Saturday, June 27, 2009

Another Cute Goat Painting

This is 'Stanley the Goat" a 10x14 acrylic painting, I absolutely love goats, they have wonderful character and are so much fun to paint with bold abstract art backgrounds. Gerald took me out road-tripping last weekend looking for a farm to photograph goats for future paintings. The farm where we had previously seen goats we could not get into so we wandered a few gravel roads, stopped at a country garage sale, bought a few books and found out where to find goats; jackpot. We found the farm and the farmer was home and willing came out with us to photograph her goats, so cool, she had fainting goats, billy goats, some goats with nice long ears, ah being an artist is a wonderful adventure I think next I will do a big ole billy, or maybe a doe and kid. just keep viewing to see what I paint next.



Tomorrow my solo show comes down in Donalda though I will be re-hanging some of the paintings in the upstairs part of the gallery so that those who missed the main exhibition will still be able to view a sampling of my work. The next place that "Wings of Creation will be showing is in Edmonton in the Atrium of The Kings University College from Sept 9th till end of Nov 09. This monday I deliver paintings to Cochrane for a July 1st opening at Westlands Gallery. This is a pretty exciting time for me. I will post later in the week about how the road trip to Cochrane and my fabulous opening goes, so have a great week and see you in Cochrane.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Memories of a Father

Happy Fathers day to the fathers of the world.
This is a memorial painting I did of my father. I choose a photo of him in uniform not only cause he fought in WW2 for what he believed was right, but also cause I believe my father never really came back from that war. I titled it "Resounding Silence" for the same reason, for all the unspoken words, deeds and loss of love due the deep soul shattering rages of war. War is inhuman, there are only losers all round, the toll too is great. My father spent most of his time absent from his children, either behind a newspaper, or tending his potato patch in the bush away from family. He could not stand noise, we always had to be quiet and thats a hard thing for a child, thank God we had acres to roam and trees to climb but as an adult I can see the reality of my fathers life and his torture that he tried to hide from us all. I saw my fathers tears as he told me that he "had seen too much in his life an he was tired, that he could not take anymore."  That is my last memory of my father, he died four months later, the very day I was going home to see him. Within the painting of bushy green I placed nine birds to represent myself and my siblings. I also placed a butterfly to represent my mother, symbolic of her love. 
I wish Love were enough, enough to save mankind from Wars, from hatred and prejudice, from the injustice we do to one another, I wish for Peace. I wish for butterflies and birdsong. I wish all the fathers peace and love.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Chip'n Dale

 As promised earlier I am now posting the new paintings, this is Dale, inquisitive little fella isn't he. I am having so much fun depicting birds and critters. Its a pleasure to photograph them in their natural habitat and then get creative in the studio.

an well this is Chip of course. Both paintings are 8"x8" acrylic on canvas.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Exhibition at Westlands Gallery, Cochrane


This is an exciting time for me, 2nd openings in Alberta in 2009 and more coming up so keep checking on the blog for future announcements.
Bright colorful paintings of birds and a chipmunk or two.  I pray that my work may bring smiles, cheer, serenity and joy into your hearts. May your day be blessed with the  riches of awe and wonder of our natural beauty from the miracle of the small bee who gathers nectar and turns it into honey, the birds that dance the sky snatching bugs to feed their brood, and the vibrant flowers now in bloom. 

Friday, June 12, 2009

One sleep left


The excitement is escalating, tomorrow is my opening in Donalda, Wings of Creation" at the historic Imperial Bank of Canada. My largest exhibition to date, 32 bird related painting are on display. Donalda has the largest working Lamp right across the street from  the bank and there is also a museum across the street that houses a large collection of lamps. 
Still have cookies to make and a picnic to prepare as I need to feed my driver / assistant. 

Tuesday, June 9, 2009


The week is flitting past, fast like a merlin after a sparrow. Saturday is my big day, my opening of "Wings of Creation" in Donalda AB. I am so looking forward to it.  The Meadowlark painting used on my exhibition invite will soon have a home to grace with its presence. Thank you Stephen.