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One of the things that I find very interesting about this digital age is the ability to be reconnect with the past. Case in point; The Beach Bums painting. I painted this painting in the mid 70’s. The painting was sold to a dear friend of mine. I had totally lost contact with her for years. It was a fun painting to do and although I did not even have a picture of it, the painting remained in my mind as one of the fond memory of those times. A few months ago it reappeared, so I would like to share this flash back to the 70’s…THE BEACH BUMS.

Hello there, I was born in Glasgow Scotland and came to Vancouver BC, Canada in 1948. I have been drawing and painting all of my life. My artwork has meandered through most mediums and styles throughout my life. I started using oil paints when I was about twelve and am still using them now at sixty nine. I have not limited myself to oils, but rather have tried most mediums that I have come across. This gives me lots of freedom in rendering the particular piece of art that I have in mind. For example I fell in love with the airbrush (old school air + pigment) for rendering mechanical subjects. Later I used it for painting nudes with watercolour paint and more recently large canvases in a pop art style. As far as subject material, I like to...