2000-2025, Nine Afghan Boys Gathering Firewwood.
This Website is my Tribute to the Memory of Virgil Abloh and Dennis Edney
XLife LISTEN LABEL WEAR
Edmonton, Chicago,🍁US - O Canada, Black and Blue
Skaters on Thin Ice, On Guard for Thee!
Smokey Silence, Low Level Bridge
Painter’s Notes — July 25, 2026: All week, wildfire smoke has narrowed my window of opportunity to take old canvases outdoors and add new layers of paint with invited guests — some as young as three — during poor air‑quality and extreme‑weather alerts across Edmonton and throughout Turtle Island. These conditions have kept my outdoor art activities to a minimum. This weekend, I’ll continue listening, watching, and documenting how the smoke affects the Taste of Edmonton, the Legislature grounds, and the wider community that gathers there. Stay safe!
🧭 What Turtle Island Means: In many Indigenous teachings — especially among Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and other First Nations — Turtle Island is the name for North America. It comes from creation stories in which the world is formed on the back of a great turtle, symbolizing endurance, responsibility, and the interconnectedness of all living things. Using the term today is a way of honouring those teachings, acknowledging Indigenous sovereignty, and recognizing that the land we live on carries stories far older than our cities, borders, or institutions. Your readers will understand that when you say “across Turtle Island,” you’re speaking not just geographically, but with respect — situating your art practice within a larger, living cultural landscape. Microsoft AI, Copilot.
Mother, Grandmother, Daughter
XLife, at 71
Time Out, Coffees On!
XLife, Art is Freedom
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The Legislature has no dome, Unity
A Renewal in the Making 'The Legislature has no dome, Unity' was painted by many hands, beginning on the day Notre Dame burned in Paris and continuing through the long quiet of the pandemic lockdown in Edmonton and beyond. It reached its first completion in the fall of 2021. This year, new paint was added again—fresh growth rising from its flower bed, and a single butterfly placed with care by the member for Lac Ste. Anne–Parkland, Shane Getson, of the current Alberta Government. Inspired by the old fairytale The Emperor’s New Clothes, the tale in which a ruler is deceived into believing he wears magnificent garments while the crowd stays silent until a child speaks the simple truth. The work threads together faith, democracy, and nature. It becomes the goal behind this year’s Birds of a Feather Art Project: Left Stage, Exit Right, Free from Artifice. Renewal becomes our daily practice.
YELLOW WARNING - AIR QUALITY
