The inspiration for this painting came from the tiny cabins on Hollyburn Mountain. They were originally built in the 1920’s and 1930’s and many still remain today. All the cabins were built with timbers in the vicinity of the cabin site. Today the sites are leased from the municipality and it is my understanding that … Read More
Landscape
Agrarian Society – Sold 8 x 10, acrylic on cradled panel
This little piece was a conceptualized vision of a rural agrarian countryside. It was a fun stylized piece of a rural community, growing food and eating fresh off the land .
Draping Cedar 8 x 10, oil on board
This beautiful Cedar stood in the sun with its draping branches allowing the light to catch on its foliage…a magical moment caught on canvas!!
Mom, what is this? – Sold 8 x 10, acrylic on canvas
This piece was painted for the Federation Gallery’s Climate Crisis Exhibition. The object was to paint an image that was perhaps disturbing or inspired conversation around the idea of our changing climate: Brainstorming concepts as to what are some of the causes of climate change and from a balance with nature perspective, what are viable … Read More
Old Growth – Sold 11 x 14, oil on canvas
This was painted from a photo I took as I followed a logging truck. What caught my attention was the old growth tree that was riding on the truck. A typical truck that carries logs is 2.6 metres wide or 8.5 feet wide. So a rough estimate of the diameter of the old growth … Read More
Calm Estuary – Sold 8 x 10, oil on canvas
Located on Gabriola Island, near the ferry terminal, this peaceful estuary caught my eye with the colours of the water. This piece was on display at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island.
East Coast Colour – Sold 12 x 12 oil on cradled panel
With the stunning quiet light stretching across the water right towards me and I sketched this stunning sunset when I was in Newfoundland last year. The highlights on the dark rocks framed the scene beautifully!! From my sketch and a photo, I painted the piece when I got home.
Cypress Friends – Sold 8 x 10, acrylic on canvas
I was invited to “Paint on the Mountain” 2020 at Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver, hosted by British Pacific Properties. It was a plein air competition with 12 artists participating. We each selected our own spot, set up our easels and got our paint brushes moving!! Meeting the other amazing plein air artists was terrific!! … Read More
Cypress Reflections – Sold 8 x 10, acrylic on canvas
This piece was painted plein air, in the “Paint on the Mountain” 2020 invitational competition. So fun to participate and meet other plein air artists!! There is a small stream, named Godman Creek, that meanders through the designated painting area with a small pool that opened up revealing nice reflections.
A Local 8 x 8, oil on cradled panel
I was painting outdoors at the beach and the seagulls became very interested in what I was doing. As the seagulls will not pose for any length of time, I began taking a few photos of the gulls and caught this one who looked at me out of one eye!!