Boreas Sanctus
Showroom
February 23 & 24, 2017
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24in
Lake of the Woods
“We’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Not a Plein Air, technically. I was indoors working with my friend David Curtis, who is recovering from a grave illness. Worked in studio, using as reference photos of a major storm up in Kenora a summer or two back.
December 12th, 2016
(In Studio – from a photo I took of my Uncle’s Pond)
Oil on Panel, 16 x 20 in
I’ve been doing more teaching – which means that while my student paints, I can too. It means I do things I’m not used to doing – such as painting from a picture. I lived with this beautiful water garden in my backyard for more than 15 years, never painted it (from life) once. That was dumb of me. I did take good pictures, however, and this one made a decent painting.
December 1st, 2016
Loon at Sunset Reprise
Oil on Panel, 12 x 16 in,
Again, trying to work out the gleaming light of sunset in puddles on the water.
August 22nd, 2016
Twin Island, Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in
July 1st, 2016
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in
Having trouble with my website, and also with getting myself to post paintings. I have done more than I’ve posted, hopefully both I and the site will be functioning more efficiently presently.
March 29th-31st, 2016
Puffer’s Sunset
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in
I was supposed to go painting on Tuesday but the wind was way too strong so I decided to stay in and try to work out a sunset. So because I found one of the photos I took this summer of one of the incredible sunsets on Lake of the Woods and tried to make it come to life. As I was finishing it up this morning, I got a solemn phone call from my brother in law and two nephews alerting me that my Cockatiel Puffer, who they had taken in in May when I had to leave my Uncle’s, had passed away. I know that his last years of life were his happiest, and am so grateful for the loving attention and care they lavished upon him and Bird (his bereaved cage mate.) He was a wonderful guy. RIP.
July 5th, 2015
Uncle Bruce’s Backyard
Treaty Island, Lake of the Woods
Kenora, ON Canada
(sold)
Summer, 2015
Oil on Canvas, 20 x 24 in
April 18th, 2015
Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA
Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in
I was able to steal away from the tumult of my present life for a little oasis of painting. It was a beautiful day – especially when the sun was out and the wind was still – felt deliciously like spring. I focused on the buds and the promise of new beginnings.
March 1st-5th, 2015
Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in
(sold)
This has been a week of major upheval – and I spent it trying to work this painting out. Its from a photo of one of the countless staggeringly gorgeous sunsets I beheld at the lake this summer. I liked that the flat lake reflected the rosy sunset, but the waves were angles such as to reflect the blue dome of the sky. Blue and orange are complementary colours (opposites) so that creates a dynamic – as does the contrast between the clearer sky & sunset on the left and the storm clouds in tumultuous light on the right.