Peanut Rock

Do you see the subtle change in my style?  I simplified the trees and gave them an element of impressionistic simplicity.  This work has a lot of interesting things happening, from reflective light along the wet shore, to the power of wind and an interesting 3 colour background.

Acrylics
12x14
$400

Morning Drama

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This scene can be traced back to my drive across the North Shore of Lake Superior. First a walk, then a photograph, then a sketch and then a painting in my studio.

Its fun to take a scene which was relatively flat with medium tonal values, and to give it colour, life and drama. Take a look into the foreground trees to see the variety of colours.  The reflections of light and colour into the water give it a lot of beauty.

Acrylics
12x14
$400

Surprised by Colour - A Painting from the Kicking Horse Flats

This painting took a while to paint. It began with me painting on location along the Kicking Horse River.  There is a playful dynamics of colour in my interpretation of this scene.

Acrylics
12x14
$400

Abandoned

This work began with a blank canvas. Nothing more - nothing less.  There was no photograph, no sketch, no advance planning.

I stood in front of the canvas a painted a line and let it unfold from within.

Before the Storm

I love metaphorical paintings.  This work is representative of the human condition, and we can each find a time when there is a place of peace within ourselves while the storm rages and blows around us.

The approaching storm can be seen in the sky and trees to the left of the pine tree. The centre of the pine clear, the sky is blue and there is hope.

This work was painted with three concentric circles in the upper half and there is a big circular path around the rocks. The rocks are aligned like an arrowhead, pointing towards the focal area in the centre of the wind blown pine tree.

This work began after as sketching trip to the Bowen Farm, north of the lake where I live.

Acrylics
11x14
$500