Un jour un homme et une femme passionnés des voyages de bateau sur le Grand Lac des Esclaves me demandent de leur faire un tableau. Ils veulent y retrouver à la fois leur bateau, une île du Grand Lac et leur chien adoré Jazz. Avec quelques unes de leurs photos, je travaille pour trouver des idées de compositions possibles. Après consultation avec eux, je me lance donc sur ma blanche toile. Une aventure ! Est ce que j'y arriverai?
Et le résultat; mes clients très contents du produit fini et moi  qui est au ciel!

Sometimes, I try new ideas. At first I knew where I was going with this idea.  But after a while, it started to fall apart in my mind. Of what I wanted it to look like. And then it happened; I started to hate everything about it. Somehow I kept going. The more hours I put on the painting the more I wondered; why keep going? Where is it going?
Now that I have the final product, I must say I am happy I didn't give up. I kind of like it ... =0) !!!!!

Painting of an old catholic mission building. One of my first painting and now hangs in the Northern Life Museum in Fort Smith NWT.

I lived in Fort Smith for a few years. A small community on the border of  Northwest Territories and Alberta. A building that stands right in the middle of down town, of the 1930's catholic mission. The building in yellow and repainted in white;  its original colour. From one of my first paintings to one made of a more experienced brush.
This latest painting was eventually given to former Prime Minister Paul Martin who was acting at the time.