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David — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:47:56 +0000

It is late autumn in Ottawa and the powers that be (in this case, Parks Canada) have commanded that the Rideau Canal be drained. This is an annual event that has lasted for nearly one hundred years, required to preserve the concrete walls of the Canal from ice damage. Skating enthusiasts are likely smiling with [...]

It’s October in Ottawa and it’s 26C…

David — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:03:55 +0000

It’s now Autumn and the geese are on the move, but little else here suggests the season: twenty-six degrees in Ottawa on Thanksgiving weekend, flowers still in bloom, and little in the way of Fall colours overhead… Enjoy… David

Run out of time? Talk to Julian Barbour…

David — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:52:04 +0000

Julian Barbour is a physicist living in north Oxfordshire, England, who makes his living as a part-time translator. Why? So that he can spend his various states of being deep in thought… One of Dr Barbour’s ideas that has sparked attention relates to time. In fact, he argues that time is nothing more than a [...]

Dow’s Lake: a Second Diptych…

David — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:46:01 +0000

The images below were created in the thick of winter and then again this spring. The challenge in diptychs such as this is to create identical perspectives from one image to the next- in this case: close, but not perfect. Enjoy – David

Long Lake Reflections…

David — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:53:01 +0000

I have a “thing” about reflections, whether they be in glass, water, or any other smooth surface. These latest images were taken at the family cottage in Northern Ontario. Enjoy… David

Seasons…

David — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:48:55 +0000

It has been a long winter in Ottawa and as is often the fashion in such conditions, Spring has been racing to its finish line – within the last few days I have witnessed the trees move from their winter dormancy to the lime green brilliance that accompanies new buds. I like to watch the [...]

“Tree Line” maxes out in volunteer hours at Ottawa Timeraisers 2010

David — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:44:21 +0000

This has to be the best of both worlds: to be paid as an artist to help raise volunteers for a wide range of not-for-profit organizations. Well, all of that is thanks to Timeraiser, a group dedicated to “bringing people to causes and causes to people”. Each year Timeraiser puts out a call to artists [...]

Wonnacott and Alloucherie at Carleton University Gallery

David — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:28:41 +0000

September 7th marked the start of a pair of photographic exhibits at Carleton University Gallery featuring the artists Justin Wonnacott and Jocelyne Alloucherie. An intriguing combination, these two collections of work curated by Sandra Dyck and Diana Nemiroff respectively. Wonnacott’s show consists of a set of intimate images of marine animals that have formed part [...]

Rock sculptures by John-Félice Ceprano, Ottawa River parkway…

David — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:01 +0000

My wife Sherry and I were cycling along the Ottawa River Parkway on the weekend and stopped to enjoy the art of John-Félice Ceprano, an artist whose rock sculptures can be found at the Remic Rapids along the Ottawa River. The work is, to my mind, mesmerizing: his stone structures precariously suspended on granite shelves [...]

Of foam and thin sections…

David — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:27:01 +0000

I captured this image of foam on the water’s surface at Hog’s Back Rapids in Ottawa. My eldest sister, the epidemiologist, commented that it looked a little “disease-like”: a less-than-healthy thin-section, perhaps? Yes, perhaps, but I found it beautiful all the same. More of the series, “Today’s view…”, can be seen at my flickr site… [...]