Fall Brilliance

Cool mornings working at the Inglewood Bird Banding Station are rewarded by these stunning images as the colours begin to change. This is one of the brightest works I have done so far - really fun to work with such intense colour!!!

Crow Show now Up in Medicine Hat

Counting Crows, a show that I have been working on with 3 other artists, is now up in the Medicine Hat Cultural Centre (until June 28). It is a lovely space - and the show looks great! Natalie Kurzuk, Pam Weber and Penny Corradine and I have had a lot of fun exploring this theme. The show will be touring to a few other locations, so stay tuned if you can't catch it in the Hat...

Water - The Essence of Life

I am excited to have put together a short slide show that offers some of the insight behind where my paintings in the Water Series come from. Have a look at:

Summer thoughts...

Sherbrooke Lake Shimmer

diptych - oil on canvas

42 x 43.5 in.

It has been so brutally cold lately - it has been good therapy to pull out some photos from warm summer hikes to play with in the studio. I am very attracted to diptychs - they seem to emphasize how the image is a segment(s) taken out of a larger reality... The subtle colours of logs as they are immersed in water was a fun challenge in this piece. Aahhh, to be hiking again soon...

Corvids - Crows, Ravens and Relations

Struttin'

mixed water-based media

8 x 8 inches

I have work in a show in the Art Gallery of St. Albert (formerly Profiles) from February 3 to April 2. The show is called "The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep" and there are 4 other artists participating - Susan Casault, Judith Martin, Arlene Wasylynchuck and Lesley Roy. Should be a good show - drop in if you are in the area!

Water - a return to Kyoquot Sound

Kyoquot Ripples - BC

21 x 60 in.

Oil on canvas

I had a great time painting this image - felt as if I was bobbing along in my kayak again. I worked from some reference images I took in Kyoquot Sound two summers ago. Makes me want to get out the paddle again soon!!!

New Photos... finally!

Drift

Oil on canvas

51 x 137 cm / 20 x 54 in.

Finally - it warmed up enough to get some photos taken outdoors - they way I prefer to photograph my work. Given our recent stretch of cold, I thought I would post a wintery image of a drift that I just completed. The roadsides offer such a sculpture gallery after there has been a bit of snow and wind!