Corn as High

 

On a hot summer day, as we wind our way down country roads a line from an old musical keeps running through our mind...

Corn As High As An Elephants Eye, 

Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,

12x16,

not available

donated to Alzheimer's society auction 

Truman and Highbury

 

Grand Old Lady Trees are one of my favorite subjects, standing guard over a farm track off a busy highway, imagine what changes they have seen. 

Truman and Highbury, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,
12x16,CDN $335.00
SOLD

The Road Home

 

The Road Home

In the not too distant past most people had a family connection to the land. 

The family farm whether it was in the care of parents, grandparents or aunts/uncles was the gathering point for families. 

I think having lost that  touch stone of tradition has created a vacuum where a lack of understanding of the importance of sustainability has grown. 

Is this ripe for development, or the source of sustenance for a hungry world?  

12x12, glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang, $285.

SOLD

Wonderland

 

Wonderland

Along one of the city's busiest thoroughfares there are still remnants of  what was.

Most bear signs 'zoned for development, will build to suit!'

For many the the heavy equipment has already flattened the land and removed the visages of before. 

Here and there though, remnants of the earlier wonderland remain. 

Defiant, young trees reclaim what was forest and field.  

Nature is ever hopeful.  

UPDATE:

this scene is no more, the bulldozers have done their work, and a new strip mall is being built. 

original painting, 12x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, 

 $285.00

sold

Morning Light

 

Morning Light 

Morning light filters through the tree canopy. A new day full of possibilities dawns. 

4x4, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang.

sold  at Tillsonburg Station Arts

Rainy Day In Camp

 

4x4, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, SOLD

 at STEP art center until Dec 20, 2024

It seems to be a fact of life, we head to the lake for a few days of rest and relaxation, and invariably it rains.  What a good excuse to kick back with a book, or haul out the board games. Sometimes these are the best days of our holiday! 

Joseph's Tree

  

Joseph's Tree

Joseph, our favorite park ranger, in our favorite SC State Park spun some amazing tales of history both natural and human. To him the magnolia was a symbol of friendship, beauty and generosity prevailing over the darkness of war, hate and evil deeds. This young tree overcame adversity, growing in a swampy salt marsh, and surviving several hurricanes that devastated the island in it's short life. 

It is tenacity personified, the perfect symbol of all that is good in human nature.

Still Standing

 

Still Standing

The Live Oaks of the South Eastern US fascinate me and whisper to my muse paint me - paint me!

 and so I do. 

This tree in particular is an old friend, she stretches her arms over our favorite campsite at Edisto SP, SC. We're treated to a constant parade of racoons, opossums and other critters that live in her many hollows, many a time I've made supper to an avid audience! 

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board. ready to hang $125

Sold

AUTUMN

 

Autumn

Rich abundance reflected by rich colours, remind us how lucky we are to live in a land of plenty.

12x12, 

Consigned to Westland Gallery

                                                                            Sold

SUMAC LACE

 

The arching branches of Sumac entwine like living lace, punctuated in autumn by red leaves and velvety seed pods, a favourite of foraging creatures, wildlings and human alike. 

                     Sumac Lace,  4"x4', Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang.

                                                                  

                                           

PSAG art draw donation

DON'S HILL

 

Recorded on a hot summer day, Don's hill, was an anomaly, a steep drop into what may have once been the bed of a rushing glacial river, long gone, and now permanently erased to make way for a "better" road. 

Don's Dang Hill, Glazed Acrylic on cradled wooden panel ready to hang

12x12, CDN 

consigned to Port Stanley Artists' Guild show June 6,7,8 2024 

https://www.portstanleyartguild.com/

SOLD

TRANSITIONS

 

Transitions

I'm fascinated by the spaces between. Little bits of wild, left behind by the plough, too rough or inconvenient for the ploughman, but loved by the wildlings.

