Wrapping up the year early It’s been stupendous! Thank you for your visits, for the stories you share, the ideas you impart and the ecouragement you lend. Thank you for adding me to your collection and for giving me to others. Each painting has kept the dream alive, has increased my popularity and has guaranteed [...]
The first tennis painting to leave my studio and one which I am extremely proud of. Tackling this subject was a little daunting. Each brushstroke caused me to realize that the subject itself was so simple that the execution would be fairly demanding. In the end it became necessary to break up the flat fields [...]
The definition of simplicity of brushwork. Again I learn to let the brush do what it does and to simply patiently await my turn to put my two cents worth in. The reward was the tints of orangey ochre on the buildings and the little bit of land in the foreground, which magically marry with [...]
A sunny Vancouver Saturday along the Stanley Park seawall. Originally the painting was about the 2 figures sitting in the lower left of the image and the tales they were exchanging but as the brushstrokes danced, the standing figure and the reclining figure on the right, took center stage. Again, my role reduced to that [...]
The single white stroke on the front cyclist’s back and the little dashes which magically conjure the rear cyclist’s helmet, epitomize the reason I paint. These strokes are the culmination of a thousand previous strokes and are so simple that it would have been easy to miss them while painting. It is becoming increasingly clear [...]
Every morning in Vancouver can be called “Morning Optimism”. This morning was a little more special though as it was a designated day off with plenty of adventures planned. The weather was perfect and the Vancouver look out beckoned. The day which progressed from this image brimmed over with excitement as we cycled every inch [...]
June 2013
4 June - 14 June 2013
July 2013
2 July - 7 July 2013
