A soft, dream-like image of an early morning in Algonquin Park. In the mist, on the still water, looking east waiting for the sun to rise. This painting captures the experience of being between white emptiness and within a defined landscape as mist lifts in the dawn. Lifting Mist ... Continue Reading
Afternoon on the shore of Lake Huron at the Pinery. Dreamlike, the horizon is tobacco stained with the emissions from Chemical Valley to the southwest. The eastern shore of Lake Huron has a sandy bottom that is churned up by the waves in the summer breeze, and the silt and algae ... Continue Reading
While not a literal representation of the aurora borealis, the colour and sense of light in this painting is evocative of the surreality of the northern lights. 36×36in acrylic on canvas 2010 This painting is in the private collection of Gordon & Deborah Robson. Continue Reading
Driving along the backroads of Southwestern Ontario in the wet, stormy days of early spring the ploughed fields wait for the green to burst from the ground and renew the landscape. 24x24in acrylic on canvas 2010 Private collection of Roxanne McClenaghan Continue Reading
This painting is a typical summertime scene in Port Stanley. Shortly after sunset a thunderhead is building over the lake. 36x36in acrylic on canvas 2010 Private collection of Will Rounds & Anthea Rowe Continue Reading
A familiar sight from growing up on the shores of Lake Huron. A late summer shower rolls over the gray lake in the afternoon. 36×36in acrylic on canvas 2010 Private collection of Meredith Nelson. Continue Reading
I’m often asked by people who have seen the early stages of one of my paintings why I don’t ever exhibit works at the texture stage and forgo the glazing stage that brings colour to the paintings. This piece is probably about as close to that as I’ll get in the ... Continue Reading
The sunsets of Lake Huron are fabled to be the prettiest in the world. Long after the sun has gone, however, just before the darkness falls the sky takes on a calm glow stained pink and orange at the horizon by the last colour of the fading day. 36×36in acrylic on canvas 2010 ... Continue Reading
As the clouds clear in the long light as the sun sets, the air is filled with the smell of passing rain over a lake in northern Ontario. 36×36in acrylic on canvas 2010 The painting is available for purchase. Continue Reading