WHERE: Gallery Pyrus, 16 Charles St W, Kitchener WHEN: May 21-April 28 WHAT: Selected works by prominent regional artists An eclectic assortment of artwork on the walls at Café Pyrus. Artists include myself, David Atkinson, Chris Austin, Christina Preece and Greg Kirch. I ... Continue Reading
Rockwood Conservation Area, located in the village of Rockwood just east of Guelph, is an idyllic microcosm of the majestic north with pines, dramatic cliffs, isolated islands and dark still waters. Far from natural, though, it is another example of a constructed landscape that s ... Continue Reading
An event horizon is a point of no return in space—a line beyond which we cannot see— and once we cross from which there is no return. There are two event horizons of which we know: those which surround black holes and the one pictured here, the cosmic event horizon, which rac ... Continue Reading
Looking up towards the fixed point of the north star, the warm earth contrasts with the cool night sky. Conceptually, the haze lifts from the ground as shooting stars continue to rain down matter onto the earth, highlighting the continuing connection of our planet with it’ ... Continue Reading
Connecting the heavens to the earth, the disused chimney stack of the Laing Tannery district is an impressive sight familiar to the residents of Kitchener Waterloo for a century. Lit from below by the urban light pollution, the contrasting star trails wheel above as if to sternly ... Continue Reading
We live at the bottom of a gravity well—a distortion in space to which things naturally fall down. We can, however, look out on the universe up towards the stars. Here we are pictured looking up to the fixed point of the north star that marks the axis of our Earth’s rotat ... Continue Reading
The fixed point theorem states that within any bounded dynamical system there will always be at least one point which remains constant from one instant to the next. For us on Earth, despite the many motions to which we are subject—the earth’s rotation, our orbit around th ... Continue Reading
For now, gravity, although the weakest of the four fundamental forces, rules the universe. It keeps us imprisoned on the surface of our world and traps our earth within the prison of the solar system. Recently, however, observations have shown that gravity is no match for dark en ... Continue Reading
In the early spring the ice lingers on the horizon as the ice closer to shore melts. Above, the sun radiates warmth despite the coldness of the air. “Early Spring, Lake Huron” Acrylic on panel 24×24 in 2012 This painting is no longer available. Continue Reading