Not far from my old home in Gravenhurst, Ontario, a turn of the century house seemed to stick out amongst its 1960s and newer neighbours. It was abandoned for many years and I’d watch the porch roof slope a little further each winter, curious as to why this building seemed so out of place. I […]
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Chrome Magnon ~ New Portrait
Paul is a friend of mine. He is a serious biker and his bikes shimmer with copious amounts of chrome. His fellow riders have nicknamed him the “Chrome Magnon Man”. Paul is a highly creative guy and can also play classical guitar. It’s strange to picture someone who sometimes looks like a Viking warrior, playing such […]
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The Making of a Book
I have always had an obsession with the abandoned, but I never intended on making a book. I just liked to blog my art process. Painting takes a long time for me. Getting these places on canvas is a slow experience that requires reference photographs, drawings, multiple compositions, colour scheme and finally the painting process. I use the […]
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A Storm Is Brewing ~ Painting
I don’t seem to do things the normal way. For example, if I say I don’t do a particular subject, you’ll probably find me doing it at some point not long after I said it. I said many times in the past that I don’t do portraits. We know how that ended. Recently, I told […]
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Painting ~ Muskoka Barn
I painted the Fleger farm many times during the creation of the Echoes series. In fact, it was the farmhouse that started the entire project and “Twilight” was first in the series back in 2008. At the time of my visits, the barn had been gone for many years. The stone foundation was mostly rubble […]
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Portrait Painting ~ Children
This young lady just turned 4. I was working on something else for her birthday and I was taken by some images her mother sent me for a “Saturn” painting and collage for the party. I cropped a close up from a lovely photograph by Sara Biese Hurt for reference. I took it upon myself to […]
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