THOUGHTS OF YOU

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

                      Saw this great big ball of fur waiting patiently outside the grocery store.

Cow 210 DON'T BREAK MY HEART

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I wasn't going to paint today, but every time I walked by my easel it seemed to be speaking to me.  I am so happy it did, this cow is one of my favourites(for this week anyway). I love the nose which to me is the absolute focal point.

JUST BREATHE

24 x 36 inch oil
on 1/2 inch thick
wrapped canvas
$650.00
including shipping

When I paint the hours disappear and there is a calmness and focus that embraces my whole being. The more I paint, the more I love to paint.

Cow 209 FEELIN GROOVY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
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I just pictured this cow standing in flowers...feelin groovy.

Cow 208 OVER HERE ALICE

size 6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

My friend was visiting her family in Ontario and took a bunch of pictures for me...made my day.

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.

BOSS GUY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

Sunday morning listening to the CBC, and just relaxing while I painted this beautiful face.

BETTY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
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I started painting this little bird and after about an hour I wiped it. Another try and I am very happy with the little sweetheart.

PENELOPE

6 x 6 inch oil painting
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
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Another day another bird painting, somehow with fall heading our way it just seemed like a good idea to paint a chickadee.

AUDREY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

Today and every day I am so grateful for my surroundings, robins are so common where I live but so wonderful to watch, they love hanging out under our plum tree.  I started this painting with a transparent orange underpainting and kept my brush strokes very light and loose.

THE POWER OF BEAUTY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

Always thoughtful of nature and how it affects me.  Just painting this gorgeous sunflower today was such a lift.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

I saw this guy hanging out of a car window this summer

TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS

48 x 30 inch oil
on 3/4 inch wrapped canvas
$900.00
including shipping

One of my favourite scenes overlooking Saltspring Island from Chemainus.  Vancouver Island is one of the most beautiful spots in Canada, it is a large island with many small islands just a short ferry ride away...a travellers paradise.

SOFT SPOKEN

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
$80.00

This is another lovely from Vertgen Farm.   Most sunflowers have such bold yellows and golds this variety was such a soft yellow I had to paint her.

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.

LUST FOR LIFE

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Picked up some rudbeckia at the market yesterday...so yellow, so lovely.

SINCERELY YOURS

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Always nice when my friend Ron heads out to take photos of the nature surrounding us...it seems there are an endless supply of rabbits just waiting for that photo shoot.

THE SOPHISTICATE

6 s 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

In the photo this Stellers Jay was blending in with it's surroundings so in the painting I added little bits of vivid colours to liven things up.

OPTIMISTIC THINKER

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Another day, another cow.

SUMMER TALK

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
$95.00

These peonies are definitely working it in my very favourite turquoise vase.