Painting

SOLD. “Sunset on Savary Island.” Painted November 2021.  24”x24” Acrylic on Canvas Every few paintings, I have a total failure and no matter how much tweaking, I can’t salvage it.  Eventually I cover it with white gesso and start a new painting over the old one.  I’ve noticed that these new paintings are generally more successful than the old […]

SOLD. “Stella”  Acrylic on Canvas, 12”x12”, October 2021. We’ve been living on the Bluff since the start of May, sleeping in the Love Shack, cooking meals in the outdoor kitchen, and relaxing in the covered solarium.  It’s been magical watching the humpback whales breaching in the strait at sunset, while hummingbirds chase each other around the feeding

“Blue Shadows Conjure Me.” 14″x11″ Acrylic on Canvas Textured Board. Every few paintings, I try and paint either a portrait or a figurative painting.  These paintings generally scare the crap out of me, but I know I’ll never get any better if I avoid painting things that challenge me (faces, hands, crowds, etc.), so there it

SOLD. “I hold my breath”.  12″x24″. Painted in March/April 2021. Acrylic on wood panel. $288.00 Canadian. Winter Sunset on Marr Lake at 4:24 pm.   About a kilometre South of my parent’s ranch, just over a few rolling hills is our neighbour Patricia’s house. She has a stunning view of the Rockies, with only a

Painted March 2021. 12″x12″. Acrylic on Cradled Wood Panel. $144.00 Canadian Unframed. My focus on this painting was to work on my skills blending acrylic paint. The reference photo was taken as the sun set, so there were lots of soft shadows to practice on. This is the 4th portrait I’ve painted of Mitch (no he

Painted February 2021.  11″x14″. Acrylic on Canvas textured board. Price $140.00 Canadian. Framed This is a quick study painting based on a photo I took as the sun hit Uluru/Ayers Rock at 6:58 AM. Although the foreground was still in shade from the curvature of the Earth, Uluru itself was already on fire from the sunrise.

Painted February 2021.  16″x12″. Acrylic on Canvas.  $150.00 Canadian Unframed. Lots of horses this time. This is a small study for a bigger painting I’ve been thinking about for a while. Overall, I was pretty happy with what was a very complex subject matter. I can tell instantly if a horses features are out of place. Since

Painted January 2021.  16″x12″.   Painted January 2021.  Acrylic on Canvas. $180.00 Canadian No Frame. I wanted to practice creating a sense of ‘texture’ in my paintings. I also wanted to limit the palette and try more saturated colours. For this practice, I chose a photo I took when visiting the Botanical Gardens in Buenos Aires. They have a spectacular

Painted December 2020.  12″ x 12″. Acrylic on cradled wood panel.  $144.00 Canadian.  No Frame. It occurred to me that I had never done a self-portrait, so for my last painting of 2020, I chose to base my self-portrait on a photo that I have from a pre-Covid trip to Puerto Vallarta. Enjoying the sunset from the infinity

Painted November 2020.  12″ x 16″. Acrylic on Canvas.  Price $235.00 Canadian with Frame.  $192.00 Canadian with No Frame. Our home is at the top of a bluff that looks over the Salish Sea. To get down to the shore, is a drop of about 50 feet (accessed by a ramp that is pretty spectacular in it’s own