WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
$60.00

I started with a red under painting which in a way  gives you a head start as it automatically fills in all those spaces that you are just not sure what to do with.  I didn't use as many darks as usual, I like the whimsy of this painting.

SUMMER EVENING WITH FRIENDS

6 X 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
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We had dinner at our good friends Leigh and Gerald's house last Sunday and sitting on the window ledge were these wonderful geraniums with just a few end of the season flowers left. I find the leaves and the wildness of the plant so interesting to paint especially with the dots of light peeking through. 

Cow 143 BEAUTY SCHOOL DROP OUT

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
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I have painted this cow several times, she is definitely a favourite.  I started with a deep magenta underpainting, I stuck to just the primary colours trying to keep things really simple and not compete too much with the background.

HELLO LADIES

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$60.00

I took the photo of this handsome lad at the ferry lineup in Nanaimo, I thought his expression was great and loved all the folds and curves of his face.  I started with a burnt umber wash and spent more time than usual sketching out all the details of his face.   Once I started adding the paint it kind of fell into place.  I find that the more time I spend on the initial sketch the happier I am with the finished product.

SMALL TOWN FLOWERS

size 16 x 20 inch
oil on 1/2 inch stretched canvas
$275.00

I took this photo in the spring just up the hill from where I live right when the early flowers were at their best. I started with a white canvas and sketched very loosely the composition. I blocked out all of the dark areas first and then just kept adding colour.

SERENITY

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
$60.00

I have painted these tulips several times,I love how they are spilling over the vase to put on such a show.  I started with Payne grey for the underpainting,  There is such an immediate pow when you start painting on a dark background, the direction you take is completely different.

WALLPAPER

8 X 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas board
$85.00

I used an orange under painting for this panel, as I was painting it just started to remind me of wallpaper, very busy wallpaper.

I used many small quick strokes and just kept layering the colour.

THINKING OF AGNES

8 X 8 inch
oil on 1/8th premium canvas
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This painting is from a photo from my friend Agnes's garden shed. I started by underpainting the canvas with Phthalo blue(green shade). 

SIMPLE PLEASURES

6 x 6 inch
oil on  1/8th premium canvas panel
$60.00

I started this painting with a transparent red canvas, I like how you can see glimpses of the colour under the blues and golds.  

EASY LIVING

10 x 10 inch
oil on 1/8th inch canvas hard board
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These are flowers from my garden and of course my trusty turquoise vase. I started with a dioxazine purple under painting and then layered colour trying to leave some of the purple exposed, I finished the painting and decided to take my dogs for a walk.  When I got back home and looked at the painting again I decided to add just a couple of hints of cadmium red, it just gave the painting a little more punch.

LITTLE LOVELY

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Another deer painting.  I so enjoy painting them, even though when I look out my front window I can see what they have been eating out of my garden.

MOTHERLY LOVE

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Yesterday I was driving home and saw these deer casually walking across the street, I pulled over of course and snapped some pictures. I started with a white canvas(no under painting), I completely finished painting the deer before I started the background, the photo shows them in front of a white shed.  I decided to add the foliage for a more interesting background.

WINDOW SILL FLOWERS

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

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These are two of my favourite glass pieces, they sit on the window sill in my kitchen, the added beauty of cosmos from my garden makes for a perfect still life.  I started with a plain canvas(no underpainting), then  sketched very loosely just marking the shapes with transparent brown.  I just kept colour blocking the shapes and adding little bits of detail.  I like the expressionist quality of this painting.