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
Private collection - Canada.
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
Private collection - Canada
Tuckamore
oil on canvas
46 x 54 inches
2017
Private collection: Canada
Sentinel
oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches
2017
Private collection - Canada
Leaning Pine
oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
2016
Private collection: Canada
Red Maple
oil on canvas
48 x 38 inches
2016
Private collection - Canada.
Lost Pear
oil on canvas
60 x 30 inches
2012
One of the first "untethered tree" paintings. Private collection, Canada.