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Posted in Paintings on June 3, 2010

Northern lights

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 available for purchase. Continue Reading

Posted in Paintings on May 28, 2010

Port Stanley thundercloud

This painting is a typical summertime scene in Port Stanley. Shortly after sunset a thunderhead is building over the lake. 36×36in acrylic on canvas 2010 Private collection of Matt Rounds & Anthea Rowe Continue Reading

Posted in Paintings on May 28, 2010

Lake Huron shower

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

Posted in Features, Paintings on May 16, 2010

Fading light Lake Huron

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

Posted in Paintings on May 16, 2010

Lake after the rain

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

Posted in Paintings on March 5, 2010

A Lazarus Painting

Like many of my paintings this one has a story. Painted in the summer of 2007, I originally abandoned it to the garbage can. It sat there poking out of the trash for two weeks before one in a series of concerned neighbours finally convinced me to rescue it and rework it into it&# ... Continue Reading

Posted in Features on March 5, 2010

Zavitz / Jindal Commission is on the wall.

Recently I was commissioned by Zavitz Insurance / Jindal Financial to create a mural-sized painting for their corporate headquarters. The painting is a pentaptych which measures 100 inches by 60 inches, and is based on a smaller painting the company purchased from a recent show. ... Continue Reading

Posted in Paintings on January 17, 2009

A northern vision.

untitled (detail), by nik harron, 2009 I painted this work in 2009 to further explore the themes in “Angry Trees“. It is part of the private collection of Shawn Adamsson, who selected it from all the available works in 2009 as his 40th birthday present. (Happy birthda ... Continue Reading

Posted in Paintings on January 10, 2009

“trash” in the water.

There is a story associated with this painting. It represents an event that took place late in the summer of 2008 on the shoreline of the Pinery Provincial Park in Southwestern Ontario. As anyone who has visited the shores of Lake Huron knows, the winter storms can wash a substan ... Continue Reading