Devotion

Devotion

Devotion 2009 Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 in (nfs) A portrait of my friend’s father. He had spent years making a natural mountain stream running though his property considerably more beautiful and if possible, more natural. As he grew older he spent slightly less time hefting rocks and more time just watching the progress…

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D.A. Thompson (Formal)

D.A. Thompson (Formal)

D.A. Thompson (Formal) 2009 Oil on Canvas, 24 x 32 in (nfs) This portrait was commissioned by Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, a law firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. The firm’s founding member was my grandfather, Donald Alexander Thompson. I was honoured to be hired by the firm to paint his portrait. It was not an…

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Sibling Perspectives

Sibling Perspectives

Sibling Perspectives December, 2008 (nfs) This portrait is of a student and her brother. I used a photograph of them taken by a wonderful photographer to get a basis for this image. I like that each of these individual’s personalities are clearly reflected in their focal points – the one looking outward at the world…

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