After fifteen years of living in Tofino I've returned to Victoria where I grew up and began my career as an artist. These days I return to my gallery in Tofino as a tourist and stay in hotels and motels. This has been rewarding in many ways. I experience the company of others travelling to one of the world's most beautiful destination spots. I enjoy the hospitality of places like, Cable Cove Inn, Ocean Village, Pacific Sands, Tofino Motel, Wickaninnish Inn, and others in the future.

Calm Waters comes from a recent visit to Ocean Village in March 2000. While staying and enjoying the company of Moe and Maureen and the staff at Ocean Village, I experienced the beauty of our Pacific sunsets. I noticed some of the photos Moe had taken and was inspired to take some of my own pictures. Towards the end of my stay at Ocean Village Moe showed me a beautiful photo of a sunset on the beach. The colours of yellow, orange, lavender, and gray are predominant as well as the charcoal silhouettes of people on the beach. It took a moment for me to realize that the man talking to a couple on the beach was me. I remembered the conversation I was having with a man and wife who had been in my gallery that very day.

I was so moved by the photo it became the subject for this work entitled, Calm Waters. Thank you Moe. So it is that the scene captures where I am on my journey these days, enjoying visits with others who share the love of the West Coast.

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