One cool, still, early morning I found myself driving through Fox Point on the Aspotogan Peninsula along the shore of Saint Margaret’s Bay. The light was grey, the water steely, and alongside the Government Wharf a row of fishing boats were strung out in an orderly row as if heading out of port without anyone…
The sunsets at Twelve Acre Hill are always beautiful and often very different. From season to season the location on the horizon changes, and from night to night the intensity of colours varies. Still water reflects the sky and the landscape is saturated with the colours of the sunset. Our century farmhouse becomes a part…
I love painting water; trying to capture the fluid movement. Water is in essence clear, but it reflects and refracts all of the colours around it. The sky lends water it’s blue sheen and the sand and rocks below become magnified and add their colours to the lens provided by the water as it curls…
I have been fortunate enough to travel from Peggy’s Cove to Halifax by boat. The day I did it the seas were rough and the sky heavy with grey clouds. It was a unique perspective on a place that I have visited via land all of my life. The power of the sea was evident…
I often wonder what colour the barn at Twelve Acre Hill was when first painted. There isn’t much paint left on the shingles, but they always seem to be changing colour in different light and different weather. On a rainy day they will be quite a dark grey, on a winter morning a soft sandstone…
This trinity of boats lies at mooring near the mouth of Peggy’s Cove. Beyond the gut, swell breaks on the rocky shore. Peggy’s Cove is a place of sanctuary on a rugged coastline. DETAILS 12″x6″ Acrylic on Canvas DATE 2016 Sold Also available as a Limited Edition Archival Print.
One of my favourite places on the Bay is in Indian Harbour at the site of the Swiss Air Memorial. It is a moving landscape in many ways. After a storm has passed there is often large swell crashing on the rocky shore even after the wind has calmed and the sun has come out.…
