Film Journal & Farm Life

Check here for updated schedules, festival progress, behind-the-scenes production notes, Fiego press, strange thoughts, and more.

Garden Update

I know all of you are hanging on to news on how the garden is doing. Well, end of June now, rain has been a

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Thank you.

Thank you to the Zuidelijk Film Festival for awarding Fiego the Jury prize for Best Film. Much appreciated. Here is the Jury’s evaluation of my

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Planting Begins

I’m honoring my Irish roots planting the potatoes. This year we will have carrots ( God willing) tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, courgette, squash, cucumbers,

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Spring at Garden Box

Spring in Belgium is really something special. We have long dreary winters, so the sun is a welcome friend. She sits for awhile, bringing beautiful

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Artist Angst: A Snippet

When promoting Fiego, I kept hesitating to pull any past work into the equation. Why use Rocko as an attention getter, when the person who

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Animating on Odin

Fluid movement has a lot to do with the shapes you are working with and how flexible they are. Here you see that Odin’s head

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Did You Know?…..

As I was researching this scene for Odin, I found that, of course, shadows all have a direct correlation to the light source ,but what

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Big Day for Fiego

Today is the first day of offering Fiego and the Magic Fish up for streaming. It’s available for rent or sale at https://gardenboxfilms.vhx.tv The first

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Master Class at Luca

Had the opportunity to teach an animation master class at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels Belgium yesterday. It was especially rewarding to me

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This is Where We Are

So, it’s been a year since Fiego hit the festival trail. Nine awards and 21 festivals later, we are wrapping it up and putting it

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