“I am drawn to the meeting of air, land and water and I want to express the endless relationships between these elements in my paintings. The west coast of Canada offers me profound inspiration. I want those who see my work to be moved by the vastness and unsullied landscapes of this place.”
“I am inspired by the vastness and beauty of the Canadian landscape and I want to express my love of these wild places through the media of pastel and oil.”
About My Art
I work in pastel and oil. I am drawn to the subtle changes in spacial expanse, texture, colour and temperature that manifest themselves in the landscape. There are the quiet moments of contrast of a dark reflection in a silver lake, the expanse of distant islands in the ocean, the textures on a stone beach or the difference between the cool grey rock and the warm green moss that covers it.
The making of a painting allows me to create a blending of all those different moments, the perspectives, textures, colours and values into a single story.
It is my hope that the stories I tell through my paintings will transport the viewer to a place of tranquil focus, away from the distraction of the busy world; in touch with what is essential and universal in the landscape.
Portfolio
Dreams in the time of Covid 24×24 (SOLD)
Beach Arbutus 24×18
Into The Infinite 30×30
Last of the Old Ones 18×24 (SOLD)
Filagree 30×24, acrylic
Ocean Striations 30×30
Wichita Country 24 x32 (SOLD)
Island Reflections 30×30
Waters from the Tetrahedron Peak 16×20 (SOLD)
View down the Salish Sea (diptych) 60×30
Ode to Haida Guaii 40×30, oil
Sunset over the Salish Sea 40×30, oil
Tugbot working in the Georgia Strait 9×12
Storm over the Trail Islands (SOLD)
Coastal Marsh 2 – 19×23 (SOLD)
Sunrise over the Salish Sea 24×30 (SOLD)
Morning Light over the Trail Islands 9×12
Life Force 30×40 (SOLD)
Low Tide 24×30 (SOLD)
Fall Sunset over Vancouver Island 24 x30 (SOLD)
Golden Hour 30×40 (SOLD)
Morning Light 30×40
Tide Pool 30×40