Interesting idea Paul. Im not sure I'm ready for that step. I started painting almost exactly 3 years ago and while I feel like my work has come a long way, there is still quile a bit to learn before really putting my work out into the world. At some point, though, I could be thinking about something like Dean Sage's Salmon Fishing on the Ristgouche. A beautiful work, he printed 50 and gave them away!

Anyway, you have me thinking about how it would work in practice. Thanks.

Yes, I understand, but you clearly have a very distinct calligraphy to you work, that over time could really become something special. In the short term a couple of rigger brushes will help! ;-)) So purely as a personal project, a diary could be a driver for you. Like a writer would say, its best to work on something you know about, so in your case fishing will prove an inexhaustible and wonderful subject matter.

Interesting subject for discussion. When are we ever ready as artists? Its a continual process of self development. I also started around 3 years ago but I know that I want to be an artist, I'm a graphic designer by trade, but I've always had this feeling inside, I've been building up my Instagram presence purely to document my progress and I am now building a website to show/sell my work. Is it to soon? Arguably yes, but I'm 58 so why not, just do it, and I will continue to develop as the years go by.

Sally, so glad you are enjoying the Margaree paintings. I always feel my paintings aren't complete without a human presence. I too like the way this figure turned out. And it's a place I hold quite dear.

The river flows through a seemingly timeless valley on Cape Breton's Acadian shore, with its own rhythms and idividuality. Of course things do change there, they even got the internet there three or four years ago, but much of the land is still held by families that arrived in the early 18th century -- Harts, Gillises, MacDonalds, Chaissons, and Rosses. There are highland cattle and some sheep. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of the cattle or sheep in the landscape though that would be a wonderful subject.

Through necessity, many working age people have left, at least seasonally, for the oil fields of Alberta. And tourism plays a greater and greater role in their lives every summer and fall as fishermen from around the world come to ply their craft. I've gone there every year for the last 40 - and expect to go as long as I physically can still do it.