Aqua Marine #100shoesformentalhealth Driving over the Lions Gate

Driving over the Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park was always a very nervous drive for me when I was young and new at driving…it always seemed a bit too narrow for my liking

taking an abundance of photos knowing this was a subject I desperately wanted to paint

This home and B&B was always thought of as a “special” place

I had never been to Fernie

We would go around the neighborhood

Aqua Marine #100shoesformentalhealth Driving over the Lions Gate20 x 20 x 1. 5 Acrylic on canvas There is something special about being on the ocean somewhere other than your homeland. Its excitiing and wonderful to think that this body of water is connected to where you came from and now you are on the other side of the world experiencing their ocean with the same wonder and appreciation. The similar birds come to visit, the sound of the waves are the same but sometimes the colours are quite different as in this