Landscape is a painting tradition that spans millennia. Artists feel compelled to explore the space that both entraps and offers opportunity; that threatens and soothes.
Inside Time
oil on rag paper
12 x 12 inches
2023
A sense of time in the forest engulfs everything. The beautiful colours of moss, fungus and bacteria transforming a once-strong trunk into soil to nourish future generations. When painting I feel close to this forces of time - I can feel them.
Change
oil on canvas
23.5 x 17.5 inches
2022
The slow cycle of transformation from life to death to life observed near the trail edge. The perpetual transformation is eternal, is sacred, and manifests itself all around us.
Moss
oil on canvas
2022
A close look at the place in the forest that separates above and below. Growth, decay, movement behind what appears still and silent.
Embrace
oil on canvas
26 x 36 inches
2022
Two trees encountered in the boreal forests of northern Canada. Over decades their roots have grown into each other. They have become interdependent for stability and balance. Another narrative for how live evolves on display deep in the forests.
Smoke
oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
2021
An aged cedar stump pulled from a field decades ago slowly melts into the soil again. Smoke obscures the clarity of observation. The mystery of transformation continues behind the clarity of thought.
Taste of Time
oi on canvas
24 x 32 inches
2021
Early spring along the Bruce trail.
Coast
oil on canvas
52 x 66 inches
2021
A large painting that was an attempt to register memories of the density and complexity of the topography of Western Newfoundland. After days spent trekking through the thick entanglement of stunted spruce trees called “tuckamore”, the sight and smell of the ocean brought a sense of openness and wellbeing.
Collapse
oil on canvas
28 x 36 inches
2021
Early spring along the Bruce Trail.
Sleep
oil on canvas
34 x 26 inches
2019
Private collection - Canada
Bog Water
oil on canvas
46 x 68 inches
2017
The fog lifts revealing the dense, complex forms of a Newfoundland bag. The tangled spruce clings to life in the shallow peat that is forever permeated with water.
Night
oil on canvas
44 x 54 inches
2018
Three cedars mourning in moonlight.
Albion Falls
oil on canvas (framed)
42 x 52 inches
2016
A Hamilton landmark and excellent example of limestone erosion on the Niagara escarpment.
Crawford Lake
oil on canvas
28 x 36 inches
2015
Private collection - Canada