This was a fun exercise. A five minute pose with a live model. I did it standing up and being quite free with the paint. I took the first few seconds to just view the model and she seemed to … Read More

This is actually an image from 4 years ago. Today I had occasion to think about this painting. It’s the first work that I’ve ever had people vying to buy. Looking at it now it seems to be right in … Read More

Alberta Flats began as a watercolour which was only partially successful. It was turned into a much more effective painting only after the addition of an opaque medium (in this case casein). The opaque accents are starting to give the … Read More

I’m really excited about this portrait of Susan. It combines my new interest in portrait photography with a different approach to watercolour. I feel that it captures a feeling of quiet strength and emotion. I began it by literally flooding … Read More

For me, with many paintings, I need time to live with a painting for a while so I can get rid of all preconceptions and start to see what is actually there not what I think is there. This image … Read More

My goal with this image of Charlie Parker was to do it in a bold, spontaneous manner. I had recently seen a video by Don Andrews and I love his style of laying on the paint. In my attempt I … Read More

I am posting this image again because after undergoing a fairly rigorous critique and by making a number of changes I feel it has improved substantially. This reminds me of the power of having other people give their thoughts and … Read More

As an introduction to figures I just blobbed paint on the paper with no drawing and no preconception of figures. Some white spots were left. Then this mass of various colours is refined partially while still wet but primarily when … Read More

Using a reference photo that I have mined for an entire series of images I tried to take it further ‘out there’ into abstraction. I simplified, rearranged, modified and changed to create the above image. When I first imaged what … Read More

I’ve posted this image because it is a good example of the painting process that I have been studying. I had an old photo I’d taken of a little creek right that’s right beside Elbow Falls. I’ve used this image … Read More