Taggs and Tucker

Taggs
12" x 12" acrylic on canvas  
SOLD

Tucker
12" x 12"  acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Aren't these guys cute? I have to say that I really like painting animals - well - some dogs, cats, sheep and cows - as long as I can paint them the way I want. These commissioned works were fun. 

Rock and Roll

Rock and Roll
acrylic on canvas - 36" x 24"
This is for sale - contact me for price if interested.

The second painting in what may become a series of abstracts based on details cropped from rocky shoreline photos. The original photo featured some very large flattish rocks along the coast near Halifax, Nova Scotia (not exactly sure whether it was a park or what). I simplified and stylized the rock shapes and added a few extra round ones, and played with colour. Lots of fun!  And of course I am starting another one.....

Rocks as Inspiration

Balancing Act
acrylic on canvas - 36" x 24"
This is for sale - contact me for price if interested.

I love rocky shore lines and have taken many photos of such over the years, thinking that they might be good subjects to paint - but how? Using my mac, I recently began to select details from the larger photos, cropping out about 90% of the original photo and found that I had some really interesting little abstract compositions of shapes, forms, and lines - and so have begun to paint them.

This is the first of these rock-inspired abstract paintings. I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and particularly like the combination of 3 dimensional forms and flat 2 dimensional shapes. I have another one on the easel.....so stay tuned.

Georgian Bay Rocky Shore

Georgian Bay Rocky Shore
acrylic on canvas - 36" x 24"  SOLD

I took a break from painting, in the latter part of June – and that extended into July as I settled into cottage life in Haliburton.  Looking for subject matter and surrounded by lake, sky and pine forest, I thought (as I do every summer) that I would just paint what was in front of me. Or at least nearby.

This painting is actually based on some photos I took while visiting friends John and Lynn at their cottage on Georgian Bay, last summer. The rocky shoreline is typical of the landscape there and became the subject in this work. The actual veins of colour visible in the granite inspired the exaggerated patterning and I love how they work well with the strong diagonal of the shoreline and overall perspective. I hope that you are enjoying summer somewhere!

Many Thanks!!!!

My studio show and sale took place last weekend and was, thanks to wonderful new and old friends who came out to see (and buy) what I have been painting over the last year, a great success. Here is what it looked like before the doors opened. 

  

New Work

I really have been busy painting - working on several at once - in preparation for my Studio Show this weekend.
Here is what has been on and off the easel, and now are ready for hanging.

Redstone Lake Morning

18" x 14" - acrylic on canvas  SOLD

A familiar view on our lake in the Haliburton area.

Bonnieux Pines

16" x 16" - acrylic in canvas SOLD

Though I did paint this scene 'en plein aire' last June, I wanted to try it again, and I am much more happy with this second painting. The yellows and blues really capture the colouring of Provence in the summer. 

Road Trip

20" x 24" - acrylic on canvas

This is for sale - contact me for price if interested.

I love these views of the quintessential French country road lined with platane trees. I find the the shape of the foliage canopy, sky holes and negative spaces between the trees so interesting. 

Early Evening 

12" x 12" - acrylic on canvas SOLD

I love the palette in this one - much moodier than my normal colour scheme, and very suggestive of early evening in summer. I can almost hear the cicadas.

Up Close

Up Close
10" x 10"   acrylic on canvas  SOLD

My sister is on a cycling trip in Provence. I am wishing I was there, painting. Maybe next year. Until then my photos will have to suffice as inspiration.