backyard-panther-on-elm-ave
the sixth visit from / of backyard panther now in my neighbourhood / backyard-panther-on-elm-ave 16″ x 10″ watercolour / acrylic painted directly on gessoed panel 400.
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summer water dazzle 7
There is a natural elegance both to and in the world. my paintings, of wetlands we have found, as reflections on the middle of nowhere, are meditations on that elegance; they all contain the endless looking for divine spark of … Continue reading →
sparkles sparkling
latest ‘fall’ study, from out where nipissing river flows under hwy 64 ‘sparkles sparkling along the west arm of the nipissing river’ 16″ x 16″ / watercolour / acrylic painted directly on gessoed panel / 550.
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the gently curving line from left to right glides me thru the painting. that simple. i guess i first saw it in Lemieux’s figure paintings which a slanted horizon line behind the figure creating movement … Continue reading →
hardy lake screen
another of my ideas for paintings preferring the visual kaleidoscope of mystery colour fragments that makes up the screen of trees teasing about what the lake will reveal at / from the waters edge. my newest watercolour is one of … Continue reading →
lakeswide screen painting
for me painting a lake, just stepping back a bit from the shoreline offers up a fullness which fragments the lake view into a tangled autumn colours overgrown ‘waterfront screen’ is more interesting than the open view once i reach … Continue reading →
small georgian bay studies
still have a few winter ideas that are burning a hole in the back of my head looking for daylight, but inbetween them becoming paintings, working out new ways to see georgian bay 0 pared down to visual essentials / … Continue reading →
trail thru sunlight
speaking like a person addicted to life could use a couple of hours tacked onto each day after coming to grips with so much winterlight in my head i need to get out that i am painting across spring (not … Continue reading →
new backyard panther
in working ideas from around the city have come upon an ongoing series involving the backyard panther, being spotted stalking the laneways and side streets and who knows where else he may turn up. sunlit soliloquy staged by backyard … Continue reading →
raining leaves
the idea is it is raining leaves all around you while walking a short side trail from McCrae lake to where it opened up to a narrow fjord like slit that is either Mcdonald lake or river on one of … Continue reading →