Seven Trees

A weekend trip away reminded me what a beautiful island I live on. The landscape is very lush and green but in this painting I wanted to simplify some of the shapes and colours that were part of the scenery.

6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas - SOLD

Mom's Guitar

My mom received this guitar as an engagement present from my Dad, but I never heard her play it because it was broken all the years I was growing up. After she passed away my brother-in-law fixed it and now my husband plays it almost everyday.


8" x 8" acrylic gallery wrapped canvas - SOLD

Colour of Water

An evening walk through the harbour of our city is always entertaining, especially when the weather is warm and there is a big yacht race the next day.

A new job situation this past month has left me with little time and energy for painting, but it feels good to be back!!

6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Earth Day

I painted a landscape today in celebration of Earth Day. I haven’t painted a landscape in a long time and certainly not in acrylic. I used the colours of early spring and kept it loose by using one large brush.

Today is a good reminder to take care of what was given to us.


8" x 10" acrylic on gallery wrapped canva

Sunday Afternoon Read

It's been a very cold spring. Today the sun was out and despite the cold wind, there were people out enjoying the day in their winter parka's.

6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Evening Jog

I love the fact that the evenings are getting longer. This is another painting of the oceanfront walk near our place. When we first moved here, I would walk here almost every night. It’s time to get back into the habit, not only for the exercise, but also for the painting inspiration.

6" x 6" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas

Coffee Walk

A few blocks from where I live there is a beautiful walk along the ocean.

On sunny, Sunday afternoons it becomes busy with an array of people. There is a place for dogs to play, a place to fly kites, a place to hang glide, and many places to enjoy the view and each other.

These paintings are small studies of two of those people.

4" x 6" acrylic paintings on gallery wrapped canvas

Apples Values 2

I don’t think I achieved the contrast I had hoped for in the second apple painting (see photo below) but while painting I managed to get lost in the colours and shapes.

It was a right-side of the brain kind of painting and very satisfying.


6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped linen - $60. incl shipping

Apple Values

This is the first of two little apple paintings. I was trying to work on my values in painting, the general rule for values is thirds, for example this one is supposed to be two-thirds light, one-third dark with a bit of mid-tones in between.

When I change the photo to black and white, it shows me whether I have accomplished this.... (see below)

6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped linen - SOLD

A Touch of Spring

The blossoms are everywhere and it is beautiful..

Have a Blessed Easter everyone!



6" x 6" acrylic on cradled panel - SOLD

The Conversation

I wish I had a really good excuse for not painting these last few weeks, there are a couple I could use, work stress and winter blahs, probably a little of both.

It took a walk downtown on an “almost spring” day to get me out of my doldrums. The warmth of the sun, the cherry blossoms, and this couple enjoying a good conversation were the inspiration for this painting.

6" x 6" acrylic painted on cradled panel 

Indulgence - Repainted

I first painted this last November and was never happy with it. I took some time this weekend to make some changes, using my new favourite colours, green gold and cobalt teal.
8" x 10" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Orange Vase with Tulips

It's always nice to receive a bouquet of flowers just because....

5" x 7" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas -

A Walk in Winter

Sadly, I had to be away this past week for my father-in-law’s funeral. It was a time to celebrate his life, be with family and also celebrate my mother-in-law's eightieth birthday!

It also meant flying from the rainy wet coast to Saskatchewan, where the temperature was at certain times -30 degrees. In the midst of one of the gatherings my daughter and I escaped all the food and visiting to go for a walk, it was a very short walk, but long enough to appreciate the beauty of small town, Saskatchewan.

6" x 6" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas- NFS

Salsa Bowl with Lemons

I thought I would re-visit lemons today. As with all fruits and vegetables, it was a great colour study and I managed to use all the yellows and blues on my palette

5" x 7" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas -SOLD

Tomatoes

During one of the brief sunny moments that we had today, I managed to capture the tomatoes in the sun and then it was back to the stormy rainy day and back to bed for me with my cold.
I love the colour combination of green, red and orange.
5" x 7" acrylic on gallery, wrapped canvas

Avocados

Avocados make a great painting study, the colours and shapes are seemingly simple but the challenge to arrange them into a pleasing composition took me longer than I would like to admit.

What I also learned, other than how to paint them, was that there would have been about 50 million pounds of them consumed today, Super Bowl Sunday.

Another interesting fact is that they are in the top ten of sexy foods, enjoy!!!

5" x 7" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Blue Sunglasses

In St Mark's Square, there are vendors ( woman with hat) who will sell you corn for the pigeons.
The square is quite the visual sight, packed with equal amounts of tourists and pigeons surrounded by the incredible architecture of Venice.
6" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Salsa Bowl with Salad

This was my Saturday lunch. Just before I threw the tuna on, I realized what a good study it would be with all the shapes and colours. I decided to create a warm backgound, with some of the colours I used in the tomatoes. Since blue and orange are complementry colours it made the painting a little more vibrant.

4" x 6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Salsa Bowl with Melon

I received this lovely bowl for Christmas from a friend who made it in pottery class. She called it a salsa bowl, but I must confess I use it for more than just salsa.



4" x 6" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas - SOLD