Dreaming of Spring (SOLD)

Petite Fleurs
acrylic on 4x6 cradled panels

Spring is taking forever to arrive in Ontario! We take one step forward and two steps back. I take comfort from the arrival of the wild and wonderful geese and the ducks on the creek. But how I long for green and growing things... bright colours and warm breezes...and the chance to enjoy a patch of sunshine sitting outdoors, rather than in. It is coming - in the meantime I paint flowers.

Floriated

6x12 Acrylic on cradled gallery panel

Once again green and growing things hold my creative interest. I'm on a flower role again - poppies, no less! I'm continuously thinking up new ways to capture them.

SOLD A Thing for Poppies

16x16 Acrylic on cradled panel

A recent submission to the 10th Annual Juried Exhibition held at the Marianne van Silfhout Gallery at St Lawrence College, Brockville, ON.

Lots of painting has been happening, just not a lot of uploading. I've been on a poppy kick when it comes to flowers. Inspiration has come from stunning specimens growing in my neighbourhood. Wildflowers, grasses, poppies...they make me feel creative just by looking.

Time to Repot SOLD

SOLD 8x10 acrylic on cradled panel

Flowers on a Restaurant Table

8x10 acrylic on cradled panel

Grass Flowers

Acrylic on cradled panel 16"x16"

These days I'm waiting for spring to merge into summer. It has been a long, cold, grey, and wet season to date. So it is no wonder I've turned my imagination to flowers. I want to see colour amidst the green!
Grass Flowers will be featured in an art show this wknd in Burritts Rapids, ON, along with some other new "wild" flower works. Come check it out!
June 9 6-9pm June 10 10am-5pm & June 11 10am-4pm. Burritts Rapids Community Hall.

Tossed Salad

10x10 acrylic on cradled panel

           Winter landscapes need a switch up! Here's a bright and fun version of a colourful salad.

The Poppy Field SOLD

12x12 acrylic on canvas

Inspired by the landscape in Northumberland, England.

Soda Pop Poppies & Sunflower Sauce

6x12 acrylic on cradled panel

SOLD 6x12 acrylic on cradled panel

The Manotick Art Association is hosting its annual Spring Show & Sale this wknd. This pair will be in the show along with hundreds of other works by other talented artists.

Painting Wildflowers

A Craving for Poppies
10x10 Acrylic on cradled panel

A Daisy a Day
10x10 Acrylic on cradled panel

Pass Me the Fireweed SOLD
10x10 Acrylic on cradled panel

These paintings were created for the YAS members show entitled "In the Kitchen, On the Table"
It has been a while since I've done any still life's. Creating this trio was a lot of fun, a spontaneous "let's see where this takes me" act. There's lots of shimmery gold in these pieces!

Acrylic Mono Prints - Flower Series

Orion's Field SOLD

Casseopeia's Garden SOLD

Andromeda's Garden

A series of acrylic mono prints from the group show 'Constellations' - featuring far-out flowers!
The acrylic skins are mounted onto 8x8 cradled wood panels.

April Crocuses

                                             6x6 acrylic on canvas  SOLD

This little painting was inspired by crocuses appearing in my front garden. Spring has arrived at last! Just about everything has been tried on this work: palette knife, splattering, scrumbling...in the end it is quite textural.

Spring Irises - SOLD

Painted with a palette knife.

Spring Tulips - SOLD

Working with a palette knife.