room for the unexpected the water lilies and wild rice are currently filling my head and this latest one, ‘water lilies and wild rice # 16’, by being closer to drawing with paint than not, shaping colour out of the … Continue reading →
dropped off new works at the Ethel Curry Gallery in Halliburton yesterday. then, went sketching, and to my dismay found out that devils lake has been discovered. big honking sign declaring the east entrance to the queen elizabeth wildlands prov … Continue reading →
water lilies and wild rice ….. water lilies & wild rice 15 / working water lilies and wild rice as close to abstraction without losing the reality of the shoreline waters and plants while leaving room for the unexpected. devils … Continue reading →
most of the time we make our own water patterns, but not always; some times we work with the wind as it visually stirs the surface – as it makes the water come alive with movement – flowing with a … Continue reading →
the literally fast flowing jet black water of the black river at coopers falls follows runs inches from the road leaving virtually no streambank for the trees clinging to life to maintain purchase on and every so often one of … Continue reading →
spare moments inbetween munching on choco bunnies; the sun is shining it is 7C out everything is quietly grunting green before it exxxxplodes into the rebirth we call spring…and i am posting a winter watercolour….another, following the last post, although … Continue reading →
Treating light as pure source sunlit frozen streambank the higher bank of a stream running thru Stayner, just hundred feet north of busy hwy 26 which outside of the locals who back onto the stream, that no one ever even … Continue reading →
we have continuously explored the idea of seeing thru to the water, having your view somewhat obscured by the stand of trees in front of you and the mystery of the view they are only offering glimpses of…. you would … Continue reading →
my painting, ‘infinity rings with autumn pond reflection’ is part of the “Reflections” our roots our time Exhibition of the Colour & Form Society at Beaux Arts Gallery, Brampton April 6 – 30, 2022 opening reception: Sat April 9th, 12 … Continue reading →
over the last couple of years, when the ponds open to an explosion of growth along the shorelines, Wendy and I have talked over, worked out several new ways expressing ‘ waterlilies and wild rice ‘ to be able to … Continue reading →