Here are the last two paintings of 2025. Lucky One and Lucky Too. They are small encaustic pieces on circular wood panels. The idea for the pieces started in the summer. In one week, I was lucky enough to find … Continue reading
Catherine Orfald
Seeing an American Bittern is always a thrill, since they are so elusive. I hear them often at the marsh, but have only seen one a couple times before. I painted this one by permission from a source photo by … Continue reading
Here is the most recent painting inspired by the Dumoine River area and the DRAW (Dumoine River Art for Wilderness) group that CPAWS-OV hosts. With the help of Wally Schaber, I chose the name “Looking Upriver From Ankose Campsite” for … Continue reading
I saw a pair of these beautiful wood ducks briefly in our pond in the spring. So when local, talented photographer Nancy Steed Wilcox posted her fabulous image of a Wood Duck Drake, I knew I wanted to try painting … Continue reading
I saw a pair of these for the first time this spring and was astounded by their quirky beauty. For this painting, I worked by permission from a source photo by the talented Nancy Steed Wilcox, of Lanark County. Their … Continue reading
A friend found a dead swallowtail butterfly and offered it to me. Whenever I find a beautiful, deceased animal, I want to pay my respects. Sometimes this means immortalizing it in a painting. This is an encaustic painting. Swallowtail and … Continue reading
I am working on a few paintings of birds I saw this spring. I just finished this Common Loon. It was important to capture some of the water droplets on the bird, as these are deep divers and are often … Continue reading
These pieces are very different, but I finished them at the same time, so wanted to put them up. These two recent paintings were inspired by very different things. Rockscape is an oil painting made from a photograph I took … Continue reading
I worked from a photograph I took last year to make this painting, Waterlilies in the Marsh. The leaves of the waterlilies ranged in colours through green, yellow, burnt sienna, and purple. I wanted to depict the fact that you … Continue reading
I loved painting this Trumpeter Swan Family. The male seemed to be conjuring up more winter, since we’re certainly getting quite a Canadian winter this year! I am grateful to the talented photographer Nancy Steed Wilcox for graciously allowing me … Continue reading