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Painted in October, 2026. 20”x20”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $500.00 Cdn. Unframed After we’ve taken a horse out for a long ride, we were taught to give them a rubdown and a careful curry with comb or brush.  I always enjoyed this task, and the horse usually did as well.  When the brush down is completed and

Painted in Aug, 2026. 20”x20”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $500.00 Cdn. Unframed * In my ongoing series of farm animals, it occurred to me that I hadn’t yet done any paintings of sheep.  Growing up on a cattle ranch, the focus is obviously on the cattle.  My daily routine included significant time feeding, opening water holes, milking

Painted and finished in September, 2026. 10”x10”.   Acrylic on wood panel, encaustic finish.  Price $100.00 Cdn. Unframed * Red sky in the morning; sailor’s warning. Red sky at night; sailor’s delight. * I will often use the last remnants of paint on my palette to tone a new canvas.  I paint wet on wet which produces a

Painted in Sept. 2026. 8”x8”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $88.00 Cdn. Unframed As the second 8”x8” donation to the qathet Arts Centre fundraiser, I chose to explore the idea of texture.  More specifically, I wanted to see how well I could paint sunlight and shadow on fur.  For this painting, I used the grisaille technique (first painted

Painted in Sept. 2026. 8”x8”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $88.00 Cdn. Unframed As a fundraiser for the qathet Arts Centre, I was asked to donate a small 8”x8” painting.  The plan was that anyone who bought an $88.00 ticket to the art centre’s fundraiser could go home with an 8”x8” painting.  Since this painting is going

Painted in Aug, 2026. 10”x10”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $125.00 Cdn. Unframed * In November, before the long winter rains become a constant presence, I get to enjoy my favourite Fall weather.  A fresh wind blows up the Malaspina, churning up the sea and creating a dramatic backdrop for any boats that are brave enough to

Painted in July, 2026. 8”x10”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $100.00 Cdn. Unframed When our neighbour Winnie shared some photos of crocus blooms from her garden, I thought they would make a beautiful series of paintings. The purple crocuses are my favourite and are the sign that early Spring has arrived.  On the coast, flowers start blossoming

Painted in July, 2026. 24”x24”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $720.00 Cdn. Unframed This May we spent a fortnight living on a narrow canal boat while we slowly explored canals through the English Midlands.  A good part of the route was through the countryside and most of the cows we saw were Holstein dairy cows.  I took a

Painted in July, 2026. 9”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $135.00 Cdn. Unframed It seems that all the Eagles and Owls that live on our acreage, have come to an agreement.  The Eagles mostly hunt fish out of the ocean, the Owls go for small mammals on land.  The eagles are easy to find as they either nest

Painted in July, 2026. 20”x20”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $500.00 Cdn. Unframed The Stillwater Bluffs trail is a local treasure that I recommend to anyone who is visiting the upper Sunshine Coast.  It’s an easy hike that takes you up through the forest from Stillwater Bay and along a set of bluffs that roll down into