PAINTINGS
My art is inspired by the music of the natural landscape. The colours, lines, patterns and rhythms that I see everywhere on land, water and in the clouds excites me, often causing me to stop in awe. My motivation for painting is my love for these things and a desire to communicate that love, pure and simple. Having worked with and enjoyed acrylics, oil and watercolour, I am presently enthralled with watercolour pens and ink. I apply the colour either directly onto the watercolour paper or onto palette paper first, picking it up from there using a watercolour brush pen. This gives me more control over the amount of pigment I lay down. In the final stages I use an extra-small indelible black ink pen to add detail and accent. Having worked on canvasses of all sizes with other mediums, this current method seems to best suit working small, 4 x 6” to 9 x 12” - Brownie!
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Climax in Saskatchewan
Here Comes the Chinook
Come Ski With Me
Winter in the Foothills
Winter Light on Wood and Willow
Across the Road in Winter
A Winter's View
Grass Bows Down to Winter
Early Winter Field and Sky
Frozen Over, Waiting for Snow
Wetlands in the Valley
Early Autumn Along Mountain Road
Springtime in the Foothills
Meadow and Mountains
On the Way to Calgary
Out on the Road
Down by the Elbow River
Upstream from Canmore
Rainy River
Up Past Chester Lake
Moraine Lake
Robertson Glacier, Kananaskis
Elk Valley Pond
Reflections
Winding River
Along the Seaside Path in Springtime
Along the Seaside Path in Summer
A Secluded Spot on Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Maui Shoreline
Tofino Seashore
Bluebells in the Forest
Fireweed and Aspen
Indian Paintbrush in the Forest
The Lake in Summer
Spring Willow Wetlands
Summer
A Favourite Line of Trees
Early Autumn Lake
The Driveway in Autumn
Mystery Moon
Sleeping Baby Full Moon
Summer Balcony
Buddha by the Pond
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