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This illustration is based on a series of images I captured while on a boat ride with my friend Bob in the Fall of 2023. This is River Sunrise depicting a beautiful sailboat moored alongside a floating home; one of many, along the shores of the Fraser River near the town of Ladner. The sunrise is reflected in the calm morning waters of the river. Hues of river blues with the yellow accents of Autumn and sunrise dominate this illustration’s colour palette.

This illustration is based on a series of images I captured on a boat ride in the South Arm of the Fraser River with my friend Bob in the Fall of 2023. This is Autumn Reflections. It depicts a particularly favourite (I’ve completed a few other illustrations of this boat – namely Winter Reflections also available here to purchase) ramshackle and rotting fishing boat that had been left abandoned tied to a mooring just past the RiverWest condo complex along the river in Ladner, British Columbia. Hues of gold, orange, and yellow of the changing leaves of the abundant Poplar trees in the background and the white, teal and brown of the fishing boat in the foreground work in harmony to create a moment of serenity. All colours are reflected imperfectly in the silty, slightly disturbed waters of the Fraser River as we were just leaving the Chilcotin Slough.

When I first illustrated this Ladner River Scene of the Seven Seas Fish Co. Ltd., Seven Seas, Sloughside, in 2021 this is what I said: “This is the slough side perspective of the old Seven Seas Cannery. It is almost becoming an eyesore in our little harbour; complete with rust and graffiti, there is is still something almost graceful and charming about its current state of dishevelment. The layers of all the years are so obvious yet appealing somehow?” 2 years ago, in 2022, this building was demolished to make room for some new riverside development still in the works. 

This image was first illustrated as part of my 2022 postcard series. It depicts the Delta Museum and Archives historic building located on Delta Street, in the heart of Ladner Village, Delta, British Columbia. While it no longer serves the community as the museum and archives, (it now serves as the Delta Community Police station), it is still an ever present relic of the past, with its accompanying stone towered town clock (that never tells the right time). Lush spring greens and a spark of red flowers frame the brown and light vanilla of this Tudor styled building.

This illustration is based on a series of images I captured of the aborgylphs on a row of Alder trees in Deas Island Park, Delta, British Columbia. This image represent a labour of love twice over. The first ‘labour of love’ was performed by the person who originally carved these hearts on a tree in Deas Island Park, in Delta, British Columbia. And the second ‘labour of love’ was me spending somewhere in the region of 40 hours illustrating it! I’m fascinated by arborglyphs as they offer such a sense of wonder and mystery. Who carved these symbols of love and for whom? I always also wonder, too, what happened in all these love stories carved in the barks of trees?

This illustration is based on a series of images captured of the Westham Island Bridge on a sunny, slightly hazy, hot afternoon in the summer of 2021. While this particular bridge, The Westham Island Bridge is a common subject for many local artists, I thought to illustrate through a bit of a different perspective. Westham Island Bridge, Left Side is a dreamy, nostalgic depiction of a notable historic landmark. The bridge and its famous peeling turquoise paint evokes such fond memories for locals and is so iconic to this region of Delta, British Columbia.