Painting

Painted in January/Februay, 2026. 12”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $180.00 Cdn. Unframed Growing up on a ranch involves working with a lot of different animals that you build connections with, on a daily basis. My milk cow’s name was Buttercup. I bottle fed her for the first year of her life, then had to bring […]

Painted in January, 2026. 12”x12”.   Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $144.00 Cdn. Unframed This painting is part of a series of farm animals that I’m currently working on.  It’s an experimental painting where I’m trying to create a sense of texture using high contrast values and intense saturated colour against a dark muted background.  I’m not sure if

“The Four Amigos”.  Painted December 2025. 36” x 36”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas. $1,620.00 CND. (unframed). This is the first in a series of paintings that I am doing, where the subject matter are animals that had a big impact on my life growing up on a ranch. Over the years we had a variety of

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