Jug Island is the cutest little island. It is located in Indian Arm and sits just offshore, outside of Bedwell Bay. It can also be reached from hiking in along a trail in Belcarra Park. The water was exceptionally calm and the reflections of the island in the water were so perfectly formed. I was … Read More
The John Lawson Pier is one of the classic piers along the West Vancouver shoreline. I painted this on plein air while sitting on a rock on the beach, such a great day!!
This is not particular place but it is painted from a series of photos I had taken in the Gulf Islands. It captures familiar elements that are so recognizable in the Gulf Island such as the sandstone rock with pockets of sand, the outlined points of land that open to narrow water passages, distant landforms … Read More
Painted plein aire today at VanDusen Botanical Gardens. Every one of my painter friends painted the beautiful colour and the flowers in the gardens and I painted a local resident!! Accepted in to the Federation Gallery for the Vancouver Salon 2020 Exhibition.
This is a graceful old stump from a large and old growth tree. There are hundred of old stumps in and around the forest. Painted up the mountains, near where I live, I began this piece plein aire.
One of the sweetest little guys I know and it was a pleasure to do a sketch of him!