Urban Trees

Simplicity in a landscape is what I love best, I'm still working on it!

"Urban Trees - Rock Wall"

 5" x 5"

Acrylic on Paper

Small Treasures Show

Parking lots in the rain at dusk, 

filled with tired people running errands. 

I find them a real hazard, but there are glimpses of
beauty!

"Urban Trees - Dusk"
5.5 x 5.5
acrylic on paper

Small Treasures Show at the Coast Collective

More Giraffes for Alivia!

Giraffe diptych  

acrylic on canvas

24" x 24" 

Someone turned 1 last week!

Happy Birthday Alivia!

The Love of Giraffes

For Alivia

when she sleeps over

the giraffes she saw at the

Phoenix Zoo

12 x 24

oil on canvas

"Longing"

11 x 14 

Acrylic on cradled wood panel
SOLD

Change!

You are never too old to

set another goal or to 

dream a new dream -C.S. Lewis

Spring is Here!

The first full day of spring and a warm sunny one at last,

 although my little visitor came from the land of snow!

Week-end Project

Two days of sorting old letters, pictures and kids mementos and the job is still not finished.

Snow!

It doesn't take a lot of snow to snarl traffic in this city, you might notice a light dusting on the tree. 

I took this picture while inching along to work this morning. 

I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Kristian!

There's nothing like an attentive Uncle's voice to soothe a crying baby!

Christmas Eve

 Arrival

Dinner 

 Entertainment

More Entertainment

Bedtime Story

The End:).

Week-end Project

After sorting and organizing some boxes of stuff in my studio,

 I found some old linocuts that I had made a couple of years ago.

Thought I would try and set aside some time this week-end and create some more!!

Stormy

The last of the leaves have blown away and the storms have begun,

 but I don't mind, I love hearing the wind whistling and the rain against my window.

Remembering...

I took this picture of a poppy while on a

trip to Croatia!

Shades of Gray!

Venice

Witty's Lagoon

Long Beach

I love all shades of gray!

Week-end Inspirations!

My week-end was spent enjoying the textures, 

colours and shapes of  fall

 and

spending a day with my smallest muse!

Monotype "Valley Sunset"

This is a monotype, I did last June, I didn't blog it because I wasn't crazy about the picture and kept thinking I would take a better one, well it never happened and the painting is now ( along with a few other paintings) at the "Chiropractor for Life" offices in Langford. I did this monotype after driving through the Fraser Valley during twilight, the light was very nostalgic for me, having grown up in the valley.

Image size 8 x 10

Look to the  upper right and click on "Inspiration, Motivation, Muse"!

Colours of Autumn

Art in the Garden



 Some photos from last month when some friends took us to visit the Botanical Gardens in Tofino!

The rains begin... and color harmony!

An example of split-complementary colors (as seen through my studio window), orange and purple with a bit of green.