The Valley Calls

SOLD 4x4 acrylic on panel

 I haven't posted in a while but I have been busy in the studio throughout these summer days.

Evening Light

SOLD 4x4 acrylic on panel

As I process the changes in my geography images like these spill from my brushes.

A Touch of Gold

SOLD 4x4 acrylic on panel

I am always remembering the Yukon. Landscape, light, and colour are imprinted in my creative mind.

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.

Windy Arm Skate SOLD

6x6 Acrylic on canvas

My thoughts and paint brushes keep returning to Yukon scenes. This is a memory I've long wanted to paint out...a Sunday skate at Windy Arm. It was a windy day, indeed! So very unique and worth remembering.

A Winter Path

4x4 Acrylic on canvas

It has been a few months since I dipped a brush into paint. The past two weeks I have been painting again - mostly little studies - to warm up my lax skills. The beauty of winter never fails to inspire!

Saying Goodbye to the Yukon

I'm sharing a handful of some favourite images from our time in the Yukon Territory. It hasn't really sunk in that we've moved away. When we left we had a whack of snow and a taste of -25 degree temperatures. And the darkness was closing in - fast.

I will miss this wild beauty - a place of spiritual inspiration and creativity, isolation and quiet.

I'll share an excerpt from Robert Service's poem THE SPELL OF THE YUKON which captures some of the call and response I've experienced as a Yukoner.

I expect I will be back - I've tasted the waters - the spell has been cast.

I’ve stood in some mighty-mouthed hollow

   That’s plumb-full of hush to the brim;

I’ve watched the big, husky sun wallow

   In crimson and gold, and grow dim,

Till the moon set the pearly peaks gleaming,

   And the stars tumbled out, neck and crop;

And I’ve thought that I surely was dreaming,

   With the peace o’ the world piled on top.

The winter! the brightness that blinds you,

   The white land locked tight as a drum,

The cold fear that follows and finds you,

   The silence that bludgeons you dumb.

The snows that are older than history,

   The woods where the weird shadows slant;

The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery,

   I’ve bade ’em good-by—but I can’t.

       excerpt from The Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service

Packing up the studio

My creative pursuits concentrate on packing, sorting, and readying for a move. It is surreal, exciting, overwhelming, and sad all at once. A chapter closes and a new one begins. Whitehorse has been incredibly inspiring. I will cherish friends, memories, and the wonderful vistas this Territory has blessed me with.

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!

The Road Well Traveled SOLD

6x6 Acrylic on canvas

These vistas of roads winding through mountains...they always pull me in and invite me to recreate them.

Rise Up! SOLD

6x6 Acrylic on canvas

A little scene often viewed at Emerald Lake in the Yukon Territory.

Yukon Goldbacks

Yukon Goldbacks
4x4 Acrylic

Another little painting to make a trio of Winding Through & Shot through with Gold. All three are available through North End Gallery in Whitehorse, YT.