Painting: Leisurely Stroll

40 " x 32"
Oil on Canvas

Painting: Shine a Light

Shine a Light,
April 2016, Oil on Canvas

32 x x32

Featured at the Art Victoria Now! exhibition in Victoria, BC, May 14-23, 2016
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Painting: Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes

Oil on Canvas, 36"x36", June 2015

Painting: Vita Similis Umbrae

Vita Similis Umbrae (Life is like a Shadow)

Oil on Canvas

36"x36"

Mini Canvases: Because Art Doesn't Need to be Serious

I've been stocking up on little canvases and finally realized their benefit. "Project" paintings, pieces that were planned out or have been assigned some sort of importance, are sometimes quite stressful! Mini canvases that are started on a whim bring me back to the days when somebody asked me what I was working on, and I could say, "I don't know yet."


They come in various stock sizes, and are sold cheaply at art stores, department stores, and even dollar stores. But keep in mind, if you buy them at the dollar store, give them a couple layers of proper gesso!

Painting: Barn Study I

I've been experimenting in the studio with incorporating my process onto the canvas. For example, several pieecs (including Evolution of a Magpie) have their pallets right on the painting. This barn study, based on an old farm nearby, includes all of the extra brush strokes I used to clean my brush. Usually, these extra brush strokes and paint are either off the canvas, or covered up! I think these abstract strokes, alongside the representational barn, are an interesting and dynamic combination. But these "process pieces" have only just begun, with many more underway...

Barn Study I, Oil on canvas, November 2013, 32"x32"

Painting: Abyss

Oil on canvas, May 2013, 36"x36"