Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Hello, and welcome. Below is my latest plein air, of the infamous Screaming Tunnel of St. Catherines. Nearby (with some digging in the brush) the foundation of a house can be found that burned over a century ago. All perished in the fire except a young girl who escaped, only to collapse and die in this tunnel. Lighting a match is said to make audible her distant screams. Didn't work for me. Oil on panel, 10"x10". SOLD

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Zug Island from Windsor, 8"x10", oil on panel, plein air. SOLD








_______________________________________________________Texas Road. Two words that sent a chill down many a young spine back in the day. It was a place to prove to your friends, to your self, that you weren't scared, weren't a chicken. Texas Road differed from all the other county roads that crossed the flat tree-less farmland near Amherstberg; it was swallowed by a dense copse of trees, turned sharply right and crossed a bridge before emerging at a graveyard and eventually joining with another county road. Stories about the area included the ghost of a man killed by his wife (with an iron!) and spectral horsemen. Where better to set up for a plein air in late October? I painted from the bank of the little rill that flowed under the bridge. I can report no supernatural activity, sorry. Oil on panel, 10"x10".

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A Dead End. Pretty much what my 'art career' will be if I stick to these mundane and banal scenes. Can't help it though. This is what draws my attention. Oil on panel, 8"x10", plein air. Thanks for looking. SOLD


Friday, September 25, 2009

Thank you for taking the time to check out my work. Below are two oil-on-panel plein airs from last weekend. If you've seen my previous nocturnes you will recognize the alley scene, a view I have yet to tire of. oil on panel, 8"x10" SOLD

oil on panel, 8"x8"

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Summer is on the wane and I look forward to a fruitful autumn of painting. I wouldn't be happy living in a climate with minimal change, no winter, or spring.
The end of an alley here in westend Toronto: SOLD

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I painted this en plein air last Sunday morning. Just an average urban scene. With twelve foot fibreglass boxing gloves. 8" X 10", oil on panel.