Feature Artist

06.28.10

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While I’m out in Vancouver pursuing my dream, I feel so proud to be from Fernie and am grateful to have so many people reaching out and enjoying the music I have produced. The feedback and support from the community has been amazing, and through Internet networking I have been able to reach a wide base of fans much more easily than would have been previously possible.

06.01.10

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The Fernie Writers’ Conference is back this July and with it a new schedule and array of exciting instructors and courses. One of these instructors is acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter Mae Moore, teaching a course on songwriting, the first time a course of this nature has been included in the Conference’s lineup.

04.28.10

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For me, photography is something that has just kind of happened. Sure, I used to flip through old National Geographic magazines and think how cool it would be to take the photos I saw, or wonder how I could get into Powder Magazine, but that was because I wanted to be a professional skier; I never really thought of being a professional photographer.

04.01.10

I never considered myself an artist. I’ve never taken an art class or thought much about it really. I just started playing around and people started to notice. My hobby has turned into something more than I ever thought possible, something I enjoy doing that allows me to make some money on the side.

02.27.10

Every band remembers their first gig. Most bands park their van in a dingy back alley, unload their instruments through the back door of a local bar, do a sound check, and nervously get through a well rehearsed set for very little money. For our first gig, we unloaded our instruments onto a chairlift and played 6,316 feet above sea level.

01.30.10

In the 2008-2009 winter Matty and I came together to work on a film project, which we aptly entitled Extra.Ordinary. With an incredible drive and passion for film we spent every moment we could shooting with riders and compiling as much footage as we could throughout the season. The riders were almost entirely Kootenay locals. The Koots has such an untapped talent pool. Being so far from any major ski or snowboard scene out there, people just shred here because they can and it’s amazing to see.

12.30.09

When I asked people this question their answer was often “no”. Even people who have lived in Fernie their whole lives. Outside of Fernie, people had never even heard of the Flathead.

11.26.09

I think I realized that my job in life was to make art when I was in Grade 4. Actually I know it was Grade 4 and I remember the exact moment. We all had a cheesy art task to paint some still life fruit with tempra paints…everyone’s work looked like they had done it with the wrong hand but mine was surprisingly accurate (for a Grade 4). My teacher came up to me and said, “I know what you will be when you grow up.” He was right.