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a painting a day

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A bouquet for the first day of spring…

…but also to say thank you to all my friends, colleagues, nurses, students, residents and indeed all the health care workers here in British Columbia and around the world who are on the front line working so hard to keep us all safe. They are heroes all and I thank them from the bottom of my heart.

But our hearts are also broken to know of those who are losing their lives every day as I send my condolences to all their grieving families around the world.

To help ease the pain we are all feeling and to give some purpose to my self-isolation my plan now is to post either a new or sometimes older painting each day during these difficult times, inspired by my WordPress friend Kelly who started a Daily Dose of Beauty yesterday on her wonderful CompassAndCamera blog to help us “feel and understand our shared humanity.” Thank you Kelly for inspiring us all with your words and photos.

Stay safe and well everyone.

Lookback Vancouver 2010 ðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡¦

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The Winter Olympics in Vancouver took place 10 years ago last month with the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron on February 12th 2010. Over the past three weeks I have been celebrating all the amazing athletes and events in the studio bringing back so many great memories. Here is a selection of some of those moments and remarkable athletic achievements.

Tessa and Scott
Speed Skating Men’s Team Pursuit
Yuna Kim
Charles Hamlin 500m Speed Skating Short Track
Yuna Kim
Women’s Bobsled
Team Pursuit
Men’s Curling
Ashleigh McIvor Women’s Ski Cross
Women’s Hockey
Men’s Hockey Canada’s Golden Goal
Parallel Giant Slalom Jasey-Jay Anderson
Tessa and Scott
John Montgomery Skeleton
Alex Bilodeau Men’s Moguls
Mens Moguls
Parallel Giant Slalom Jasey-Jay Anderson
Alex Bilodeau Men’s Moguls

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steps of hope

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On leaving the evening service at the mosque on West 8th Avenue in Vancouver last Friday, a service that I attended with many hundreds from the community including the Minister of Defense, the Mayor, and the High Commissioners of New Zealand and the United States, on the steps leading to the entrance had been left many bouquets, a New Zealand flag 🇳🇿 and lit candles, all of which gave us a moment of hope and light as we left on an evening that was dark with so much sorrow and despair.

This painting is my way of expressing my heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy to all those families and friends who have lost loved ones last week both in Christchurch and from Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302. May they all rest in peace.