 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, 

  8x10 CDN 

consigned to Port Stanley Artists' Guild show June 6,7,8 2024 

https://www.portstanleyartguild.com/

                                                                               SOLD

BRUCE BLUFF

 

Bruce's Bluffs

A weather worn cabin sit's on the edge of the bluff, overlooking a fallow field, a place for quite reflection.

12x16 glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

SOLD 

CRIMSON GLORY

 

Crimson Glory

The design of this work is such that the order of the pieces can be rearranged to suit the viewer!

Sun rise, sun set, sitting on the rocky shore of a Northern Lake watching the sun paint the sky spectacular colours bathe the soul in glory. The best of times. 

18x16 Triptych ( 3 individual paintings each 16x6) glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel

ready to hang 

SOLD

WISDOM

 

Wisdom 

Old trees have such a sense of calm, been here seen that, might be their mantra. 

Many other cultures have believed these ancients have spirits, with all of the research into tree connectedness it's easy to believe they were right. Forest bathing is proven good for the soul,

 so hug your tree today!

Wisdom 12x12 

consigned to Port Stanley Artists' Guild show June 6,7,8 2024 

https://www.portstanleyartguild.com/

SOLD

Farm Gate

Farm Gate
Meandering across the land, a rutted track of packed earth marks the passage of the farmer and his equipment, first plow and horse, now a tractor, stirring the rich earth and  seeding with new life.
Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
12x16, 

Sold thank you Art Emporium

 

swale

 

Yarmouth Centre Swale, A misfit stream, such a evocative term, barely a trickle at the bottom of a swale now but once a rushing glacial river.  
Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
 12x16, CDN $340.00

Sold thank you Art Emporium

HI 167

 

Hunting Island, site 167. our winter home away from home.  

6x6, glazed acrylic.

The Road To Moore's

 

Road To Moore's

Moore's Aquatic Nursery has been serving water gardeners in our area since 1912. 

The tree lined lane feels like a forest drive, shady and cool in the summer, colourful and peaceful in autumn.

Stand

 

Row On Row the crops grow. Fields dip and roll.

 Intermittent stream beds break the expanse,

 stretch into the distance and offer passage for the wildlings, to distant green oasis.

12x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

thank you Westland Gallery 

SOLD

 

Lost Lane

 

Lost Lane 

A relic of the age of the family farm, Lost Lanes still bisect the landscape leading to ghosts, memories of the way life was in a simpler time.

 glazed acrylic, 12x12, SOLD

Thank You  Westland Gallery 

Summer Splendor

 

Summer Splendor

glazed acrylic, 16x12, gallery depth (1.5 "), on cradled wooden panel , ready to hang

Summer at it's fullest, these last lazy dog days are a treasure, enjoy them.

 The harvest is ready to come in and soon the fields will be a hive of activity.

 SOLD

Junction

 

Junction

Junction: A place of meeting or joining. Once, all was forest, then came the colonizers, who took down much of the forest. Pockets remain, and as it is the will of nature to grow and also to colonize, the junctions where field and forest meet are the site of a subtle battle.

 6x6, glazed acrylic, not available

 STart art draw prize

Donnybrook Island

Donnybrook Island

Pockets of life, islands of diversity, home to many, safe haven.

 6x6, glazed acrylic, 

sold at STart show, thank you

 

Elgin Spring

 

Elgin Spring

The lushness of Spring, life bursts forth fresh and new. 

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang

sold at STart show, thank you

Posted

 

Posted

There was a time, when life moved at a slower pace, in rhythm with the seasons. Posts were for stringing fence lines, not online. Was life better then? or is that just a romantic notion.  I'll leave it to you to decide.  

 8x8, glazed acrylic.

sold at STart show, thank you

Rainbow Rocks

 

Rainbow Rocks

Pink granite, blue shale, and every shade between, the Canadian shield scraped clean by glaciers, and some of the oldest rocks on Earth.

12x12, glazed acrylic, sold at STart Show, thank you!

