30"x50". Inspired by the old paint on really old farm machinery. Mixed media on canvas. I used pumice and extra course pumice for the texture.

24''x36''

24''x36' "Untamed"

winter mountain #1 2'x3'

2'x3'

24''x30''

3'x2'

3'x2'

60''x30'' Owned in a private collection.

Owned in a private collection.

My third last painting for 2009. I painted this from a photo that I took as we drove through the mountains in Alberta.

The November frost moon. This is close to the full view of the painting but not quite, it's longer than shown. Owned in a private collection.

Intense and moody. Owned in a private collection.

November frost moon, this piece is 2'x4' and only a portion of it is shown in this photo. The dark areas are painted with mica paint and have a sparkle.

A close up of the frost moon in November.

The latest...

This is the finished painting for diary of a painting and it is now in a studio for sale in Red Deer Alberta.

If you look at this painting and see that if the structure that the orb sits upon tilts, the orb will roll off but actually if you look at the center of the orb, it is sitting more to the left and is actually moving that way and wearing down the corners of the blue base. There are lines suggesting this painted further toward the bottom of the painting. My orbs represent balance, the balance of life, the ying and yang of life.

This orb is also balanced and the whole painting is very textured. I used many washes the produce the background, alternating one blue wash, one brown wash and so forth until I built up the color on the background exactly how I wanted it. I let each wash dry before the next was applied and in some areas the wash was applied with more pigment. It is a very organic piece and there is a hidden symbol in the painting that most people do not see until it is pointed out. So far there has only been one person that actually saw the symbol on their own with out even knowing it was there. It is at the top area of the painting. The image can be double clicked to view it larger.

The lighting was poor when I took this photo but this piece is very textured and is 4'x8'. It comes alive in an adequately lit space or with the sun shine on it.

This is my latest piece and I painted it for Lorene but she hasn't seen it yet. I wonder what her response to it will be. My daughter Amanda loves this piece and she is often my first critic and never afraid to be brutally honest which I always appreciate. We had friends out for supper on Saturday and everyone who saw it, also liked it. It actually looks better up close because there is a lot of texture which is not seen on the computer. The size is 3'x5' and is painted on wide edge canvas.

This is a work in progress. I'll add newer posts of this as I work on it.