Painting

Painted in November, 2025. 12”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $200.00 Cdn., (Unframed.)  As part of my university painting course, we did one session on the grisaille painting technique. I chose to do a self-portrait, because the technique is well suited to portraiture.  I’ve been trying to get a smoother portrait style in my paintings […]

Painted in Aug./Sept. 2025. 30”x24”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $720.00 Cdn. Unframed Morning breaks on the Eastern slopes of the Rockies like a wave of fire when the sun is still below the horizon, but the early sunlight is bent towards red and orange by the atmosphere.  High clouds that were dark and purple, suddenly burst

diptych – part 1 and part 2 (92, 93) Painted in July/Aug, 2025. Diptych, each canvas is 40”x30”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price, each canvas is $1,200.00 Cdn., or together $2,000.00 Cdn.  (Unframed.) Summer sunsets on the Salish Sea are some of the most serene experiences you can imagine.  Everything becomes quiet and still.  The ocean is smooth with just

Painted in, July 2025. 19.5” x 15.75”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $310.00 Cdn. Unframed I wanted this still life to be a meditation on light and shadow.  Where cast shadows created shapes and reflecting light told its own story.  The tulips reminded me of simple notes on a musical score, and I used the idea of music

Painted in July, 2025. 16”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $192.00 Cdn. Unframed Late Fall brings some spectacular storm clouds to the Salish Sea.  Especially when they are lit by the setting sun.  In this painting, I wanted to capture the full range of colours from dark blue, green and purple to blazing yellow, orange, and pink hues.  There

Painted in July, 2025. 12”x9”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $108.00 Cdn. Unframed Painting realistic portraits is always a big challenge.  Since I haven’t tackled one in about four years, it was long overdue. I found a photo of my mother taken during her last visit to Vancouver six years ago, in late September.  She was sitting in our

Painted in June/July, 2025. 30”x24”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $720.00 Cdn. Unframed Some of my best reference photos come about when I’m least expecting them.  Seven years ago we had a wonderful time exploring New Zealand.  Heading towards Waipu beach on the North Island, we stopped at a lookout that had a beautiful view across rolling green

Painted in May, 2025. 10”x10”.  Acrylic on wood panel.  Price $80.00 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 very spontaneous painting in a very short

Painted in July, 2025. 12”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $144.00 Cdn. Unframed The first year I put up a hummingbird feeder, the local hummingbirds that normally depend on Blackberry bushes and wildflowers went mad for the free and abundant sugar water.  They would drain the feeder in a day and then flit around looking for more

Painted in June, 2025. 14”x11”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.    Price $154.00 Cdn. Unframed Periodically, I like to paint chickens or roosters.  It’s a palate cleanser between courses, where I can explore different colour combinations and techniques.  Fortunately, there is a wide range of chicken types to choose from.  An endless variety of textures, colours, silhouettes and shapes to