Mixed media on wood panel.

24x24"

Soft colours yet with a hard black line to give it boldness and contrast.

Mixed media on wood panel.

30x30"

Inspired by the beautiful colours of a crisp, sunny winter day.

Acrylic on wood panel.

60x36"

I am continuing to explore a limited palette with contrast and energetic marks on the surface of the paint. Surrounded by blue skies and the fading leaves of fall I am inspired as I look out my studio window at the cottage. Nature never stops being inspirational.

Mixed media on wood panel.

24x48"

I was inspired by thinking about the colour of spring. The bright yellow green and the blue skies that you can see through the trees that are just starting to leaf out. I was in my Studio in the Woods but it was in the winter. I was trying to imagine spring. Although this piece turned out to have more blues than greens, and perhaps be more watery than like the growing spring buds, I still think it has a feeling of energy that we receive in the springtime. It has many layers. I used many techniques of applying paint and then moving it around, pulling it off and covering it over in an attempt to stay loose and not too attached to any one stage.

Mixed media on wood panel.

36x36"

This painting has a nice see through effect from some veiling over the top. Blues and greens are calm, yet with a little surprise of the orange color.

Mixed media on wood panel.

24x24"

An abstract painting in pinks and soft green. The piece feels soft and hopeful.

Mixed media on canvas.

30x36"

This piece used to be called One Direction, but with a little more energy, brighter colours, but still a solid shape to anchor it, it is a strong piece. The composition is somewhat lopsided, with the bulk of the interest on the left, but with space to breathe on the right. We all have our strengths, but also our soft sides. This painting speaks to both sides of ourselves.

Mixed media on canvas.

24x30"

Grace has many layers underneath it, to provide more depth and discovery. The jagged line across the piece feels either like a sliver of light or a hand reaching out. I was going to call it the hand of God, but decided that Grace conveyed a more general feeling of peace and caring.

Mixed media on wood panel.

24x24"

Hearts and flowers is a very wild painting. It is not for the faint of heart. What started out as a soft landscape painting was painted over with complementary colours of green and red, which really make each other pop. This is an exercise using mixed media, fluorescents and graffiti. It's very contemporary.

Mixed media on wood panel.

30x40"

Bright, fluorescent energetic painting.

Mixed media on canvas.

18x36"

pink and green abstract painting

Acrylic on wood.

30x22"

I was enjoying how the bright green shone so much more out of a dark background. I have been trying to keep loose in my recent work, but I have also gravitated to square, oval and triangle shapes. This piece is not typical of my work, but I have enjoyed the outcome. This piece can also be hung vertically

Mixed media on raw canvas.

46x36"

This piece is about drama, simplicity and contrast. The green and blue tones are very soothing. There is lots of space allowing the shapes to breathe.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

30x30"

This piece is left raw, showing the paint and pastels that created the energy of the wind and water. The complementary colors of orange and turquoise make this feel pulled together.

Mixed media on canvas.

48x36"

Simple shapes and lines in grey and turquoise on a large white space. Sometimes I enjoy keeping it simple. I enjoy just the colors, the textures and some energetic lines.

It seems to represent two sides of life - the gloom and the flip side, where we find hope, in spite of the gloom.

Mixed media on birch board.

36x36"

Abstract painting with a loose feel, but also with some specific shapes for interest. Colours pink, yellow and turquoise primarily.

Mixed media on canvas.

48x36"

Abstract painting with a child-like feel. Purplish blue sky across the top, orange stepping stones, black tree-like shapes and turquoise green with red and white makes this a very interesting piece.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

36x36"

This was a many layered piece that started out as circles printed onto the panel using parchment paper. My process is intuitive, involving lots of back and forth. I added some collage that looked like the sun, but then it was too obvious, so it got pushed back. This piece is lively, yet the colours are analagous so they provide a gentle, calm feeling. I hope this piece brings you both energy, from the lively marks and calm from the soothing colours.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

24x24"

Mixed media piece with many layers and with a free flowing line of turquoise on top.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

35.90x36"

Inspired by colours on a bright winter day, with a little artists’ licence.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

36x36"

The piece is called air, because of its airy, open feel. It is like a long exhale, relaxing and comfortable.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

22x30"

Moody Blues has soft shades of green and blue, but also has some odd shapes, an off kilter composition and bits of yellow and orange poking through. The fun and quirky bits might have something to do with my rebellion against the grey days and dismal news that we hear daily. Making art brings me some happiness, and I hope you share my sense of humor when looking at this piece.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

30x36"

Feels like a wall of graffiti art - with large sections of black and orange with white and turquoise highlights. Very modern and raw in feel.

Mixed media on canvas.

48x18"

This is a wild and free painting of orange, pinks and turquoise. It has a horizontal presentation but is fairly narrow. It could hang over a bed or a high buffet or dresser.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

42x36"

Contrasting red and green marks flit across the wood panel with childlike freedom. Although the marks are energetic, the colors are, perhaps, more masculine and serious.

Acrylic on wood panel.

36x36"

Blue Days was painted at my cottage during the summer. It is an abstract impression of the colors and feelings of being outdoors on sunny summer days by the lake, surrounded by trees and sky. Hope this painting makes you feel happy. It currently hangs in my art studio in Muskoka. It brings the outside to the inside.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

22x30"

Busy and Boing are two pieces that work together. They have vibrant energy and contrasting darks and lights in blues and pinks.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

40x30"

This piece almost feels like it is flying. Unusual combination of colours with pale pink, blue, and green/yellow, highlighted with darker burgundy and light blue.

Mixed media on wooden panel.

36x36"

Freedom is depicted using movement, scratches and loose marks, yet there is a boldness in the dark wine colour and light yellow oval, which gives the painting gravity.

Acrylic on canvas.

36x36"

David Hawkins, author of “Letting Go”, says “Letting go is like the sudden cessation of an inner pressure or the dropping of a weight”. He teaches how to let go of negative feelings and blocks and to unlock our innate capacities for happiness”. This painting typifies my process of letting go of a plan or an outcome, and just engaging with the immediate canvas and next steps to making a painting. I am hoping to take this practice back into my life so it can be as free as my art.

Mixed media on canvas.

62x34"

A abstracted figurative painting that is very large in a minimal colour scheme. Black, white and yellow are the main colours.

Mixed media on canvas.

24x24"

This piece complements Oh What a Feeling. It also uses a simple palette of yellow and blue and energetic marks on the canvas.