Shadow Play - Landscape Oil Painting

Shadow Play 36 x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 

When I was deciding on the subject matter for this painting, I was drawn to this image over and over again. It was the shadows in the snow that fascinated me. I love the colour that shadows cast on snow on a bright and cold winter day. 

I can visualize this painting looking fantastic hanging over a fireplace.

For quite a while I've been posting small paintings and I admit that most of my paintings have been small ones. I've been asked if I paint larger paintings. My focus is going to be on larger paintings with a few small ones in between. I'm very happy with this painting. I hope you enjoy it too.

In progress photos

I numbered the trees to keep track of them.

Mixing colours on my palette

More progress

Tangle - Landscape Oil Painting

Tangle 30 x 40" Oil on Canvas

I am grateful to have two paintings accepted in the juried show "Canadian Spirit: People, Places and Icons", taking place at the Owen Sound Artists' Co-op. The show runs until September 30, 2012. The co-op is at 279 - 10th Street East, in Owen Sound.

Tangle and Cypress Lake are both landscapes of local subjects in oil. I find myself fascinated by light appearing through the branches of trees. The interplay of light and colour is very interesting to me.

Update: this painting is currently at the Matilda Swanson Gallery in Clarksburg, Ontario.

Cloud Illusions - Landscape Oil Painting

Cloud Illusions  6x6" oil on panel

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I'm fascinated by clouds.

I will be in Thornbury at the Cottage Country Show, at the arena, with quite a few of my paintings this weekend April 14 & 15th. Maybe I'll see you there. I'm bringing this cloud painting along too.

My goal with this painting was to lay on the paint thick with lots of texture and not to overwork the painting. I'm happy with the result. Although the photograph doesn't show the greens as they really are.

Country Road - Fall Landscape Original Oil Painting

Country Road 6x6" Oil on panel

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This is my latest small painting, oil on cradled panel, 3/4" profile. I enjoy doing these small 6 x 6s. I try not to include too much detail and just let it happen. First I painted the panel burnt sienna. When it's dry I sketched out a few lines to indicate where the main sections were on the panel. Then I went ahead and painted the sky, trees and field in the foreground. 

I like the combination of colours of the dried grasses and brush, the bare trees in the background, the olive green cedars and blue green spruce. Some yellow leaves are still clinging to a few of the trees. I find myself really attracted to the colours of the fall. Even though the majority of the leaves have fallen there is still a lot of colour in this location.