Corn As High As An Elephant's Eye

 

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 

Going Down the Line

 

Going Down The line,

Stately old trees, the grand dames of the arboreal world, tell us tales of forgotten times if we'll listen what will they tell us?
The world has changed, for the better or worse.  Do they puzzle what will their future be as they walk in lock step with us into an uncertain future.
So many of their sisters have met the bulldozers, those ravening monsters too often fueled by thoughtless uncontrolled expansion.

                                                                              SOLD
                                  

The Hill On Mapleton Line

 

On  a softly undulating landscape, a dramatic drop and rise tells of of glacial times, when melting ice sent torrents of water into a newly forming inland fresh water sea. Today, after a steep climb it makes for a great view of the surrounding fertile fields, and the not so distant city. 

SOLD

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