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Lake Huron Copper (Autumn offshore wind)

artnik — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:43:16 +0000

The late season winds stir up the water, glowing copper in the setting sun as the heavy weather breaks.

“Lake Huron Copper (Autumn offshore wind)
Acrylic on panel
36 x 36 in
2012

This painting is available for purchase.

Open.

artnik — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:57:20 +0000

Painted for the The Brush Off at THE MUSEUM.

Painted in the first round— the OPEN round where I was free to paint whatever I wanted.

“Open”
18×18 in
Acrylic on canvas
2012

Photograph by Joe Martz

This painting is in the private collection of Carol Moogk-Soulis.

Swell.

artnik — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:54:10 +0000

Painted for the The Brush Off at THE MUSEUM.

Painted in the final round— the SPEAK round where each of the three finalists interpreted the word “swell”

“Swell”
18×18 in
Acrylic on canvas
2012

Photograph by Joe Martz

This painting is in the private collection of Carol Moogk-Soulis.

Gathering Autumn

artnik — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:32:41 +0000

The ever-changing panorama of Southwestern Ontario’s meadow foliage is dramatically punctuated by the light of heavy weather gathering for the fall.

“Gathering Autumn”
Acrylic on panel
30 in x 30 in

This painting is available for purchase.

Light falling in the valley

artnik — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:21:33 +0000

This is the second painting in the Northern Cosmology series, which picks up themes from my earlier “Particles & waves” painting. The first in the series is “Still, it moves.”

18x24in
acrylic on panel
2011

This painting was auctioned as part of the Fire & Ice Gala on behalf of Leadership Waterloo.

Above the rain.

artnik — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:03:04 +0000

A mid-summer storm in southwestern Ontario darkens the evening below, but above the fading sun lights up the heart of the storm.

20x24in
acrylic on panel
2011

This painting is available for purchase.

The field remembers the rain

artnik — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:37:12 +0000

A southwestern Ontario field, ploughed, dry and cracked waits in the early spring for the rain to come.

24x24in
Acrylic on panel
2011

Private collection of Lynn Schmidt

Ploughed field after rain

artnik — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:23:47 +0000

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

Lake Huron shower

artnik — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:39:54 +0000

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.

Lifting rain

artnik — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:30:19 +0000

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 near future.

Evoking late afternoon rain in the country, lifting to reveal the surprising light still clinging to the sky in the west.

36x36in
acrylic on canvas
2010

Private collection of Julia & Paul Salvini.