An interesting newsletter popped into my inbox, worth sharing. It’s from The Painter’s Keys. In Canada, doctors are prescribing museum visits with the cost of admission covered by universal healthcare. “We know that art stimulates neural activity,” says Montreal Museum of Fine Arts director general and chief curator, Nathalie Bondil. The program, piloted last year,… READ MORE
This series of Healing Paintings has been donated to the permanent collection of Bridgepoint Active Health Care and will be installed on the 10th floor immediately following this show. Their quantum healing modalities include colour resonance, gemstones, heart based intention, and zero pointing, which are explained below. 1. COLOUR: used for healing since ancient Egypt;… READ MORE
A lot of my paintings contain stones, gems and metals that help give my work some beautiful texture, but there’s more to them than just their aesthetic qualities. Many ancient teachings from various cultures have taught us that stones contain energies within them: these energies affect the person who comes in contact with them. I… READ MORE
I’ve spent a huge part of my life travelling the world, soaking its magic and using it to inspire my art. Whether it’s France, Spain, Italy, the Sahara or the Arctic, I’ve done my best to absorb the culture, the natural beauty and unique experiences of each place, allowing my mind to explore, discover and… READ MORE
My new web gallery of paintings from Svalbard is now available for viewing Wrath of the Ice Bear. Oil on canvas, rose quartz, silver 11 x 14″ / 28 x 36cm Svalbard, an arctic archipelago situated between the North Pole and the north of Norway is 60% covered in glacial ice. The ice is a… READ MORE
“The PREMA in All Things” opens tomorrow, Oct 4. For those of you who can’t make it, the show is open until Oct 14th. Be prepared to see the world afresh!
Gale Force 10 will be on view @ my upcoming show: The Prema in all Things – Todmorden Mills, Toronto M4K 2B9, (416) 396 2819 / October 3-14, 2012 / Wed-Fri: 12pm-4pm / Thurs: 12pm-7pm / Sat-Sun: 12pm-4:30pm We had quite a day of gales and the wind backed and veered for 24 hours which… READ MORE
We were stuck in the pack ice in the fog in a deep bay. Distance and size of objects gets very distorted in this kind of light especially at high latitudes. After observing two different adult bears on the ice in quite close proximity to each other, we eventually spotted a mother and two small… READ MORE
This painting “Being Healed by Brasvellbreen” comes out of my recent trip to the land of glaciers and this is one of the world’s longest. Hour after hour we sailed by this continual wall of ice, sparkling in every possible shade of white and blue, radiating healing energy. One’s whole being was completely absorbed by… READ MORE
Upcoming Exhibition October 3-14, 2012 @ Paper Mill Gallery Todmorden Mills, Toronto M4K 2B9 On Canada Wed-Fri:12pm-4pm Thurs:12pm-7pm Sat-Sun:12pm-4:30pm The Prema in all Things It can be said that throughout the ages and across all faiths, there is a shared belief in a sacred love force that connects all beings, all creation. In Sanskrit, this… READ MORE
Coming across petroglyphs in remote desert landscape always fills me with awe, and wonder, and excitement. I somehow feel like I’ve just made an enormous discovery, like America or something. The mystery of it all is very captivating. So many questions and so few answers. Musandam, Sultanate of Oman These were all in Musandam, near… READ MORE
Lots of people in downtown Toronto are jumping for joy with the very early spring/summer we are presently experiencing. I’m talking about temperatures in the 20 degree range day after day…in March. Personally, it makes me quite uneasy but, still, one is thrilled to see the spring flowers and best of all, to hear the… READ MORE
Looking around me at all the new condominium towers here in downtown Toronto the other day got me thinking about the different kinds of structures in which people live that I have seen in my travels. I particularly love some of the most simple dwellings, usually in remote places where there is no such thing… READ MORE
Painting: Waiting for the Music I have not done a blog for many months. I have been recovering from an accident I had just after I visited Petra. The visit by night, by candlelight is something I will never forget but the visit the next day somehow freaked me out vibrationally, so I changed my… READ MORE
ART EXHIBIT: ENERGETICS Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd, Toronto, M1A 1K3 Tel: 416.396.2819 Opening Reception: Oct 14-6.30-9 Wed-Fri 12-4.30, Sat-Sun 12-4 This collection of paintings represents a series of personal journeys I have made, wherein I explore the energy which exists between ourselves and every other element of creation. It is my belief that when… READ MORE
I am having an art exhibit on April 7-11 at McKay Art Centre, 197 Main Street, Unionville 10-5, Sunday 12-5 905.477.9511 | http://www.varleygallery.ca Come and see me there. Calla Lilies enhance self-worth, help increase the connection to the earth and to creativity. They help bring acceptance and clarity around sexual identity as well as helping… READ MORE
The Florence Biennale was a wonderful experience allowing me to meet and interact with 600 artists from around the world. The quality and diversity of the work was astounding as were all the personalities that went with it. Given that I am focusing on energy fields and gemstones in my present work, the series of… READ MORE
I am exhibiting two of my “Chakra Series” of paintings at the Florence Biennale art fair, Florence Italy, Dec 5-13, 2009. Look for me there. YELLOW SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA oil on canvas with carnelian, yellow citrine, clear quartz 48 x 36”/122 x 91cm The third or solar plexus chakra is the chakra of identity, power… READ MORE
As usual, after a trip, I try to push the output of paintings before I have fully processed the experience. I find this to be particularly true for abstract work. In other words, there is still only a little to show from my desert trip. Here is my friend Mimoune, one very smart camel whose… READ MORE
This beautiful dune was too much to resist! I wanted to have a few trips of racing down and struggling up ….just for the fun of it. One of the Berber camel herders travelling with us, Said, thought that we could only be joking. He clearly had never done anything like this ….. playing around… READ MORE
I have just returned from the northern Sahara where I was on a camel trek with the Berber people. We were in an area rich in fossils and could easily find crystals at our feet. I found quartz, amethyst and vanadinite. I was very pleased with the vanadinite because it is quite uncommon; this stone… READ MORE
This is a painting that I created for a friend’s wedding present. This a fully channeled piece where I was shown the colours, gemstones, and symbols to use. Ultramarine is the vibration colour of the third eye or 6th chakra, the chakra of intuition. The symbol of the “8″ on its side is the Islamic… READ MORE
Healthcare institutions are looking to incorporate healing art into their design. This means that they seek cohesive collections, not single pieces of art. Collections have a higher market value – but not cost – than individual artworks. This means sponsors can immediately benefit from increased value of their donations. Learn more.
