COMPLETE

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
including shipping

I will never not appreciate the beauty of where we live. Painting these little scenes is so very rewarding.

HARMONY

36 x 48 inch oil
on 1 1/2 inch wrapped canvas
$1500.00
including shipping

This painting was inspired by a photo I took while out walking my dogs, everyday when I am out in nature I am inspired. I take so many photos, each one has something that caught my eye. It would take me about 100 years to paint them all but I just keep clicking.

FEELING SASSY

24 x 17.5 inch oil
on black 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
$450.00

The inspiration from this painting came from a photo I took in my garden. I love starting with a black canvas, things seem to fall into place immediately and then you can just keep adding detail.

ANOTHER PRECIOUS DAY

36 x 48 inch oil

on 1 1/2 inch thick wrapped canvas
$1500.00
including shipping

This painting was inspired by a photo I took while out walking my dogs, everyday when I am out in nature I am inspired. I take so many photos, each one has something that caught my eye. It would take me about 100 years to paint them all but I just keep clicking.

WEST COAST JUNGLE

36 x 48 inch oil
on 1 1/2 inch wrapped canvas
$1500.00
including shipping

I absolutely love painting large, this scene is from one of my walks with our dogs, just when the leaves were turning so the colours are absolutely amazing.

TIL NEXT YEAR

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
including shipping

Walking in the woods this time of year is especially exiting. The changing of the seasons brings out the most incredible colours especially the almost neon leaves when against the dark background of foliage that has already fallen.

GOOD MORNING WORLD

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included

I am enjoying painting on the black background, a change is always a good idea in painting, keeps things fresh.

FEARLESS

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included

I started this painting with a black background, it always gives a bang. I painted extra loose and didn't add every detail which is always so tempting for m

IN THE MOMENT

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included

When I start a bird painting I always think I should leave the background  more subdued, then bam...there are flowers everywhere.  

PRETTY HAPPY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
including shipping

I started with a black background for this painting, I have decided I am going to to it more often. It just seems to add some more detail, especially towards the end when there are just little bits left visible.

DELICIOUS

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick board
$115.00
including shipping

Starting with a black board can make the painting just a little more dramatic, the colours just pop. 

IMPERFECT BEAUTY

12 x 12 inch oil
on1 1/5 inch cradled board
$275.00
including delivery

I love the freedom of nature, everything just seems to fit in, the messier the better.

FRESH DAY

8 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick board
$150.00
shipping included

This is the view from my studio, sometimes I spend as much time looking out the window as I do painting...the inspiration  is ever changing.

CENTER OF ATTENTION

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
including shipping

I took the photo of these beautiful sunflowers in the summer, they have definitely become a go to for my painting. I tried to be really loose and not focus too too much on all the details. I added the hints of purple at the end.

SWEET THING

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
including shipping

Fall is a perfect time to paint a bird, especially when the weather is so amazing. The background was inspired from the view out of my studio window of the beautiful ocean, the colours change daily.

SUBTLE PRETTY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
$125.00
including shipping

More flowers from our Saturday market. Limited colour palette for this sweet painting.

FABULOUS IS IN THE HOUSE

36 x 36 inch oil
on 1.5 inch thick wrapped canvas
sides left white
$1250Cad
INCLUDING SHIPPING

Yellow,pink gold, yellow,pink, gold... was in my mind the whole time I was painting this, it is such a delicious combination.

NOTHING LESS

18 x 24 inch oil
on 3/4 inch black wrapped canvas
$475.00
INCLUDING SHIPPING

As I was finishing my painting I noticed I just automatically chose more fall colours. It is so interesting how the seasons affect me, one slight shift in the weather and the colours...all good to be in the creative process.

LITTLE PIECE OF SUNSHINE

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$130.00
including shipping

I will soon be saying goodbye to sunflower season, the mornings are getting cooler and the days are shorter.

Cow 223 AHOY MATEY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$130.00
including shipping

It is about time I painted another cow, I actually had one of my facebook followers contacting me a couple of days ago asking "why no cows?"

SOLID PRETTY

18 x 18 inch oil
on 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
$350.00
including shipping

            It was another perfectly warm day on the island, my sunflowers are still shining.

