This old building has been roughly painted with potential names for an old neighbourhood here in Toronto. The residents are voting for a name themselves, rather than leave it to developers and end up with a title like Wispy Heather Cloudway or Foggy Meadow Village:) The building will soon be torn down to make way for condos.

8"x10", oil on panel, en plein air of course! SOLD

I love winter

Thank you for dropping by. Below are a few recent plein air paintings. Hope you like them.

General Electric, 8"x10", oil on panel SOLD

Water Slide, oil on panel, 8"x10" SOLD

Garage At Night, oil on panel, 10"x8"

Scanning from slides

I recently bought a very inexpensive slide scanner, hoping to record some older work digitally. You get what you pay for. Below are some mixed media pieces.

Monkey Man, oil, varnish, lacquer on canvas, 48"x54" SOLD

Uproad, oil, shellac, photo emulsion on canvas, 60"x55"

Square, oil, varnish, photo emulsion on canvas, 66"x56"

Oil Lamp, oil, varnish, shellac on canvas, 72"x66" SOLD

Orbis Tertius, oil, ink, collage on two linen panels, 42"x84"

Thank you for dropping by. My family recently returned from New York City, and I had the opportunity to do a few very quick oil sketches. There are endless painting temptations there for an urban painter! I used the small cigar box pochade pictured below and, because my good-quality paints were confiscated at the border, some cheap oils bought in Manhattan. Not ideal for me, but these were good opportunities to learn. All are 6"x7", oil on panel, each completed in about a half-hour.
Franklin Place, in Tribeca:



Chelsea Morning:


From the Chelsea Hotel.

Pink truck!

Welcome to my humble domain.
The painting below was done in an area here in Toronto that I've just discovered- an area rich in old junk yards and the like. In short, heaven! A sudden deluge of heavy snow put an end to my session, but I think I was about done anyway. Oil on panel, 8"x10". SOLD


Below is a sweet pochade box my friend Brian Gravestock put together for me. Brian's an excellent sculptor in his own right- google him. I'm still tweaking it a bit for my personal painting habits, but it's going to be a great travelling companion when my regular gear is too bulky.

Abandoned church

This church, the back of which is on the left in the painting, has been vacant for some time. On the front, gaping holes where the leaded windows once were let in all manner of weather and creature. Rotting from the inside out, sadly. I wasn't able to finish alla prima (in one go) because the sun burst through my heavy clouds and, well, ruined everything. Luckily the gloom returned a few days later and I wrapped it up. Below are scans of the interrupted start and the completed piece.

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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