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.

Late Bloomers...Blue Bloomers

Late Bloomers - 6x6 acrylic on cradled panel
Currently hanging at Arts Underground, Whitehorse YT

SOLD - Blue Bloomers - 6x6 acrylic on cradled panel

A couple of last minute pieces - aptly named 'late bloomers'. Sometimes I think a show is all wrapped up and wham! -  another creation tempts my imagination. For these latest works I've been painting on gold painted panels - letting the process birth the ideas. Totally fun!

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!

Once Upon a Forest

NFS 6x12 Acrylic on cradled panel

Sometimes it is fun to let loose with the imagination. This painting was created using up strips of acrylic skins that I had left over from my mono print foray for the Constellations show. A birthday gift for someone dear to me, who shares a love of story and imaginative play.

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.

Acrylic Mono Prints - 'Sun Spots' Series

8x8 Acrylic Monoprints

Above are pictures of acrylic monoprints featured at the group show 'Constellations'. The process for creating these works involved creating layers of acrylic skins and monoprinting on top, using acrylics, found objects, and a Gelli Plate - a very cool silicone plate that mimics the properties of an organic gelatin plate. When complete and dry, the skins were trimmed to approximately a 7 inch square and mounted onto 8"cradled birch panels.

Charting the Stars Series - SOLD

#1 SOLD

#2 SOLD

#3 SOLD

#4 SOLD

I'm posting some close-ups of my work for Constellations. These four 8x8 paintings are part of the series entitled 'Charting the Stars'. As you can tell, this is quite a new journey in style.

(I think perhaps I was channeling my son's love of physics.)

All are acrylic on cradled panels, employing printmaking techniques in application as opposed to brush work. It was a very freeing process.

When the Skies Rained Gold - SOLD

                                      6x12 Mixed media over gold leaf on cradled panel

Another work featured in the Christmas show at Arts Underground.

Lake of Gold - SOLD

Acrylic over gold leaf

                                             

A sneak peak of one of my works hanging at Arts Underground for the Christmas Underground Art Show. The show opens tonight and features fabulous pieces by many Yukon Artists.

In the Folds of the Fissures - SOLD

                                                       12x12 Mixed Media on panel

I've been exploring more mixed media works along with my regular use of acrylics in painting people, places, and things. In creating art, I still swing between realism and imaginative work. I often will turn from painting a landscape to something totally new and loose, and let the process dictate the outcome.

I've discovered gold! The results are so satisfying. I enjoy the effects that occur when painting over gold leaf. (This photo just doesn't do this piece justice. It is rich with a gold hue and shine, and very textural.)

At the time I was creating this a dear person in my life was going through great trauma. I was often thinking of her pain - praying she would be comforted and protected. When I called the piece "finished" and took a step back, even I was surprised. It was obvious my subconscious emotions were embedded in this work.

 Can you spot anything being "held within the folds"?

Mountain Themed Ink Paintings

                                             

SOLD  Rock Tapers            Veils of the Mountains 

                                                   Both measure 5x12 and are framed.

"A SECOND GLANCE" - Gallery 22 Paintings

Here are the promised pictures of my work currently hanging as part of the "SECOND GLANCE" show on until November 4th, at Gallery 22 in Whitehorse, YT.

All paintings are ink or acrylic on Yupo and are framed behind glass.

A High, Shadowed Land - Sold

                                                             September  11x14 framed SOLD

September Showers 4.5x12 framed SOLD

Orange Rudbeckia 5x7 framed

Yellow Chrysanthamums 5x7 framed

When the Clouds Rolled In  5x7 framed

Fireweed SOLD

Dance of the Daisies  SOLD

Flowers of Eros 5x7 SOLD

Morning Breakthrough 11x14 Acrylic on Yupo, framed 

Last Blaze of Colour   SOLD

Cloud Dance - SOLD

                                                                  4.5x12 Framed SOLD

One of the landscapes featured at our "Second Glance Show" opening tonight at Gallery 22 in Whitehorse.

Wild Flowers 1 (SOLD) - with an Invitation to view more!

This is a sneak peek at one of the paintings that will be featured in my upcoming show. I have been secretly creating with a new medium & surface (ink and Yupo paper) and have enjoyed every minute!

                                   Consider yourself invited to our second group show!

Swept In

                                                         10x10 Mixed Media on canvas

My submission for the show "Dreamscapes" put on by Yukon Art Association and held at Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.