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Posted in Landscapes, Paintings on November 14, 2011

Fading light Kettle Point

Late season on Lake Huron as the days grow colder, the light lingers for a long time over the still, shallow water of Kettle Point. 30x30in acrylic on panel 2011 This painting is in the private collection of Echidna Corp. Continue Reading

Posted in Landscapes, Paintings on July 19, 2011

Lifting Mist, Algonquin

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

Posted in Landscapes, Paintings on July 19, 2011

Huron at the Pinery

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

Posted in Landscapes, 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 in the private collection of Gordon & Deborah Robson. Continue Reading

Posted in Landscapes, 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. 36x36in acrylic on canvas 2010 Private collection of Will Rounds & Anthea Rowe Continue Reading

Posted in Landscapes, 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 Landscapes, 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 Landscapes, 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 Landscapes, 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