August 24th? 2017
Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in
This was a somewhat more radiant tumult. I felt thwarted by this but am coming around.
August 24th, 2017
Lake of the Woods
August 14th, 2017
August 14th, 2017
Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Oil on plywood, 20 x 30 in
This I painted when very upset by events in the US that week. It was a tumult frame of mind, producing a tumultuous sunset.
July 31st, 2017
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in
Lake of the Woods, Ontario
A nice sunny, windy day – still shaking off some rust but feeling better about how it was coming out.
July 30th, 2017
The Boathouse, Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in
I painted this inside the boathouse on a sunny, windy day outside. Like the one below, it was a sketch I tried just to get back into the painting way of processing. What was dumb was that it was so bright out and dark in that I couldn’t see my colours properly. It was frustrating but I had to choose either to give it up & waste the paint or see it through. I chose the latter. My fixation was on the colours I was trying to blend, the drawing & perspective were not important as is apparent.
July 30th, 2017
Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Oil on Canvasboard, 8″x10″
Just a quick sketch to shake off the rust.
June 14th, 2017
Wednesday June 14th
18 x 24 in, Oil on Canvas
Unable to get to the lake this year until deep into the summer (Well, mid-July but May & June are my favorite months there) I have been “mooning around” despondent. Seemed fitting to paint the moonlight.
May 17th, 2017
Loon – May 17th
8 x 10 in, Oil on Canvasboard
After painting Obama I felt like I was not entirely ready to return to the broad strokes I’m used to as a knife painter. In the mood for more detail. Hence this small painting of a loon in my lakewater (Lake of the Woods.) I think it looks better in person though.
April 4th, 2017
April 4th, 2017
Kenora, Ontario
Lake of the Woods
Oil on plywood, 18 x 24 in
This I did in studio in Annisquam working from a photo I took a couple of years ago from the Island. My thoughts are forever escaping to my glorious northern home – in this case, I integrated the recent disposition to paint a boat or two. Not only is there a sailboat in this, there are people (yes! People!) in it! Rare, rare event for me. I like it. I got to daydream and work at the same time.
March 6th & 7th, 2017
March 6th & 7th, 2017
Oil on Board, 18 x 24 in
Lake of the Woods
I worked on this painting from a combination of memory and photo. The picture was taken last summer when the devastating Alberta forest fires were raging and even as far east as Kenora, Ontario the skies were full of haze and smoke. It made everything a strange color, rich and dark. The sun was this glowing burn of light, I still don’t think I quite have the color right. But this is how it stands.
February 23rd & 24th, 2017
February 23 & 24, 2017
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24in
Lake of the Woods
“We’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Not a Plein Air, technically. I was indoors working with my friend David Curtis, who is recovering from a grave illness. Worked in studio, using as reference photos of a major storm up in Kenora a summer or two back.