Mary Lake Muskoka SOLD
This Commission found a happy home at a cottage on Mary Lake and reflects the essence of cottage country, its oil on canvas and measures 48″ x 36″.
Boundary Waters
A composite landscape from the many images left in my mind from a kayaking adventure up the Maligne River, flowing into Northern Light Lake along the boundary waters of the Ontario/Minnesota borders. Its a large oil 48″ x 36″.
Through the Trees
A drive along the coast of Captiva Island is like a drive through the forest, alternating beach and lush tree growth with the smell of the ocean in the air. This piece was juried into the Capture Captiva exhibit.
Amber SOLD
Rocks and trees dominate this incredible landscape, harsh yet so much warmth and beauty infused into the landscape.
Fireweed
I spent the summer touring Alaska by motorcycle. This year and last were a tough couple of years for forest fires, thousands of acres burned but much of it was so remote no suppression efforts were made. The year after the fire has been through the burn areas fill with fushia coloured fireweed, it’s a beautiful, colourful landscape . That’s what inspired this 9″x12″ oil on canvas board.
An Epic Journey
I’ve been a bit negligent with the upkeep of this blog however for good reason, I put my art work on the back burner and devoted the summer to a long sought destination…the Arctic Ocean in Northern Alaska by motorcycle. It was an incredible journey to a unique part of the continent filled with warm people, cool temperatures and thousands of miles of gravel road adventures. I can’t help but think that some essence of Alaska will find it’s way into my paintings, for now here are a few pictures of the trip of my lifetime.
Salmom Glacier, 22 miles of ice winding through the mountains.
Top of the World Highway, spectacular remote views.
Near McCarthey, southeast Alaska, my campsite beside the glacial river.
Top of the Atigun Pass after climbing off the north slope and leaving the tundra behind.<a
Prudhoe Bay, end of the Haul Road north, where the cold winds blow in off the Arctic Ocean and the sun shines at midnight.
Celebrating a trip to the Artic Ocean with a beer in Coldfoot Alaska.
Pukaskwa November SOLD
A small oil capturing the change from fall to winter on the shores of Lake Superior, cold yet beautiful and it’s found a new home on the north shore.
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Manatee Migration over Sanibel
We occasionally bump into pods of manatee while out in the kayaks, big, lumbering and a little shy, it’s always a treat to float motionless amongst them as they go about feeding on the sea grass. This is pen and ink with watercolour and a bit of a stretch on reality…I can just imagine them migrating like geese in formation above the gulf coast of Florida (Sanibel Island and the causeway), airborne blimps.
Crab Culture, Merit award, BIG Arts Founders Gallery, Sanibel Island
A couple of crabs from a different perspective, these guys walk funny, look funny and are fun to watch. Oil 9″x12″
Two Palms – Captiva SOLD
Joined a plein aire paintout group at a small chapel located in a clearing just feet from the ocean on Captiva Island, a good mix of sun and shade led to this piece, a small 9″x12″ oil.
Sleep my Beauty
This is a watercolour crayon and watercolour paints piece, a 25 minute pose, I left out as much detail as I could while still trying to capture the essence of the model, 24″x18″.
These guys show up with the snow
Chickadees somehow appear out of no where every year when the snow flies, they travel in small groups like gypsies coming in for a quick meal at the feeder and then they’re gone. Oil and watercolour versions, they both have their own qualities.
Pukaskwa Series 3 SOLD
Another copper sand beach in the wilderness of Pukaskwa. What caught my eye was the way the rocky outcrop resurfaced as it fell into the water, the rhythm of the shoreline seemed to echo the rhythm of the water.
Pukaskwa Series 2 SOLD
Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior has a variety of beaches, some piled high with driftwood, some pebble beaches and some with multi coloured brown sands. This beach was made up of copper coloured sand which gave it a warm glow as the shadows lengthened. Oil 9″x12″
Pukaskwa Series 1 SOLD
Remote and wild… my artist in residence stays in Pukaskwa still inspire my work. I’ve been thinking of doing a series of small oils of the area and this is the first. Much of my time was spent kayaking the area so there will be lots of rocks and water. Oil 9″x12″
Sunbow River
We often kayak to this spot, it’s a small, winding river with the boreal forest closing in on the banks. It’s a small oil 9″x12″
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