Archival paper is an excellent medium for completing on-site studies that offer an opportunity to capture the feeling of the encounter with the object under study. En plein air or working outside is a method associated with the 19th century Impressionist artists, but artists have sketched on-site for centuries to gather the visual information required for larger works that were worked up in the more controlled conditions of the studio. Sometimes paper is also the right surface for larger studio works as it accommodates an interesting combination of liquid and dry media.
Dissolution
acrylic and oil on paper
25 x 25 inches
2025
The making of a painting of the unmaking of a house.
Memory
watercolour and gouache on paper
20 x 28 inches
2025
Something about meaning making and loss.
Flood
watercolour and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas
2021
A disfigured spruce overhanging a river made higher by the busy work of beavers. Northern Ontario, Canada.
Spirit
watercolour and pastel on rag paper
28 x 21 inches
2019
A centuries-old pine tree twisted by the vicissitudes of enduring heat and cold.
Cedar Twist
watercolour and pastel on rag paper
28 x 35 inches
2020
Pastel study for the painting that ended up as "Smoke"
Echo
watercolour and pastel on rag paper (framed)
24 x 18 inches
2018
Private collection - Canada
Arc
watercolour and pastel on rag paper
45 x 28 inches
2019
Study of a young maple.
Snake Island, Algonquin Park
Watercolour on rag paper
7 x 10 inches
2021
On-site study of a small island on East Tea Lake, Algonquin Park. Light east winds, warm August day.
East Tea Lake, Algonquin
watercolour on rag paper
7 x 10 inches
2020
Private collection
West Tea Lake
Watercolour on rag paper
8 x 10 inches
2018
Private collection
Copse Study
watercolour on rag paper
16 x 20 inches
2016
Private collection: Canada
Fragment
graghite on antique paper (framed)
9 x 6 inches
2010
Study of a simple drinking glass. This work is available through the artist's studio.
Dusk Study
watercolour and ink on rag paper
11 x 8 inches
2014
This work is available from the artist's studio.
Olive
watercolour on rag and antique paper
10 x 7 inches
2015
Private collection - Canada.