SOLD "The Birch Tree" acrylic painting.... 1st work of 2015.

My latest treescape "The Birch Tree" Acrylic on canvas 16x40 inches. A larger version of a previous painting/thumbnail from Sept. 2013.

SOLD small acrylic painting "Walter's House". I have always loved the blue shingle roof.

latest acrylic 20x40 inches "Three Pears"

My Travel Photos Inspire Me!

"Lunchspot in the Shade - Avignon, France" 12x36 inches acrylic on canvas

"How to Shop in Rome"  24x24 inches -  acrylic on basswood panel

a few new works for fun

 "the light inside and so dark outside" acrylic

 "upcycled chair and fabric" new props for the studio tour set up

 Orange Mannequin - acrylic

 Nightscape  - acrylic

September works for Bancroft and Area Studio Tour

"serenity" oil

"Autumn Haze" acrylic

 revisiting an older painting and painting it again "winter beech leaves" acrylic SOLD

 "the marsh" (sold)

It was time to add some new small works.....because beginning October it will be time for me to do a "serious" body of work by choosing to explore something either a new or appealing to me technique and/or subject matter.

canoes (sold)

york river willow

 "granny smiths" acrylic realism

 snow on the branches (sold)

 401 poplars

 late afternoon light at Baptisite lake

 "Bordeaux sky" feeling cold in January so this one warmed me up.

SOLD .......5x7 thumbnail sketch for marsh painting

5x7 inch acrylic on canvas......working out the ideas for a larger painting

"Knights and horses"..... studies in oil (burnt umber)

detail of "horse and knight study" in burnt umber

24 x 48 inch oil on stretched canvas.

 Attended the Bracebridge Highland Games on Aug 16, 2014. Inspiration from the display of jousting.

24 x 48 inch oil on stretched canvas "Jousting....Let the Games Begin"

Oil Painting #2 in the style of Georgia O'Keefe "3 Roses"

60 x 10 inches oil on canvas and the 2nd painting after Georgia O"Keefe.

In the style of Georgia O"Keefe "The Bouquet" ....going big!

"The Bouquet - in the style of Georgia O"Keefe"  a 60 x 38 inch OIL painting on canvas pinned to the studio wall, for now, until it is ready for some glazing to push the colours even more.

Pidgeons on the Old Bridge, Bancroft, Ont. - a June acrylic painting

 Detail images of a 36x36 inch acrylic painting of the residents of the old bridge on Bridge Street in Bancroft, Ontario sun bathing on a winter day. Hope they find the new bridge to their liking.

plein air watercolour sketching in Positano, Italy.

Italy Trip - April 2014

SOLD.....Still Life at the Bancroft Museum

a small  5x12 inch acrylic on hardboard "Still Life at the Bancroft Museum"

newest Bancroft painting....sold

getting one more snow scene in before spring/summer inspiration begins.

16x16 inch acrylic "House in the Pines" a view from Cleak Ave in Bancroft, On

Bancroft - in front of Zehr's Deli down town. "Zehr"s Chairs" SOLD

"Zehr"s Chairs" 6x11 inch acrylic painting down town Bancroft. These chairs have become a favourite subject matter of mine.

a brand new painting - grey scale modernised "Snake Creek" hwy 28E.

working new and modern ideas into an older grey scale idea. Acrylic 16x20 inches on canvas

Painting a February day in Bancroft (down town Hawley property parking lot) sold

"Bancroft - Main Street Parking Lot - A Grey Day" 10x20 inches\ acrylic

Marker Sketch of foot x-ray "memories of PAIN"

another sketch in my discarded library book. "memories of pain" in my foot. Wishing I had got an X-ray because the cause of the pain is still unknown.

February painting - new stuff.

painting in acrylic using a staining technique with acrylics while liking and continuing the European architecture theme.Doing  "Bordeaux Light" 24x30 inch is challenging me with new methods and subject matter...... And sketching in a discarded library book. The description of walking down passageways inspired an Avignon Side Street drawing.

Sketching with my paintbrush.

acrylic painting "Venice Sketch" 24x36 inches .....trying some new techniques and sketching with my paintbrush while the subject matter of this piece is getting me inspired to do a trip to Italy this early spring.

detail of latest paintings - autumn one SOLD

This one SOLD   Detail of large acrylic.    a red/orange glaze brought this to life!

Destiny and Inspiration for a new series of work. 16x20 inches oil