House of Bikes Flowers and Forests some food and wine and

some food and wine and set up camp for a few days

A day of quadding in the Similkameen back country is always fun and another source of inspiring vistas

There was plenty in fact

Driving over the Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park was always a very nervous drive for me when I was young and new at driving…it always seemed a bit too narrow for my liking

House of Bikes Flowers and Forests some food and wine and8 x 8 x 1. 5 Acrylic on canvas After getting my work accepted to a show in New Denver, BC at the Hidden Garden Gallery I was very excited and wanted to do a series of paintings honoring the area. When I went out for my yearly solo camping trip I wandered around the area taking photos of this and that and came up with nine 8' x 8" "Snipits of New Denver" This was a little house on the main street of New Denver and yes, all those bikes really were