Prairie Bales

Prairie Bales

Prairie Bales 30x40” July 2014 Acrylic 1.5” wrapped canvas NFS Artist Statement In another of my Highway 16 Series, here I am depicting a common late summer scene from the  prairies – hay bales. This is for the most part a peaceful pastoral scene, but has the...
August Storm

August Storm

August Storm 30x40” July 2014 Acrylic .75” wrapped canvas Artist Statement: This “August Storm” is one that I witnessed on my travels on Highway 16 on the way back from Alberta. The flat prairie landscape provides opportunities to view the sky that are not available...
Mountain of Hope

Mountain of Hope

Mountain of Hope 24x30” June 2014 Acrylic 1.5” wrapped canvas Artist Statement This painting is from my Highway 16 series. The mountain range is one that I frequently see on this highway when I travel to visit family in Alberta. Although images of the Rocky Mountains...
Dawn on the Danube

Dawn on the Danube

Dawn on the Danube 70x90 cm Jan 2014 Acrylic .75” wrapped canvas Artist Statement There is a quote that I read a couple of years ago describing that “the dawn of day, (is) when we may be said to see and not to see.” (from the ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’) I feel that...
Early Morning on the Danube

Early Morning on the Danube

Early Morning on the Danube 16″ x 20” Sept 2013 Acrylic Stretched canvas NFS Artist Statement In this painting, I was trying to capture the mood and feeling of an early morning on a cruise on the Danube River in Europe. The morning air was fresh and clear, the...