Valley View

Valley View 8"X 10" Oil on Canvas
$100

This is an intuitive landscape meaning that I start with a few strokes of paint and create a landscape of my imagination. It could be so many places that I have been.

Bente

Early Morning

Early Morning 11X14 Oil on Canvas
$150
Its coming to that time again when the clouds and mist will roll in and cover the mountains. I do love all the seasons and am thankful for living in an area where there is differentiation between them.
This morning when I awoke at my usual hour it was dark for the first time this fall but the reflection of the morning light and the darkness of the house were such a beautiful contrast through the window that I went looking for crayons to record the color notes. So the challenge was to turn off the lights to look at what inspired me and then to turn the lights back on to grab the crayon. Then back off to make the notes on my paper. If the neighbours were watching they must of thought that I had a morris code going.

Happy Fall everyone.

Stargazer

Stargazer 10"X8" Acrylic on Canvas $100 Sold

Green Tea

Green Tea 10"X10" Acrylic on Gessoed Paper SOLD

I did this painting to enter into a show entitled "Beverages". I had thought it would be fun to play with abstracted compositions so I played the circles and squares off each other. I thought it to be a nice contrast.

I used to do a lot of this sort of thing and every now and then I think it is a good exercise to go back and revisit techniques and see how they may change.

Summer Combustion

Summer Combustion 14"X11" Acrylic on Canvas $150 Sold

This is another painting done while visiting Marion in the hospital. Her room has a beautiful large window that brings beautiful light. It's a nice place to sit and work while Marion sleeps.

Morning Light

Morning Light 8X10 Oil on Canvas $100

This painting is from Cortes Island. I wandered the beach early in the morning. The light was wonderful and there were beautiful rocks protruding from the sand.

Hillside

Hillside 10X8 Oil on Canvas $100

Instead of getting up in the morning and doing the daily sudoku puzzle I am now getting up and painting while the household is sleeping. It gives me an opportunity to look at what I've done the night before in a different light.

The photo of this painting is taken in morning sun. In the house the colors are richer.