Boreas Sanctus
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…
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…
January 31st, 2017 Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in Today, I joined a good friend to paint. I was not satisfied with my rendering of the scene I had in mind yesterday, so I decided to find the photo that was close to it and work from that. So – this painting and the…
January 30th, 2017 Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in I was full of turmoil and was teaching a painting student. I couldn’t stand to paint the still life the student was painting so decided to work from a picture in my head. I needed to be at my lake. So I struggled to mix…
January 5th, 2017 Leo Oil on Board, 9 x 12 in My cat of 17.5 yrs has been very, very ill – and is probably very close to meeting his maker. While he was sleeping, I decided rather than just keeping vigil at his side & staring at him, perhaps I should paint him, from…
December 1st, 2016 Loon at Sunset Reprise Oil on Panel, 12 x 16 in, Again, trying to work out the gleaming light of sunset in puddles on the water.
October 18th & 19th, 2016 Loon Phoenix Rising Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in Not a Plein Air! I worked on this one rainy day and one sunny day. I attempted a similar painting a year ago and I was not pleased with the result. There’s something about the light and water my mind…
September 9th, 2016 Kenora, Ontario Canada Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in (I think) I painted this, though I was not intending to fess up about it any time soon. I like the water on the left especially, I am angry about the trees. In real life, there is a bridge where lies that…
August 22nd, 2016 Twin Island, Lake of the Woods, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in
August 18th & 19th, 2016 Kenora Ontario, Canada Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in