Painting

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 […]

Painted in May and June, 2025. 20”x16”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $320.00 Cdn. Framed One of the things I find fascinating about farm animals is the strong bonds they create with other animals and sometimes with people. Cows, in particular, will often pair up with another cow and spend the day grazing side by side.  These

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 April, 2025.  1”x12”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $192.00 Cdn. Unframed As Spring has hit the West Coast, I wanted to get in the right mood for my big landscaping project by doing another flower painting.  This time I chose to paint some wild Blanket flowers (Gaillardia aristata). Due to their deer resistant properties and the

Painted in March, 2025.  20”x16”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $320.00 Cdn. A big challenge for any painter is nudes and portraits.  If your proportions are off, it is quickly apparent to the viewer.  A good artist can get away with this, but I am still learning and wanted to go for a more realistic style.  The second half

Painted in February/March, 2025.  18”x24”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $435.00 Cdn. – unframed. The city of Amalfi lies at the mouth of a deep ravine on Mount Cerreto.  Several times a day we would climb the 278 steps from the town centre up to our bed & breakfast looking out over the ocean.  Our path wound through a maze

SOLD. Painted in February, 2025.  12”x16”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $192.00 Cdn. – unframed. Growing up on a ranch provides a kid with endless places to explore.  Now as an adult, it’s giving my endless references for paintings.  Down below our main barnyard is a paddock that my Dad would use for spring lambing.  On the West side of the

Painted in February, 2025.  16”x16”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $325.00 Cdn. – framed. Coffee brewed in a traditional Dallah and shared with family or friends has represented hospitality, generosity and social connection for thousands of years.  During this time of incivility, I wanted to paint a still-life that expressed a sense of warmth and welcome.   I put a

Painted in Dec, 2024.  35cm x 25cm.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $ 125.00 Cdn. – framed. For the last day of my seven day “Still Life” challenge, I decided to really push myself and created a still life that involved both glass and fabric.  I found an old blue checkered tablecloth wrapping one of my Christmas plates and

Painted in Nov. and Dec, 2024.  20” x 16”.  Acrylic on stretched canvas.  Price $320.00 Cdn. – Framed. Our West Coast home is a world away from the hot desert surrounding Alice Springs, Australia.  Hidden within this landscape are a number of natural swimming holes.  My favourite was the Ellery Big Hole.  The water was clear and cool and the surrounding