tuffcookie
Profile
Hello,
i I am a Canadian artist originally from Alberta, where I began my life-long love affair with nature and the natural world. Riding, camping, hiking, sailing and exploring the world around me, all inspire me to produce my very special and unique Art. I currently reside in the Interior of British Columbia otherwise known as The Okanagan.
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I work in the mediums of painting, drawing, photography and digital art. I am a self-taught artist who has grown up with a paintbrush in one hand, and a camera in the other. My work captures my emotional responses to the world around me and reflects my love of the great outdoors. As well as, my concerns for the environment and the future of our planet. I incorporate elements of nature in both my photography and my painting, taking everyday subjects and transposing them using the colours and forms that reflect and convey my emotional response. MY work is direct and yet contains lyrical and narrative elements that point to a deeper, hidden meaning.
In my own words –
I love nothing better than taking off for the day and finding a quiet isolated spot away from everything. These are my most creative moments when see art everywhere I look I try to reflect my love of life in each piece of artwork and photograph that I create.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I hope you enjoy my work. I always have several projects in progress so please keep checking back for updates.
EXHIBITIONS
Regina Art gallery out of the box series
The free House – regina 11 weeks – 2008 11 weeks
SaskCentral2009 2008
Online publication through National Geographic ( Daily Dozen )
Current Exhibitions
Sandfly Galleries 2009
Please check out my website ” La Crosse Photography and imaging at here My Website
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tuffcookie hosts Yer pullin' my leg ! and is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Bubble Jeopardy, ! ♥♥All About Hearts♥♥ !, Yellow Gallery, ! Inspired Art !, " Little Things To Make You Smile " , "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), *A Beautiful Blur, *Town Giants*, 300+ Go Long!, A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING, Abstract Realism, After Dark, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Pets Great and Small, All things Coffee, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Altered by Design, Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Amazing Asia, Angel Wings and Heaven, Animal Kingdom, Art of Glass (photography only, 3/day), Artistic Libation ~ Spirits In Art, As Is, Behind the Mask, Big Cats, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Black with a hint of colour, Blowing In The Wind, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Canada (Where applicable, location/province and Canada MUST be in the description of submissions), Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Capturing Emotion, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Challenge Café, Childhood, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, contrasting perceptions (NEW RULES PLEASE GO READ THEM), Country Bumpkin, Creative Inspirations - [2pw], Cutest of the Cute, Damselflies - (Zygoptera), Deer Me!!!, Digital Art Compilations (No Nudity Allowed), Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Domestic Art - [2/24, NO PEOPLE, PETS, or FLOWERS. INSIDE shots only.], Dragonflies, Exotic Mammals, Extraordinary Fractalius - 3/day, Fabulous Flowers, Fabulous Froggies!, Feet First, First Things, Food for Thought, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Friends of RedBubble, Glamour, Green!, Hands, Happy Hour, History, Horizons, Horse and Rider , Humour Captured, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Butterflies, Kairos, Ladybugs, Light and Reflection 1/24, Live, Love, Dream: , Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers or insects), Newfoundlandia, North East England, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Painters In Modern Times, Painting with Light - not sun/moonlight!, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, Pelicans, Photographers self portrait, Pinup, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Portraits in Natural Light, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Railway Art and Photography, RB ALUMNI, Safe Haven, Selective Coloring, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shoes, Simply White Artwork Gallery - 95% White !, Sisters in Arms (feminine relationship described), Sold! , Sports Photography, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sunflowers, Sweet Tooth, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Art of Sport, The Artistic Nude, The Birds, The Eyes Have It, The Photographer In Action, The Scavenger Hunt, THE SISTERHOOD, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Toys and Puppets, Transport, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day), Urban Wildlife, Vibrant Plants, Water Towers, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Windows and Doors, Wolves & Wild Kin, Woman Appreciation, Your Country's Best (2 images per day) and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).
Journal Entries
is it wrong??
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OMG! This is crazy!!
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Happy Halloween Everyone
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H1N1 information everyone needs to know!
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my Birthday Gift! I'm so stoked!!!
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I can't upload!!
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In the middle of Chaos!!!
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20 Useless things.....!!!!
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While Out Working... HOME PAGE FEATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted about 1 month ago, 14 comments so far.
Co-Hostest with the Mostest!- New group!!!
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