ROBERT M DOUGLAS

I'm not sure exactly what I am.  I was born the son of scientist, Dr. Robert John Wilson Douglas, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada.  Consequently I was exposed to geology when young, but much to my father's chagrin, I was not that interested.  It has only been in the last decade that I realized how fundamental geology is to understanding our world, and he is no longer around to ask. ​ I wanted to be an artist when I was young and I showed some early promise.  

2024 was a difficult year for me. Almost exactly a year ago I was in New York working with my business partner but struggling to to see...

Art has changed my life twice. I wasn’t a star student in primary school so finding something that I was good at was real boost.  And I was lucky.  I was enrolled in a local sculpture class for kids that was taught by a Miss Milne.  It was wonderful and what she taught me things that has stayed with with me for many decades.  Shortly afterwards Eleanor Milne was appointed Dominion Sculptress and she spent the rest of her career working in the Canadian Parliament buildings.