Knobs or buttons made of wood – the simplest way to secure a door on an old fashion barn. Weather, age and usage has softened the edges of this closure on the barn at Twelve Acre Hill. How many times has this latch been turned to secure this door, and by how many hands? DETAILS…
Lunch Date at the Thirsty Duck – a piece of Halifax transported to the corner of Queen and Carlaw in Toronto. Old friends, old haunts, different times, different stages. Some things change and some stay the same. Still life. DETAILS 10″x10″ Acrylic on canvas DATE 2017 not available Also available as a Limited Edition Archival Print.
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 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 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…
‘Nan’ is the portrait of a resident hen at Ross Farm Museum. The cold winter day that we visited the Museum she was sheltering in the barn in a beam of warming sunlight with her companion Byron. This painting, along with ‘Byron’, ended up taking on the air of a formal portrait that might have…
‘Byron’ is the portrait of a resident rooster at Ross Farm Museum. The cold winter day that we visited the Museum he was sheltering in the barn in a beam of warming sunlight with his lady friend Nan. This painting, along with ‘Nan’, ended up taking on the air of a formal portrait that might…
Ross Red – so titled for the beautiful glowing red paint on the kitchen door at Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, Nova Scotia. The passage of time and the history of use is visible in scars and blemishes that have been left for posterity. It’s not difficult to imagine the sound of the slide…
