The Abstractaphy Initiative: aBstractaphy-from the palETTE, journalette 10 - March 28, 2026

 Curated by Tish Davis

(note: this haiga first appeared in Haigaonline, Volume 21, #2, August 2020)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, March 2026

 Curated by Richard Grahn

(note: this haiga first appeared in black and white in World Haiku, #17, 2021)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Haigaonline, Volume 21, #2, August 2020)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Prune Juice, Issue 41, December 2023)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, August 2025

 Curated by Richard Grahn

(note: this haiga first appeared in Sonic Boom 11, April 2018)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Failed Haiku Senryu Journal 6.62, 2021)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Failed Haiku Senryu Journal 3.28, 2018)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, April 2025

 Curated by Richard Grahn

(note: this tanka/kyoka art first appeared on the cover of Prune Juice 38, 2022)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Failed Haiku Senryu Journal 4.39, 2019)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Halibut, October 2018)

The Abstractaphy Initiative: aBstractaphy-from the palETTE, journalette 4 - February 1, 2025

 Curated by Tish Davis

(note: haiga first published in Human/Kind Journal, November 2020)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, December 2024

 Curated by Richard Grahn

Artist's Statement:

A word-weaving of culled Wikipedia details regarding Treaty 1 (in my home province of Manitoba) affixed to stained watercolour paper, referencing the boil-water advisories on many First Nations in Canada.

(note: Shortlisted, 2023 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest)

(note: this haiga first appeared in Frameless Sky, Issue 17, December 2022)

(note: this haiga first appeared in The Bamboo Hut, Number 2, September 2023)

The Abstractaphy Initiative: aBstractaphy—from the palETTE, journalette 3 - January 21, 2025

 Curated by Tish Davis

(note: haiga first published in Frameless Sky, Issue 17, December 2022)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, September 2024

 Curated by Richard Grahn

(note: "Depression Era" received an Honourable Mention in the 2024 Sonic Boom Vispo Contest)

(note: this haiga was first published in Human/Kind Journal, November 2020)

(note: this haiga was first published in Frameless Sky 16, June 2022)

The Abstractaphy Initiative, August 2024

My thanks to the curator, Richard Grahn, for including my work in this initiative, "raising awareness of global concerns through a marriage of the arts":

(note: this tanka received Editor's Choice, Cattails, October 2020)

(note: this inverted monoku first appeared in Half Day Moon Journal 1, August 2023)

(note: this senryu received an HM in the 2024 H Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest)