Paysage

Paysage

12" x 12" -  acrylic on canvas
This is for sale - contact me for price if interested.

I am sitting in my studio in Guelph Ontario Canada, looking out my window at the fading light (it's actually time to start making dinner) on the golden yellow trees out my window, and thinking about Provence. Wondering what the trees and vegetation looks like there as the autumn advances. I am sure it's warmer there than here.  This little painting is based on a photo taken during my trip there in May - driving in the Camargue area.  Of course when it came to painting, I took artistic license with the colour and palette in general.  Fun to paint and fun to remember the trip!

Moody Blues

Moody Blues

24" x 36"  - acrylic on canvas  

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I have been fascinated by the shapes and patterns of 'reflections' in water for quite some time, and take photos of them whenever I can. Once back in the studio I play with those images on the computer, isolating and cropping to find interesting abstract compositions. Once found I reduce, eliminate, exaggerate the image through a series of sketches and then continue that process on the canvas. This painting is the result of that kind of process, and for once - I stopped before it looked too polished! As someone who loves colour, it was a challenge to work with a limited and muted palette - but I love the subtlety of colours and the way the blue, green and violets paint hues muddied when they intermixed with the charcoal and pastel used to draw the surface patterning.  

Autumn Woodland

Autumn Woodland

24" x 30"  - acrylic on canvas
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This painting represents a visual 'slice of life' in Ontario in the autumn. Every year the leaves of the various deciduous trees turn from green to red, orange, gold and are always a sight to behold. It's nature's 'last hurrah' before....well let's not think about that right now!

Looking Pretty

Looking Pretty

20" x 30" -  acrylic on canvas
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Remember when you were young and first applying make-up? 

Lots of it and the more colourful, the better. 

This was a fun one to paint, almost as much as those youthful experiments.