Azaleas

I'm becoming totally fascinated by glass...forget landscapes and wildlife, I just want to paint glass.

Evening Shore

Oil on stretched canvas 10" x 12"

C$250. framed

I have always loved the luminous colours the surface of the water reflects at sunset. I have tried with other paintings to get that effect, and I think I was successful here, finally. Maybe it was the dark ground I generally paint on these days, so there is lots of contast. I simlpy negative painted the birds.

Willets - final

Oil on canvas 10" x 12"

C$250 framed

I've been so busy painting the last few days I couldn't get to all the computer work...but here is the final version of the Willet painting with numerous changes, not all even visible. Again...changes can be subtle or dramatic, and can be made at any time during the process of painting, in order that the statement of the painting be made more clear to the viewer.

Willets

After gushing about feathers, and including them in a bunch of larger paintings, I then painted them out and thought they were contrite. This painting of Willets, shore birds I have been watching, I changed yet again after photographing it, and so my goal is to show you all the next version when I next post. I guess I could say that paintings can be changed any number of times to get it "feeling" right.

Tomatoes

Oil on board 8" x 8"

C.$95. framed SOLD

This was a great journey in the world of reds. What fun...

As Light as a Feather

Oil on board 8" x 8"

C.$95 framed

It never occured to me before to paint a feather...now I can't paint enough of them. I just finished a series of Shore Birds, that I will soon photograph and post. I put a feather in each one of them, and that is my favorite part.

Not a Masterpiece

ok, ok, one has to learn somehow right? One of my goals this year is to teach myself how to paint glass...so this seemed like a good place to start.

More Oranges

Oil on board 8" x 10"

C. $95. framed

These little still lifes are wonderful warm-ups and pactice, and are fun to do.

Feather: a series

Oil on board 8" x 8"

C.$95. framed

Light as a feather...what a lovely image...interesting working fairly "dry", no medium, just paint. It seems good for the look of texture.

Bowl: a series

Oil on board 8" x 8"

C.$ 95. framed

Of course I love the little brush painting on the bowl and will continue to use this as a theme for a series. I have done a number of series of paintings, for example Northern Lights was one of my favs for many years. It can be a wonderful way to explore all the ususal principals...shapes, values, colours etc.

Shiney Plate

Oil on board 8" x 8"

C.$95. framed

Hey I'm back, after not posting for a while. And I'm painting again, which is like breathing again.

Yellow Cottage

Oil on board 20" x 24"

C.$850. framed SOLD

Back again...been travelling and off-line for about a week! This is a painting I sometimes use for workshops...it seems students respond well to the shapes and colours, especially when using a fairly dark coloured ground.