My painting and photography has always been focused on my love of being outside. I thrive on the immediacy of solving visual problems on the fly and work with a group of en Plein Air painters outside each week.
Living on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, I have the pleasure of being able to paint outside all year around, as well as hiking, kayaking and camping in our 1989 Vanagon. Images of this beautiful part of the world often appear in my work, but I hope they also evoke those equally beautiful places you have been as well.
To see more of my painting process, please check out the following videos: Weir's Beach and Frank's Pond.
Along with selling from my website, I am very happy to be part of The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's Art Rental and Sales Program and the Southshore Gallery in Sooke. Ask to see my work if you are there in person, or check out the pieces in their online galleries.
My art business has been designated as a "Trusted Art Seller" with The Art Storefronts Organization, which means you can shop with confidence, and know that I stand behind the quality and value of my products.
I am inspired by the vigour Emily Carr employed in her paintings of British Columbia landscapes. I do not believe that painting landscapes on location is a passed art form. Painting is an act of communication and to communicate, one must have something to say. I get that from being out in the landscape. You can be the judge of whether I have something of merit to say.
My photographs often have an abstract quality which also underlies my more realist paintings as well. I am very interested in the structure and design of the objects I observe which often leads to a focus on the elements of design. Underlying all of this though, is a desire to explore the feeling of place rather than to realistically depict it.
I will soon be retiring after 20 plus years working with teacher trainees at the University of Victoria and several Ontario Universities.. I have also been the curator for several Public Gallery Exhibitions and have learned a great deal about art and the art world in the process.
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