This gallery is dedicated to work that features the forms of trees. These are tree portraits and also paeans to the beauty of forms that slowly change through seasons of heat and cold.
Monument
oil on canvas
52 x 40 inches
2021
A cedar stump encountered during a hike. A monument to the ebb and flow of life as it moves to create forms, break down matter and regenerate new forms from the remains.
Breath
oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches
2020
The thin soil of the Niagara escarpment creates an unstable environment for trees. Mighty maples standing for 60 years will suddenly collapse on a stormy night. The subterranean network of roots is exposed, the breath of the tree is gone.
Lost Oak, Morning
oil on canvas (framed)
46 x 54 inches
2019
Morning light, dying oak tree.
Orange
oil on canvas (framed)
54 x 28 inches
2018
Private Collection: United States
Dusk II
oil on canvas (framed)
40 x 20 inches
2017
The delicate hues of sunset illuminate the slender shape of stately maple.
Frozen
oil on canvas (framed)
24 x 20 inches
2018
Private collection: South Korea
Pine Sky
oil on canvas (framed)
34 x 26 inches
2017
Private collection - Canada
Flames
oil on canvas
36 x 42 inches
2018
Private collection: Canada.
Heaven
oil on canvas (framed)
34 x 26 inches
2017
An old slow growing juniper tree twisted with centuries of bearing witness to the cycle of the seasons.
Tuckamore
oil on canvas
46 x 54 inches
2017
Private collection: Canada
Sentinel
oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches
2017
A painting of a centuries old juniper tree. Michelangelo was sculpting marble when this tree was a young sapling straining towards light. This work is available through Abbozzo Gallery.
Leaning Pine
oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
2016
Private collection: Canada
Red Maple
oil on canvas
48 x 38 inches
2016
A close study of the delicate burgundy tones of a young Norwegian maple tree. This work is available through Abbozzo Gallery.
Lost Pear
oil on canvas
60 x 30 inches
2012
One of the first "untethered tree" paintings. Private collection, Canada.