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.

BEAUTIFUL CHAOS

24 x 36 inch oil
on 1 1/2 inch wrapped canvas
$900.00
including shipping

The magnolias have just started blooming in our little town. Yesterday I hopped in the car with my camera for a full on search of the most perfectly bloomed magnolia. 

THINKING PINK

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

A few years ago I had this chair recovered in pink velvet, I am sure there is nothing prettier.  

Cow 218 CUTE COW

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

I keep saying this, but I will never get tired of painting cows.

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.

COCO'S PARADISE

36 x 48 inch oil
on 1 inch thick wrapped canvas
$1500.00
shipping included

Last mothers day we went on the local garden tour. There was a house that's back yard was filled with magnificent very large rhododendrons in all of my favourite yellows and pinks. There was only a small path that led you around these amazing beauties.

SECRET GARDEN

3ft by 3ft oil painting
on 1 1/2 inch thick wrapped canvas
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I absolutely loved painting this large canvas. I had a reference photo that I took at the end of summer and several flowers just lit up the garden with all the greens.

COW 217 ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE

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

Another painting with a very limited palette, I just adore how well  all the colours are working together.

TINY TINA

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
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Again I used a very limited palette painting this little titmouse. I like how this little sweetie just stands out against the background colours.

PRETTY ME

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

Again I used a very limited palette painting this chickadee. The colours just dance together...I love the outcome.

SUMMERS CELEBRITIES

22 x 27 inch oil
on 3/4 inch thick wrapped canvas
$550.00

There will never be a day that I do not want to paint flowers, especially now with the winds howling and the grey clouds surrounding us. It is so nice just staying inside and painting summer.

TIME WITH FRIENDS

30x30 inch oil painting
on 3/4 inch thick wrapped canvas painted black
$700.00

I have had this photo for a long time, it is an acreage that I drive by often in Qualicum Beach. With the winter weather it is always nice to paint something so lush...also something to look forward to.

NO WALLFLOERS HERE

24 x 24 inch oil
on 2 1/2 inch thick black wrapped canvas
$525.00
including shipping

Today I just needed to paint something spring, I hope you enjoy.

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.

DIANE

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

I once knew a woman who was very knowledgable about chickadees, Every day early in the morning she would be out feeding the birds, one of her very favourite things to do.

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.

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.

IF I CAN DREAM

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

Fall is in the air but the sunflowers and ranunculas were doing a show at the market on Saturday

PEACE,LOVE AND LILIES

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

These lilies were in a friends garden, they were taller than me. Summer has so many photo ops it is hard to choose, great dilemma to have.

CONFIDENCE

36.5 x 36.5 inch oil
on 1.5 inch thick wrapped canvas
$950.00
including shipping

This painting is of the amazing parrot tulips that I purchased at our Saturday market, loose and lively is the direction I went, large brushes and I even introduced the palette knife which gives some amazing definition to the leaves and petals.