Star Lily Wood Print

Tucked into a little cranny beside a rock and a fern was this lovely star lily we called Shooting Stars as kids. I was surprised to find one in our semi-arid area. Beside it was a buttercup - the first of spring flowers in our area. Painted on site I remember sitting for a long time on the damp ground, just happy it was spring again, delighted with my find.

I began working as an artist at the age of two. Unable to resist the siren's call of a large canvas. The newly papered dining room was just screaming for a rainbow band of color about three feet up the wall. So I opened my box of crayons, pressed their tips firmly against the unblemished wallpaper and ran around the room as fast as I could, as many times as I could. I sensed that my work may not be appreciated. It wasn't. But it looked great! It took some time before my parents recognized my talent but I kept working with every medium available. Eventually they took me to study under two local artists recognized as some of Victoria BC's finest painters. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. My work won First Prizes in the...