2017 PAINTINGS &  DRAWINGS
There but not There  

Confined to my home for several months due to an injury I began to see the ordinary as filled with significance. This series of small acrylic paintings on paper (12" x 11") were the result.

The scenes I paint are commonplace ones. A neighbour’s yard, a nearby swimming pool, a car parked at the end of the road.  These images were my connection between what is there and what has been or could be.  The house is where I shared meals with a friend, the pool where athletic hopes began, the parked car replaced one damaged in an accident. These images contain reverberations of everyday experiences. And they speak to the layering of meaning, the jumpy narrative of contemporary life. To the potentiality in the ordinary. The potential for change. Threat. Menace. Joy. Beauty. 

Winter Night (sold) 12"x11" acrylic on paper

Passing Through 12"x11" acrylic on paper

Snow in the Park 12"x 11" acrylic on paper

Plane and Truck at Night 11"x 12" acrylic on paper (at Gallerie St. Laurent and Hill, Ottawa Ont.)

Waiting 12"x 11" acrylic on paper (at Gallerie St. Laurent and Hill, Ottawa Ont.)

The Empty Lot 12" x 11" acrylic on paper (SOLD)

Summer on the Patio 12"x 11" acrylic on paper

At the End of Our Street 11" x 12" acrylic on paper

My Neighbour's House (sold) 11" x 12" acrylic on paper

The Captain's Yard 11"x 12" acrylic on paper

Island Waters 11"x12" acrylic on paper (sold)

Considering Desolation 11" x 12" acrylic on paper

Parking in the Backlane 11" x 12" acrylic on paper (at Gallerie St. Laurent and Hill, Ottawa Ont.)

Street Corner on a Saturday Morning 11"x12" acrylic on paper

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My Sister's Netting 12" x 11" acrylic on paper

Lawn Sprinkler on a Hot Day 12" x 11" acrylic on paper SOLD

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Smoky Night Sky 12" x 11" acrylic on paper (at Gallerie St. Laurent and Hill, Ottawa Ont.)

Hot Spring 11" x 12" acrylic on paper

Morning paper 14"x11" acrylic on board

Across the Street 12" x 11" acrylic on paper (SOLD)

Driving Snow 12" x 11" acrylic on paper

Backup Lights on Snow 12"x 11" acrylic on paper

Walking Around the Neighborhood 12" x 22" acrylic on paper

Near Camosun College 12"x22" acrylic on paper

DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS

A Sense of Place
Seemingly dull places that we tend to pass by or ignore can call attention to the ordinary as a place of potentiality. These images are not just what they represent but rather connections, reflecting the way in which one thing leads to another, the layering of experience and the jumpy narrative of contemporary life. 

Paradise on Yelp (24"x22") charcoal on paper

Parking Available at Rear (22"x24") charcoal on paper (SOLD)

Elephant Fountain (24"x 22") charcoal on paper

Robert's boat on land (22"x 24") charcoal on paper

The Fountain at Night (22"x48") acrylic on paper

Winter Stop (22"x48") acrylic on paper

En Route (24" x 44") acrylic on paper

When We Arrived There (22"x48") acrylic on paper