Wall Candy NOIR Exhibition
This October, I’m delighted to be joining the artists at Wall Candy NOIR, an upscale, two day fine art exhibition at the Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa! IMPRESSIONS OF ALGONQUIN COLLECTION I will be featuring my collection of acrylic landscape paintings inspired by Algonquin Park, including my newest pieces painted en plein air in the…
Impressions of Algonquin
After a productive few months, I’m delighted to share my love of Algonquin Park through this original collection of paintings. In these, I play with the boundaries between realism in the trees and abstract reflections on the water below. Scroll down to access links to the time-lapse Reels of these paintings on Instagram. Contact me…
Dahlias for Laura
This commissioned piece was wonderful to paint. Inspired by the views at Andrews Scenic Acres in Milton, and a love of dahlias, my aim was to bring the outdoors inside for the patron to enjoy. I’m pleased with the movement in the clouds, and how rivers of flowers draws your eyes around field, while the…
Drifting On McCraney Lake
This is one of my absolute favourite places to visit in Algonquin Park. After a 1km portage through the woods carrying a canoe through 27 mud puddles, the views and quiet and sounds are well worth the effort of visiting McCraney Lake. It is a shallow lake, so there are a lot of fallen trees…
A Whole Field of Dahlias …for me!
It’s not often I get a chance to paint something for myself… so I set aside some time, and instead of painting just a vase full of dahlias, I painted the whole field so I can have ALL the dahlias! 😆 I visited this gorgeous field of dahlias many times in the late summer to…
Octopus Vs Ship | Old Yeller
This old painting was hanging in a local antique thrift shop for years… I had passed it over about five times, until finally deciding I wanted to bring it home to give a bit of a refresh. Painted in 1950 by Jean Godwin, the canvas board was warped and coming out of the frame. There…
Octopus Vs Ship
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working on this collection of Upcycled Vintage Art… Octopus Vs Ship! I came across these nine paintings (nonupulets!) a few months back. This European style of seascape was very popular in the 80’s and 90’s. These are the remnants of a collection of mass produced replica artwork… the paintings were almost identical,…
Octopus Vs Ship : The Beast
Part of my Octopus Vs Ship series, The Beast is one of eleven upcycled vintage art pieces I have been painting this month. This sort of seascape was very popular in the 80’s and 90’s, replicating the style of the old masters. This 2×3 foot painting (plus the vintage frame) was unwanted in the aftermath…
Upcycled Vintage Art : Evening Soak
Another recent Upcycled Vintage Art project… Evening Soak. This brown style of landscape was very popular in the 70’s… but not so popular now! I gave this unwanted ugly-beautiful painting a refresh by adding an oversized toad having a soak while enjoying the amber sunset. My Upcycled Vintage pieces are inspired by damaged artwork and…
Upcycled Vintage Art : Ladybug Walk
A new piece in my Upcycled Vintage Art collection… Ladybug Walk. I found a large vintage print-on-board (in this gorgeous frame) and thought I could do something really fun with it! The print was damaged, scratched and warped. So I touched up the scratches by matching the paint and blending it in. It took a…
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