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man with a feather in his hat offering a fish to you. Giving away the first fish of the season is a tradition. I was reading the journals of cartographer David Thompson. When he got over the Rockies to the Columbia he was fed salmon by the indigenous people of the river, 1200 miles, all the way to the coast

I paint on location a lot using canvas as a camera. Plein air painting is the zen of painting. It is being in the moment. It is a light poem reflecting creation from the mirror of a single soul. Light stopped in the fabric of time, becoming material. Starlight caught in the web of earth's karma on the eternal path of existence. I work en plein air daily as a gardener works his garden, in contrast to my studio work which is a reflection of what I've found most significant in those daily efforts. It usually has to do with light and substance. Light is the substance of the universe from which all is derived. It is a marvelous yet challenging privilege to be a painter. I love painting en plein air. It is a method that reflects today's world...