August 24th, 2017

August 24th? 2017

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.

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August 14th, 2017

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.

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July 31st, 2017

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.

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July 30th, 2017

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…

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July 30th, 2017

July 30th 2017

Lake of the Woods, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 8″x10″ Just a quick sketch to shake off the rust.

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June 14th, 2017

Wednesday June 14th

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.

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May 17th, 2017

Loon - May 17th

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.)…

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April 4th, 2017

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…

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March 6th & 7th, 2017

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…

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February 23rd & 24th, 2017

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…

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