Acrylic on Metal – 39″

Winter Dreams
Bistro Table Top – metal 39″
Printemps a Paris – Victoria Symphony Fundraiser Jun 8, 2013
Challenge – create a unique tabletop image for auction.
This was a lot of fun and gave me the opportunity to do a little dreaming

Oil on Canvas 30″ x 40″

Another in my series of Sea and Shore, this is the lovely neverending long beach on the West side of Kuaui.

Ready for Spring
My hubby just finished repainting and re-gilding his beautiful sign in time for Spring Studio tours.

20″ x 24″ Oil on Canvas

I was invited to be Artist in Residence for the Victoria Baroque Music Festival, so I am doing a small series of paintings for the Festival. This features Marc Destrube – the leader of the Chamber orchestra and the viola de gamba player – Natalie.  I am enjoying a quick jump back to the figure and, of  course, painting people absorbed in a task, this time playinng beautiful music, is one of my favourite occupations!

oil on canvas 30″ x 40″

I am constantly amazed at the endlless variety of every square inch of water. The changes in tone from dynamic to subtle are enormously challenging to paint and rewarding to capture.

oil on canvas 30″ x 40″

Another in the series. The waves on the shore are infinitely variable. The sun coming through gaps in the cloud is just about to shine on the viewer.

oil on canvas 30″ x 40″

I am starting a new series of large, bold paintings of shore scapes – full of light and movement. The subject matter has always been one of my passions. The everchanging patterns of the sky and sea never cease to enthrall me – whether here, on the west coast or elsewhere, in sunnier, warmer climes.

canvas on board 8″ x 10″

A simple composition – painted quickly, before the fruit turned brown – as beautiful to taste as to look at.

oil on board 9″ x 12″

Just a little still life. I think the form of pears is the most beautiful of all the varieties of fruit. These  little ones had such intense colour as well.

oil on board 9″ x 12″

Just about the right time of year to be contemplating this kind of scene. Ah – those turquoise seas and blue, blue skies!

That retreating sea is just inviting me to run into the waves. This is just a small preparatory sketch for a larger painting.