STEP INTO YOUR GLEE

24 x 36 inch oil
on 1 inch thick wrapped canvas
$600.00
including shipping

I started this canvas with transparents. Adding, wiping and reapplying. I just kept drawing different shapes with the oil paint.

MY LADY SO FINE

12 x 16 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick board
$265.00
including shipping

I pulled out all the pinks for this painting, of course I got the flowers from our Saturday market at the Vertgen farm stall.  Every week my heart starts beating a little faster as I walk to their stall, ahhh the simple things in life.

VIBING WITH FRIENDS

10x10 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick hard board canvas
SOLD

We have had snow and grey for what seems like forever, now it's time to bring back the colour.

DISCO PARTY

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

I got the inspiration for this painting from one of my summer pots that I had taken a photo of.  I used different translucent colours for the underpainting.  I love the brightness and movement of this painting, when I first started I wasn't sure if it would turn out but I just kept working and adding little bits of lights and darks.

WILD WONDERFUL

16 x 20 inches
oil on 1.5 inch deep canvas panel
$300.00

This is a large size canvas for me, after mostly painting 6 x 6 inch it is always nice to pull out my big brushes and go a little crazy with colour.

FLORA GONE WILD

30 inch x 30 inch
oil on 1/2inch canvas

NFS

Second day of Eumni's workshop, I had chosen a smaller canvas yesterday but Eumni suggested using a larger one for the floral painting, after watching her the day before just go at the demo painting fearlessly I decided to follow her wild abandonment. I even used a palette knife for a good portion of the painting, I had never used one before. I learned so much, just letting go and not judging your work to harshly.  The importance of complimentary colours that can either make or break a painting.  Knowing when to stop....very difficult premise for me.  All in all it was such a great experience.

Cow 65 I'm all ears

6 x 6
oil on board
SOLD

I was away for a couple of weeks and all I wanted to do when I got home was paint a cow.

A wonderful day

12 x 12 inch
oil on board
$150.00

I did a lot of mixing with this painting and overlapping colours, it feels kind of abstract to me.  

Colourful moment

6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
$65.00

I couldn't resist painting these beautiful irises again. I am working on my background colours, I tend to use one colour so I tried mixing it up a bit.

Cow 43 Pardon me

6 x 8
oil on panel
SOLD

I decided to use blue and purple as the shadow colour for the cow.  I just kept adding little bits of bright colour to make the painting more lively, so much variation you can use for a black and white cow.

Interesting

6 x 6 inch
oil on panel
SOLD

I have definitely been struggling with my painting lately,  it is hit and miss when I am in front of the easel.  I have many beautiful photos of cats which are one of my very favourite things to paint, so this morning I went through them.  I started slow and tried not to panic when I got to where the painting just looks really bad,  I kept going and am quite pleased with the end result.

Ruby red

8 x 8 inches
oil on panel
SOLD

I couldn't resist buying these red tulips when I was out running errands yesterday.  I love the turquoise vase with them.  

Delicious

8 x 8
oil on panel
SOLD

I am enjoying starting from a black panel.  In some ways you have to work backwards when choosing your colours.  

Gerbera daisy

8 x 8
oil on panel
SOLD

A friend gave me these flowers many months ago, today was the day of painting them.

A spring day

6 x 6
oil on panel
SOLD

Another house from my visit to Victoria.

Little blue house

6 x 6 inches
oil on panel
SOLD

One of my very favourite things to do is drive to Victoria especially when all the cherry trees are coming out.  My husband and I spent a couple of hours walking around Fairfield taking pictures of all of the charming character homes. This little blue house was one of the first pictures I took, originally there was a portion of an orange house beside it, I eventually took it out as it just didn't seem to fit.  I have started using gessobord for several of my paintings, it definitely allows your paint brush to glide more easily. 

Lively

6 x 6 inches
oil on panel
SOLD

I think I used the least amount of white that I ever have in a painting.  I just kept adding little bits of colour to compliment the existing.  The secret is to know when to stop. 

Wisdom

6 x 6 inches
oil on panel
$50.00

I was in Vancouver last Sept with my girlfriend and we went to a knitting store in gas town, there in the window were two very old cats.  We found out from their owner that they were sisters who were 18 years old.  I just love the way this sister was looking up at me.

Leigh's roses

6 x 6 inches
oil on panel
$50.00

I have a fear of painting glass...I actually start sweating when I attempt it.  My friend Leigh gave me these beautiful roses awhile ago, I snapped some photos but until now I haven't had the nerve to try painting them.  I actually really enjoyed painting the vase.  My mantra for the day...nothing ventured nothing gained.

Yellow house

6 x 8 inches
oil on panel
$65.00

I have painted this scene before and will probably paint it again, it is taken from outside my studio at the Old school house art gallery in Qualicum Beach, I love character buildings. This building was saved by the towns people 25years ago from demolition.  It is the center of everything in our small village.