Doesn't Matter How You Hit the Rail!

8x6    Oil on Paper

It doesn't matter whether you hit the rail on skis or a board, the point is getting there. Our son is an avid boarder but he tells us that lots are going back to skiing these days! 

This painting was really difficult to photograph so you'll just have to see it in person!

Riding the Rail

8x6   Oil on Paper

Riding rails in a competition is what get these kids out of bed on a cold winter morning!

This was really fun to paint, the excitement the kids felt seemed to transfer itself to my brush. Looks like the beginning of a series.

Warm Snow-Journal

Acrylic on Acid Free Journal $45.00

Serendipity is a wonderful thing. In Oct. I took a great workshop with Mike Svob using either oil or acrylic. It made me want to get more comfortable with the acrylic paint I had and I had quite a few of these journals so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to work with the acrylics in a way that was playful and low stress, no limitations of palette or theme. It's been good fun and they seem to be selling themselves but now I need to get a few large oils done for a deadline. This scene was inspired by a timely note in Doug Swinton's newsletter reminding us that snow is warm as it moves back. I guess I got so caught up in how much there was to shovel....

Whitemud Creek

Oil on Canvas framed
16 X 20
$500.oo
Still on the theme of water, but back home in Edmonton, this park is one of my favorite places to paintout. A week ago it was ablaze with colour and now the trees have shed their leaves and the first snowfall is just around the corner. I love the soft lavender and ochre of the background trees in the fall.