First Harvest
DETAILS 10″x12″ Acrylic on canvas DATE 2022 Private Collection
Peegee
Twelve Acre Hill has many flowering shrubs that have been introduced over the years. One of the largest is a gnarled old Peegee Hydrangea on the southern border of the property. In late summer it is covered in conical clusters of white blooms which eventually dry to be papery to the touch and turn to…
Beauty
Beauty was a single Peony Portrait that I completed in the winter of 2016. Over the course of the winter of 2017 this portrait became one of a series of three. There are many varieties of peonies with different petal formations and variations in colour – all are beauties in their own right. DETAILS 6″x6″…
Shirley
Shirley is one of a trio of Peony Portraits that I completed over the course of the winter of 2017. There are many varieties of peonies with different petal formations and variations in colour – all are beauties in their own right. DETAILS 6″x6″ Acrylic on canvas DATE 2017 Sold Also available as a Limited Edition…
Solange
Solange is one of a trio of Peony Portraits that I completed over the course of the winter of 2017. There are many varieties of peonies with different petal formations and variations in colour – all are beauties in their own right. DETAILS 6″x6″ Acrylic on canvas DATE 2017 Sold Also available as a Limited Edition…
Poppies
Poppies have to be one of the most vibrantly coloured flowers in our garden. For the short period that they are in bloom they thrust their heads above their neighbours and pull focus. Sometimes they appear orange and other times red. Their foliage with it’s silver green colour and feathery leaves covered in fine hairs adds much…
Lupin
Lupin is a favourite wildflower that grows in the ditches and fields of the maritime provinces. As with many farmsteads, on Twelve Acre Hill lupin had been eradicated over the years as they are quite invasive and are often seen as weeds. We have reintroduced them in a contained “wild flower bed”. I love their complicated…
Lady Slipper
Lady’s slippers always seem to be rare and untouchable. Appearing in the woods in early summer they thrive in the shade of the trees at my parents’ cottage and then vanish until the following year. I enjoyed trying to capture their bulbous shapes and delicately veined petals with minimal brush strokes and blending of colour.…