HOLDING ON

36 x 36 inch oil
on 1 1/2 inch wrapped canvas
$1250.00cad
shipping included

Every August we start saying a slow goodbye to the summer season. Fortunately  for us these sunflowers are a wonderful reminder that keeps us dreaming of next year

SUMMER LOVER

18 x 18 inch oil
on 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
350.00
including shipping

I am going strong with the sunflower theme. The more I paint them the more I love painting them. There are so many varieties and everywhere I go I seem to see them, from the markets to the farms, even on the side of the road...so uplifting.

PROFUSION OF PRETTY

30 x 48 inch oil
on 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
$1400.00
including shipping

Sunflowers have got to be the most feel good flowers, until I started painting them I had no idea how many varieties there are.

EXPRESSIONS OF SUMMER

18 x 18 inch
oil on 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
$340.00
including shipping

My first sunflower painting of the year, I picked up these lovelies at our Saturday market.

NEVER SAY GOODBYE

18 x 18 inch oil
on 3/4 inch thick wrapped canvas painted black
$350.00

There is always such a feeling of joy painting flowers, our yard is at it's full flower capacity and I am loving it.

SHASTA PLAY

18 x 18 inch oil
on 3/inch wrapped canvas
sides painted black
$340.00
including shipping

LUBA

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
SOLD

Every time I get the photos for a new commission sent to me it is like opening a gift, the wheels start turning on how I will approach the painting, especially when it is such a sweet face.

SHASTA BABY

36 x 36 inch oil
on 1.5 inch thick wrapped canvas
$1250.00CAD
shipping include

There is something so sweet about daisies, every year under our Japanese maple this group of Shasta daisies appears, perfect white petals and a deep yellow center...simplicity at it's best.

JULY VIBE

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included

The chickadees are full on at the bird feeder, they are so tiny up against all the other bigger birds but they hold their own.

Cow 222 NANCY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00 including shipping

The familiarity about painting a cow is such a comfortable feeling. I used a very limited palette for this painting, sometimes less is definitely more.

RIVERS EDGE

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included in price

Another beautiful scene of summer on Vancouver Island. 

PEONY COMMISSION

9 x 12 still life oil painting

on 1/8th inch thick gesso board

SOLD

This is a commission I did for a couple to be reminded every day of the beautiful peonies that grow in their garden every year, the vase was a wedding gift from their grandfather.

LOOSE REALITY

36 x 48 inch oil
on 1 inch thick wrapped canvas
$1650.00
shipping included

This work falls between abstract and impressionism. I am so enjoying playing with all these colours and shapes and then just adding a simple flower or two to the mix. The beauty of art is you can do exactly what you want, there is no right or wrong.

SCATTERED BEAUTY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00
shipping included

My objective for this painting was to use soft soothing colours...didn't happen haha.

TAKING CHANCES

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$115.00

I usually use a more limited palette but for this painting I just kept adding bits of more and more colour, the more I added the more I wanted to add. I love experimenting and with these abstracts, you can go anywhere. The canvas is so small but the painting seems so big.

EYE CANDY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$ 85.00

This is my first small abstract painting, oh how I loved the process. Deciding the direction of this little gem was a thrill from beginning to end.

OASIS OF SERENITY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

After spending the day on Denman Island I am reminded again how fortunate I am as an artist to be surrounded by all this amazing inspiration.

BELLE

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
SOLD

Another commission of another beautiful face. So much character in this little gal.

SWEET SONGS

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

Once I start painting I am always amazed at the amount of detail that is on these tiny beings.

TWEET TWEET TWEET

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

Today when I started painting this chickadee I heard a thud on my window, a small bird was lying on the ground, I picked him up and put him in the large planter under the Japanese maple. He was there for quite some time just resting, eventually he hopped up onto the ledge of the planter and flew away...it was definitely a bird day.

Cow 221 TRENDSETTER

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

Another day, another cow. I have been painting so many flowers lately it was a nice change to paint such a great face.

FLORAL EXTRAVAGANZA

large oil painting on 1.5 inch thick wrapped canvas
2 x 4 feet
$1600.00
shipping included

The peonies are from a very dear friend and the anemones are from our Saturday market. They both had beautiful pinks and whites with hints of gold so they needed to be painted. They are larger than life in this painting, I really enjoyed the whole process.

LONG TALL LADIES

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$100.00

The vase looks so tiny to be holding these long tall ladies.