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Fearless Abstract Painting 3-Day Boot Camp

7/30/2015

 
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Timbits & Sawdust. Yum! This is your last chance to sign up for my 3-day Fearless Abstract Painting Boot Camp on August 6 - 8. Learn my most sought after Fearless Abstract Painting techniques: 1. Abstracting Nature 2. Using metallic paints, powders & gold leaf 3. Distressing the canvas to create vintage looking pieces PLUS Texture building, creating depth using washes & glazes, composition, critiquing & creating work that is unique as your are. For more information & to register: Swinton's Art Supply

Summer Series Day 5 of 5

7/27/2015

 
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Thank you for sharing your laughter, sadness, tears, stories, memories, hopes, dreams, fears, successes, suggestions, frustrations, accomplishments, supplies, music and dance moves with me during this year's Summer Series. As I said to Series coordinator when she asked me to come back next summer: "It will be my pleasure. I will keep coming back as long as people want to take my classes."

Summer Series Student Showcase

7/23/2015

 
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It's one thing to do the work. It's an entirely different thing to put your painting up for display and public consumption. I am so proud of how fantastic my students did tonight. They worked so hard. Tonight we had a chance to celebrate our achievements.

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Summer Series Day 4 of 5

7/23/2015

 
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Day 4 of 5 of Summer Series at Red Deer College, Alberta.

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Critiquing, composition, varnishing, signing your work and prepping for the student show case. XO

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Summer Series Day 3 of 5

7/22/2015

 
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Day 3 of 5 of Summer Series at Red Deer College, Alberta.


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Summer Series @Red Deer College

7/20/2015

 
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I still can't believe this is for real. Who would have thought that a painting technique I created in my parent's basement that includes no brushes, no easels, no palettes, no colour wheel and no preconceived ideas would have me teaching amongst a roster of internationally acclaimed instructors? WOW. If you don't take that first step towards making your dreams a reality, how will you ever know what you're capable of?

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Feeling blessed.

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Fearless Bootcamp VS Acrylic Fusion

7/13/2015

 
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What is the difference between the Fearless Boot Camp in August & the Acrylic Fusion Workshop in September?


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Fearless Abstract Painting YYC

7/12/2015

 
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I've always chosen not to have a painting in front of my classroom for my students to copy for one simple reason: I am much more interested in seeing what you can create rather than how well you can copy. It takes guts, I know. But I believe in you. I believe in the power of uninhibited creativity. I believe the process evolves into ideas.


Well done boys and girls! It was a pleasure to meet all of you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do what I love.


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The Best of Stampede 2015

7/10/2015

 
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Reality Check

7/8/2015

 
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Eight years ago I walked out of my corporate office job with only $600 in my bank account. I had no business plan, no art degree or connections. ​I didn't even have a car or a home of my own. Despite all of that, becoming an artist was still the best decision I ever made.

Sometimes our dreams don't make any sense. That doesn't mean they aren't right.
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