Summer Paintings!

Sparkling Bay

 58"x32"                                                                                                                                   5200$
​Anyone who ever spent time on the shores of Georgian Bay knows that the weather can dictate a vast divergence of days, from nasty to spectacular!  The day that inspired this piece was definitely of the later kind, one of those times were the clock just can't move slow enough to prolong the pleasure.  I have painted from this location many times, and these pines have appeared in numerous paintings of mine, but I work hard to ensure each piece is unique and unlike anything from before!

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Macleans Place

  16"x31"                                                                                                                                     1750$
I have multiple routes to get myself and Bdog from home to the gallery, each travelled with a watchful eye for future painting ideas waiting along the way.  An old farmstead that has yet to be sold off and cleaned up by new owners; this site is an artists dream, full of weathered buildings and remnants of a simpler time. In my mind as I study a place like this, I like to imagine back in time when this place was just another of the simple and rugged family farms carving out an existence with hard work and a little luck perhaps.

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7th Line Sunset

  44" x 32"                                                                                                                                 SOLD
The famous Bruce trail winds through much of the region near me, and it was from a crossing of this road that I spied the makings of this painting. Down the steep hill the land rolls and folds towards the escarpment outcrop known as Irish Mountain, poking out into the cool waters of Georgian Bay.  The sun sets to the left here, due west, and often rewards with a rich variety of warm late day hues colouring the landscape.  There are a number of paintings from this spot in my archives, each telling a unique story of the day or time of year it was based on.  

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Bay Pine 2

  21" x 27"                                                                                                                                 1950$
A trip down to the Art Gallery of Ontario or the McMicheal Center to study the 
wonderful paintings on display from the treasured Group of Seven artists, is a kind of pilgrimage for artists like myself.  Over time, the techniques and approaches utilized by this varied and superbly talented group of painters, has definitely influenced the way I create my own paintings.  To be painting the same scenery and subject manner feels like an honour.  The same creative 'triggers' live in the new work created every year since this celebrated period of art in Canada around a century ago.