The steep angle of the sun was deep gold in the late November afternoon. It was unseasonably warm. Wilted phlox frost bitten, but still green grew in the garden next to the front door. They were from Elva’s mother Belle’s, garden. They once grew near the vegetables, next to the ruined farmhouse now hidden from […]
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Perspective and a New Painting
I used to like to lie in the grass as a child and look up at the world. To see the dragonflies flit above me in uninterrupted blue, ants in the grass beside me, and to be small amongst the giant walls of houses. A change in perspective. This is an old house long ago […]
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Tuberculosis and this Bathroom Sink
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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