Spring's Spirit

Spring's Spirit

20x60"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #82 - This was a fun painting to create. I liked the challenge of trying to find the right shapes and colours for the land and the trees. Because the painting is so long, the viewer gets different points of entry depending on where he/she stands.

Spring Sparklers

Spring Sparklers

12x24"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #81 - I was curious to see how a forest of pine trees would look in a painting. My answer - very green!! I had to break the space up so I used some metallic inks to represent new growth within the forest. I'm surprised by how much layering I had to do to get the trees looking realistic.

Spring's Begun

Spring's Begun

12x24"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #80 - I really wanted to capture that time of spring when the buds first appear on the trees and then in the blink of an eye the trees are filled with lime green leaves. The yellow/green colour only seems to last about 24 hours but I absolutely love the look of the trees' leaves in this growing period.

Mining Copper, Silver, Gold - Triptic

Mining Copper, Silver, Gold - Triptic

36x48"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #79 - Well, I completely changed these three individual paintings and made one. I liked my idea about a colour scheme - primarily secondary colours for each panel - green, orange and purple. And then I added the complimentary colour to each panel. I finished the panels off by adding the primary colours to all panels.

Precious Metals - Gold

Precious Metals - Gold

12x48"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #78 - This painting may become a part of tryptic. My firsts panel is green, yellow and silver. The second panel is purple, blue and copper. This panel is red, orange and gold. This painting has sand and gold leaf in it. Today I may add black circles over all three panels to unite them. Stay tuned...

Precious Metals - Copper

Precious Metals - Copper

12x48"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #77 - This painting may become a part of tryptic. My firsts panel is green, yellow and silver. This panel is purple, blue and copper. The final panel will be red, orange and gold. This painting has sand and copper leaf in it.

Sunday's Hike

Sunday's Hike

24x24"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #76 - Well, I'm finding that I want to continue exploring the landscape. I love the way the birch trees pop amongst the blue sky and the coloured trees. Next on my list is to paint a 20x60" fall landscape, which consists of birch trees.

Precious Metals - Silver

Precious Metals - Silver

12x48"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #75 - This painting may become a part of tryptic. This panel is green, yellow and silver. The next will be purple, blue and copper. The final panel will be red, orange and gold. This painting has sand and silver leaf in it.