This is the finished portrait which is a commission of Mia, my son’s dog. Mia is sitting in the dappled sunlight on a bridge, after meandering through the woods at Westminster Ponds. This is an environmentally significant area; the largest … Continue reading
When I was at the DRAW Retreat in 2021, a fellow artist and I planned an early morning canoe ride over to the island on Robinson Lake in the Dumoine River. Some friends of hers were paddling the river, camping … Continue reading
Autumn is such a great season for paintings. It’s easy to find colourful scenes everywhere I go. These two paintings were inspired last autumn and were recently finished. “Autumn Marsh” sold on the first day of the Perth Autumn Studio … Continue reading
I just finished these two spring and fall paintings last weekend. One of our earliest spring flowers are white trilliums. There were so many this year! I didn’t see a lot of the Red Trilliums (Wakerobin) this spring. It was … Continue reading
Here are some recent landscapes I finished. I started this painting of Grand Marias on the North Shore of Lake Superior some months ago. It was slowly developed, along with a few other paintings. Since oil paint takes time to … Continue reading
My Pointer Boats Saw Blade Painting was recently completed and will be installed by CPAWS-OV with more trail markers along the Dumoine River. Wally Schaber and CPAWS-OV proposed a project to take century old saw blades found in the Dumoine … Continue reading
I recently completed another Dumoine painting: Burning Through Fog. That’s what the sun was doing on this early morning in 2018. I’d gone early with the keeners, Phil Chadwick and Mark Patton. These two were out very early each day … Continue reading
Earlier this year, a man contacted me about doing a commissioned painting for him. He had three beautiful photos he’d taken of barred owls: a female, juvenile, and male, and wanted a Barred Owl Triptych done of them. His vision … Continue reading
I was happy to be accepted into the McMichael Gallery En Plein Air Competition. We had to paint on the Kleinburg grounds between August 26 to September 26, 2021. I was only able to go September 21-23. It was forecast … Continue reading
There will be a One Day Only Open Studio on Saturday October 9th 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Catherine Orfald’s painting studio 1848 Old Brooke Rd., Maberly, ON. Rita Redner will be a guest with her pottery. COVID protocols … Continue reading