The blank canvas can be intimidating. For me, it is most often. When I paint outside I paint quickly and get right into the work, so I...

At Lock 31 Buckhorn in August 2024. I spent a few hours painting outdoors with two other artists. I enjoy working with other artists as I...

This was the next painting after I completed Butternut. Both paintings have the similar background sky blue colour I love. I use 4 paints...

This was the tallest pine along the former railway running through Hillsburgh, ON. This pine towered over the town, until it was struck...

When I first began painting the learning curve was a vertical line going north to south. I was painting en plein air. Simply speaking I...

This painting came about after catching the tops of this tree regularly through my window. It was a study in patience as well as the...

I just went through my journals of writing and sketching. I love the sharpie sketches I did while travelling mid-western USA and my...

I'd not seen many butternut trees, nor had I heard them talked about much. One summer, I returned to Ormstown, QC where I had lived for 9...

I would see this lonely tree at the roadside each time I drove from Hillsburgh, ON to Owen Sound or points further north. It was...

There was a tree that I saw every day on my way to and from work. It intrigued me as there seemed to be so much going on. One sunny day,...