The Marjorie Lake Trail is a very short trail accessible right from the town of Jasper.  In the autumn the trail winds its way through pine and aspen forests with brilliantly colored underbrush highlighting the ground.  It's not unusual to encounter a bear or wolf on the trail.

This image appealed to me because of the vertical elements of the aspen trees and the contrast between the darks of the forest and the underbrush.  The trail beckons to me to keep going!

Last summer the Ghost Glacier, which was a hanging glacier situated on the North aspect of Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper, calved off and fell into the glacial melting pond below the mountain.  This created a flash torrent which destroyed the visitor's parking area.  Parks Canada closed the area last summer and fall.  Just before this happened I was up in the meadows hiking and I used a reference photo to paint this landscape (just finished it today) which is looking at the climber's route for the east face ascent of the mountain.  The Cavell meadows are extremely fragile and host a variety of montane plant species.

Four new paintings of the Tonquin Valley in Jasper National Park in the winter.  These are acrylics and I have been working on them  for the last few weeks.

The Edson Public Library Board requested that I place some artwork in the Library Foyer so I have placed 17 pieces there- some old, some new.
4726-8th Ave.
Running Feb.11- March 11, 2013

The Jasper Artists Guild will be hosting an exhibition entitled "Dryline" in the Snowdome Coffee Bar from Feb. 16 to the 27th.  Please drop by and view the art if you are in Jasper.