Landscape

The West Coast can be ferocious or placid and calm.  The is a day on the west coast when all was so contemplative and peaceful!!  A delight to paint!

Stearman Beach has long been a favourite of my family.  It has a little creek running through the beach to the sea and it has kept kids occupied and enthusiastic on the beach for hours.  It looks west over towards Caulfeild and the dipping sun creates a wonderful display at the end of the day.

This Long Black Neck Canada Goose struts with attitude across the grass.  As she stretched her neck high, I caught the perfect photo of her in mid-stride.

Whether in large numbers or by themselves the crows are near too far away.  In order to get a crow to pose for me I set out some bird food to entice interest from a crow.  After about 4 hours the food was discovered and the crow took interest.  A little hesitant at first she … Read More

A soft colours of a setting sun are always welcome and remembered in the mind’s eye.

My senses are alway heightened when I am at the coast,  the salt is in the air can be detected, the water lapping at the shore can be heard and the beauty of the natural world can still be seen.

Even though there is a the quiet lapping of the water at the shore, silence and peace are felt, as light reaches across the water.

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

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 .