Strumming - A Work in Progress

Today my daughter, Christine was the model for the Portrait Group at KAGS.

She brought in a number of different things to wear and it was decided that she would be a musician playing the guitar.

This is a partially finished painting of her. I will post it at a later date once it has been completed.

Fresh Snow 1 - A Work in Progress

Every day I try to spend some time working on either a painting or a sketch.

I may not have the time to complete a painting, but I do like to achieve something.













Today I painted in a morning sky, which when I have decided what I would like to paint into the foreground I will post it at a later date.

Still Having Problems

I am having problems with my new computer and it is going to be replaced. I thank everyone for their patience.

Hopefully the wait won't be too long.

Autumn Forest 1 - A Work in Progress

The fall trees are still holding their beautiful glowing colours.

The hills at the back of the property on the far side of the Snelgrove Brook provide a stunning contrast to the greens of cedar and pine trees that border the marsh.

I started this painting outside while at the top of one of the middle fields.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have it completed.

Bonfire 1 - A Work in Progress

I was going through my unfinished paintings to take out the ones I would work on first and try to get finished for next year's show season.

I came across Campfire (see posting on 24 December 2010) and Coffee Pot (see posting on 25 December 2010) which would be ideal for a show in Algonquin Park, so I decided to attempt a bonfire on a small piece of paper and see how it worked out rather than work on paintings that were already started and make my mistakes on them.

I used various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna for the background to create a warm dark purple background that would provide a strong contrast to the yellow and orange flames.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have it completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Starting Out I

This is a quick sketch of an idea I had of team of draft horses heading out from the barn on a winter morning.

I will probably do a number of sketches before I am satisfied with one of them to do a larger more detailed drawing for a watercolour or an acrylic painting.












This is an original 3" x 5" pen and ink drawing and when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $25.00.

House on the Sea I

The leaves are changing colour and the air is getting cooler. It won't be long until there is snow on the ground.

I did this sketch when I was in Cuba a couple of years ago of a lovely house set on a point of land at the end of the beach. Today I finally finished inking it in and will just have to erase the pencil notations.

This original 5" x 9" framed pen and ink drawing is available for $165.00.