer with warmth. I was very interested in...

  • Water Textures

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    Run Time: 1Hr 45Min
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    Part of the original Power To Paint DVD series converted to streaming video. This video covers how to paint the three major facets of water, translucent water, reflective water and cascading water. Learn how to make your water have volume an...

  • Photoshop For Artists

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    Run Time: 1Hr 32 Min
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    The video instructs on how to use the tools and enhancement features of Photoshop to create strong compositions and edit reference materials. The video cover basic tools, cloning, colour correction, image repair, special effects, layers and s...

  • Dynamic Photography

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    Run Time: 51 Min.
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    Part of the original Power To Paint DVD series converted to streaming video. This volume will instruct you on how to operate your camera on manual mode and balance your exposure through shutter speeds and aperture settings. The viewer will lea...

  • Bighorn Ridge

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    Run Time: 2Hr 31 Min
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    Note: The bighorn on the left is not painted in this tutorial. Bighorn Ridge started out as a coin for the Royal Canadian Mint. It was designed to be an engraved coin with a colour bighorn requiring two different plates for production. The coi...

  • Scout Valley Perspective

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    Run Time: 4Hr 34 Min
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    I have a little White-breasted nuthatch that frequents my bird feeder daily. He is only interested in the sunflower seeds and not anything else in the mixed feed so he uses his beak to throw the other seed out of the feeder to get to the sunfl...

  • Rock Textures

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    Run Time: 1Hr 15 Min
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    This painting was painted as a tutorial for how to paint rock textures. It is one of the few paintings I have done that had a purely educational purpose and not a life experience behind it.

    Part of the original Power To Paint DVD series c...