A Seat In The Sun

 

Seat In The Sun,  Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel
 8"x10",$165.00
SOLD thank you Art Emporium Port Stanley
On a crisp autumn day a seat in the sun, is the most coveted  in the park.

  

Kettle Valley

                                   

Kettle Valley

We walk with our extra large pup, along the Kettle Creek almost daily, unless there's a monsoon and the valley becomes a lake. This is the view from the crest of the hill, just before the trail head. It's our happy place.

 12x16, glazed acrylic, $240.00

SOLD Thank you Art Emporium

                                  

Gibbons Gate

The path into Gibbons Park, beckons you to follow a trail to the Thames valley, a wonderland at the heart of a city.

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang

SOLD thank you Art With Panache 

 

Green On Green

 

Green on Green, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang, 12x12,
Sold thank you Art Emporium Port Stanley:

                                             

9x12 glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

Donated to Red Cross Ukrainian relief fund

After The Storm

 

After The Storm, 18x24. Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
.
Collection of Em B

Take The Long View

                                           

Take The Long View

4x4, glazed acrylic

 

Thank you Art Emporium Port Stanley

Roads Edge

                                      

Roads Edge

8x8, glazed acrylic, on cradled board, ready to hang

 As you stop where the back roads intersect with the old highway, the vista of rolling land is punctuated with road signs becoming  one with the landscape. 

Sold at PSAG 22

Washed Up

 

 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

  8x10, 

Sold at Art Emporium Port Stanley: contact

This driftwood, greeted us each year on Hunting Island beach, until Hurricanes Mathew, and  Rita devastated the island, washing away much of the beach and most of the 'boneyard' trees. 

I'm very glad that I sketched and subsequently painted it, before it disappeared.

Going Around The Bend

 

 Fresh off the easel, Going Around The Bend. 12x12 glazed acrylic.

Sold Westland Gallery

Country Roads weave their way through the fields and bush. Game trails to buggy tracks to vehicle traffic the surface changes, but the wandering ways remain, permanently connecting us to the past.

Green on Green

 

Green on Green, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang, 12x12,
$144.00, sold at Art Emporium Port Stanley:

The Thicket I Winter

 

The Thicket In Winter

Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel ready to hang
9"x12" CDN $170.00
SOLD at Art Emporium Port Stanley: contact
Late in the winter the bare branches of the Staghorn Sumac shows the genesis of it's name.  Intertwined they create a lace in basic black.

On The fence

On The Fence

4x4, glazed acrylic

$70.00

Sold at Art Emporium Port Stanley: contact

 

Where The Sidewalk Ends

                                                         Where The Sidewalk Ends

This quite literally is where the sidewalk ends on our morning walk. The end of the street is still a field with a view, but not for long, subdivisions are fast gobbling up the surrounding lands.

12x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang.

$225.00

SOLD  Westland Gallery

Posted Too

 

Posted Too, 

Oh how I love this view, it never gets old, no matter the season.

12x12, glazed acrylic, mounted on cradled wood panel, ready to hang

Westland Gallery  SOLD

Autumn Splendor (commissioned)

Autumn Splendor, 

60' x 24' 

Commissioned 

Thank you Barbara

 

Coming Back From The Beach

 

Where we go for our annual 'snowbird' the dunes are shaped by wind and water, every year they're different, and in hurricane years...much is lost to the angry sea. 

SOLD thank you Art With Panache

Along Old Vic

 

Along Old Vic.  glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

 16x16, Sold thank you STEP Art Centre

Old Vic (Old Victoria Rd S) is one of those forgotten rural roads, mostly used by farm equipment.  Home to falling down barns, homesteads and gently rolling landscapes, the patterns of the land speak to me of things past. GPS 42°53'35.0"N 81°07'40.6"W

Beach Breeze

 

Beach Breeze, 4x4, Glazed Acrylic,

Soft Breeze, rhythmic drumming of waves on the beach, warmth and sunshine, a balm for the soul. 

SOLD Thank you Art Emporium Port Stanley