Beneath the Birches

Beneath the Birches

18x24"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #86 - I had trouble unifying this painting. I wanted to do something different in the foreground - I'm not sure if this works or not.... however, I'm calling it quits and moving on to my next piece.

Tranquility

Tranquility

18x36"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #85 - I was actually quite tranquil as I painted this landscape. I was very relaxed on my yearly painting trip with my good friend and business partner Kristina Steinbring. Its a simple landscape - I like the feeling of depth in the centre. I feel like I can walk for miles into the background.

Alberta Adventure

Alberta Adventure

22x28"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #84 - This painting was an adventure all right!!! I had great difficulty uniting the foreground with the middle ground. I like the yellow sky with the blue trees and will use this colour combination in more landscapes.

Morning in the Rockies

Morning in the Rockies

24x36"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #83 - Well, I finished this painting quite a while ago but never had time to post it. I remember I had difficulty with the foreground. The yellow path helps to break up the space a bit and leads the eye to the middle ground. I'm happy with my birch trees and the coloured shadows on the trunks.

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.

Moon Violet

Moon Violet

20x20"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #74 - My niece was visiting and wanted to paint an abstract painting after she saw Sun Up Blue. In a few hours we had each completed a painting. My colour palette was inspired by Katie. What a fun experience it was to paint with a young soul!!

Sun Up Blue

Sun Up Blue

40x40"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #73 - Still pushing myself with abstracts. The process for abstract painting is so different from painting realism. When I'm involved in abstract painting I feel like something that's truly me is at work. That piece of me that I'm speaking about has barely touched the surface. I'll let you know when she's arrived!!

The Weird and Wonderful

The Weird and Wonderful

16x20"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #72 - This is my third painting for the, "Love Lies Bleeding" Ballet competition. Apparently the song, Bennie and the Jets is about a popular style of dress in the 70's called, "Glam Rock". This style was defined by outrageous outfits and gaudy sunglasses and in the song, an extension of Elton's personality. I depicted the ballet dancers from the Alberta Ballet dancing to Bennie and the Jets. Since I'm painting an Elton song, I had to throw in a piano.

Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces

20x60"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting # 71 - I went to a Fall Landscape workshop on Saturday thinking that I'd come home with a fully completed painting - 18 hours later.... here's where I'm at. I'm struggling with the trees. A part of me just wants to say, "accept the painting as is", and another part says, "fix those trees!!!" I like the tiny spot on top of the hill. I hope my viewers wonder about what's on the other side.

Timeless Flight

Timeless Flight

18x24"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #70 - This painting was also in response to the call out for submissions that depict the Elton John songs performed with the Alberta Ballet piece titled, Love Lies Bleeding. This time I choose to represent the song, Rocket Man. This is the first time I ever painted the cosmos and I have to admit I really liked the painting before I added the glowing piano and ballet dancers. I like my decision to add the music notes from Rocket Man up in the sky.

Free to Fly

Free to Fly

24x48"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #69 - This painting is in response to a call out for submissions reflecting, Elton John's song, Someone Saved My Life Tonight and the Alberta Ballet piece, Love Lies Bleeding. I did not enjoy painting the piano keys at all as it was time consuming and tight! I like the sense of depth in the painting but think that perhaps I need more piano keys in the background. Any suggestions?

Autumn Gold

Autumn Gold

10x10"

Acrylic & Gold Leaf on Canvas

Painting #68 - I barely remember painting this tree and just discovered that I forgot to post it. I painted it in October. My business partner reminded me that it was my turn to submit a door prize for Beacon's Fall Exhibition and Sale. Its a true daily done in just a couple of hours.

Full Circle

Full Circle

20x20"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #67 - I saw this tree while on a run through the park and thought it would be lovely to paint. The original tree was mostly yellow but I found the painting was too dull without the reds and the oranges.