Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Dulse Gathering

Dulse is seaweed, rich in iodine and very salty.  It can be used as a condiment or a health food and is  harvested widely in the Maritimes.  This scene was painted in Grand Manan, a large island in the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick.

Closing In

This image is based on an autumn woods, where the darkness of autumn is closing in on summer's brightness.  Falling leaves are suggested.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Elmsthorpe Farm


In Grey County, just at the base of the Bruce Peninsula, this apple farm snuggles in among the foothills of the Blue Mountains.  It is lovely country, full of apples and grazing cattle. I loved painting this picture, which, like most of my landscapes, was done en plein air.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Along the Alouette

The valley of the Alouette lies in British Columbia and leads down into the Fraser River, Here are the magnificent red pines (though these are not the fabled ancient ones of the coast), which catch the light, while their lower branches are bathed in purple shadows. A gorgeous spot for anyone to roam in, but especially for an artist.

Midsummer






This painting was done on a beautiful August day on a highway in southern Ontario. The whole scene seemed to sigh with the satisfaction of fruition--the hay just cut or waiting to be cut.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

North Tickle©



This narrow passage among rocks is found in the northern Change Island of Newfoundland.

The painting is done in watercolour on paper.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Cape Breton Shore I©



This is one of several paintings I did of the rocky Cape Breton shore.




Watercolour on paper.

Farm with Flowers©



This painting, based on a farm in Ontario, was done as a wedding present, but not given, as the wedding did not take place.



Watercolour on paper.