FEARLESS

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

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
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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.

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.

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
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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

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.

SHASTA PLAY

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

SHASTA BABY

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

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
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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.

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.

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.