In this informal YouTube video, the host (Speaker A) takes viewers on a walkthrough of his and Jocelyn’s home, highlighting the eclectic collection of artwork, memorabilia, and personal items that fill each room. The tour begins with family‑created pieces, such as a landscape by Richard Thomkinson (Jocelyn’s father) and a metal painting of a turquoise truck, then moves through a hallway of Indigenous and Canadian art—including limited‑edition totems by Clarence Mills, a Haida beaver drum by Bill Reid, and a Coast Salish work by Susan A. Point. The craft room showcases needle‑and‑fiber finds and illustrations from a Tofino artist. The bathroom is a dedicated Fallout fan space, featuring a Vault‑Tec‑colored perk‑chart shower curtain, Nuka‑Cola caps, and a “Your Special Book” prop. The office displays screenshots from the Canadian video game The Long Dark turned into blocky art, a board‑game collection, and a foam‑core chart of the U.S. wireless spectrum. Personal history surfaces through wedding and proposal photos, stories about the host’s grandmother Joy Mack’s paintings (including a humorous tale of accidentally selling a beloved work and buying it back via a newspaper ad), and a collection of authentic Kennedy‑assassination newspaper clippings. The bedroom and other spaces contain additional Indigenous pieces, a tribute to the family’s dogs, and assorted quirky décor. Throughout, the host shares anecdotes, jokes, and affectionate commentary, giving viewers insight into the couple’s artistic tastes, cultural connections, and the sentimental value they assign to each object.
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So some of my videos I've shown off my house, and some of you have asked about the artwork in the house. So come with me on an art tour of our house. This is actually done by Richard Thomkinson, who is Jocelyn's dad. He is a painter and does a lot of landscape things like this. This is a piece from Jan McLeod. It is an orca, I believe. I don't think that she's Indigenous herself, but in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s you could find you can find a lot of her stuff. A lot of this handmade paper, sort of relief printing. You kind of see it from the side there. I went on a turquoising of our kitchen a little while ago, and I found this piece and it's really cool. It's actually on metal and it is a painting of a truck. And honestly, I got it because the truck was turquoise. This is on our fridge. This is from someone named Michelle who sent me a Romper Room pin because I mentioned it in a video once. Here's some more art. Down our hallway is the big pieces of art. This is from Clarence Mills, did these in 2006. It's a limited edition. He's in the Haida Gwaii Nation, Skidegate. I can never, I never know how to pronounce it anyway. So this one is a bear and human totem. This is an eagle totem, and this is a raven and moon totem. And these are photos of our wedding, uh, and the moment that I proposed, cuz I was secretly recording a video. So yeah, um, this is where I keep the wife. Uh, it is the craft room. She is having a stitch and bitch with, with a friend.
Not even stitching yet, but we're bitching.
Oh, you're bitching?
Okay, are we online?
We're doing a— no, we're doing an art tour. Oh, this—
I got— hang on one second, I'm trying to collect needle and fiber art for my very barren craft room. And I got this at a, at a yard sale or an estate sale, and it needs to be cleaned up a little bit, but I liked the look of it. And this is by an illustrator from Tofino, BC, and I own like 5 of hers, and it's so freaking cute. There's little blackberries, little bear wearing the world-famous couch and sweater. I have to show Amy now too.
All right, this is my favorite. This is the bathroom. Um, there's a number on here. The number is our street address. And this is our Fallout room. We are huge fans of the Fallout video game franchise. First of all, this is the Fallout 4 perk chart. We have color— color, authentic color, blue and yellow, which is the color of Vault-Tec. So this is the perk chart as a shower curtain. We have the "Your Special Book," which you find underneath the crib in Fallout 4. We have some Nuka-Cola caps, these magic cards that, that Ian gave us. And what else is here? This is little stuff that we write each other in. And then we have this and we have this. Yeah, I love the Fallout bathroom. We are in Jocelyn's office now. These are our two dogs: Churro, who is our current dog, and Gertie, who is our beloved mini schnauzer who died about a year and a half, maybe two years ago now. This is done by an artist in Ontario somewhere. I can never remember where she was, but hand-painted, and I even got a video of her painting it, which was really cool. These are images from the video game The Long Dark, which is a Canadian-made video game about a— some big magnetic event has like turned the world into an apocalypse and you are just trying to survive in the apocalypse. It is a beautiful game. I'm pretty sure the developer is on Vancouver Island, But you know, it's Canadian because the game starts with like every grant that's ever been awarded. Anyway, these are just things that I made. These were screenshots that she took and stored on her Xbox because she liked them. And then as a surprise, I got them made into little blocky, blocky things. This is our board game collection, and I'm sure we would play more if we had any local friends. Outside the bathroom is— this is a piece by an artist who goes by Anchored by Arlene. And she is on Vancouver Island. And it's just a really nice piece of wood with this, you know, it just looks like a tree. Okay, we are now in the bedroom. There is a story about this painting. This is painted by Joy Mack, an artist who is also my grandmother— was my grandmother. Um, very talented artist, and she painted this. And when I was about 19 or 18 or something like that, um, she'd moved to Vancouver and she was having me do a bunch of garage sale stuff, and I accidentally sold this for nothing, for like $5 or something. And it was one of her favorite paintings and she was horrified. And I felt so stupid and embarrassed. Luckily, I worked for the newspaper in town, and so I talked the publisher into letting me run a full-page ad saying, if you bought a piece of artwork that looks like— that looks like mountains and a lake, Please, I'll buy it back from you for $100. And, you know, small town. This is Seashelt on the Sunshine Coast. Small enough town that someone saw the newspaper ad and was like, I'll just give it back to you. So I got it back and returned my status as favorite grandson. We are in Jocelyn's bathroom now, and I could not tell you who this artist is, although if I had to put money on it, I would bet her dad. This— I consider this art. It is a huge chart on foam core. Of the frequency allocations of the wireless spectrum. Unfortunately, it's the United States band, but, um, that this was done like 20 years ago. So all of the different— it's all color-coded and you can see where in each frequency everything is. And if you are wondering where I got this from, this was a PDF originally, so this is out there somewhere in the world. And then someone blew it up massively and put it on foam core for me. Downstairs to my office. This is another painting from my grandmother, Joy Mack. This is actually my favorite one. I don't know why this is on the floor, but this is— I have a collection of artifacts from the Kennedy assassination, and this is an authentic copy of the Dallas Times Herald, um, the day that Kennedy was shot. And I also have a copy of one of the posters that was at the Trademark, which is where Kennedy was en route to for a luncheon when he was assassinated. This is a Haida beaver drum. It is a Bill Reid piece of art. And this was given to me for keynoting a conference. This seems like a similar piece of work at first. This is Susan A. Point, who is Coast Salish, lives in Vancouver. But what I like about this piece is that it really captures the light, kind of like an abalone shell. It's really beautiful. Also given to me for speaking at a conference. I think that's it. Hope you enjoyed it.
