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I have been painting in water colours for about 10 years
now. I have been in the habit of giving them away or selling
them before I can photograph them, so I only have a few represented
here. I enjoy the translucency of the medium and also it's
demanding nature. One does not get much of a second chance
with water colours, mistakes pretty much stay as part of the
image and either one lives with the "mistake" or
starts over. With my busy life I like the fact that an entire
painting can (and often must) be accomplished in a matter
of hours.
Click on the images to view the larger
version.
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| Candy & Eric at 3 years |
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Painted December 2004.
20" X 24" Watercolour
We were at the cottage doing what we did best...
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| Nicola & Horses |
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Painted December 2003.
20" X 24" Watercolour
My nice Nicola and the horses I stabled for my vet.
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| Golden Retrievers |
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Painted July 2003.
20" X 24" Watercolour
A commissioned portrait of favourite pets
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| Bo |
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Painted July 2003.
20" X 24" Watercolour
A commissioned portrait of a favourite pet.
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| Kids on the Rocks |
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Painted in 2002.
20" X 24" Watercolour
A friend of mine ordered portraits of his sister's kids for christmas to take to his mother in Finland. He gave me some photographs and I pieced together a composite picture from the photographs.
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| Portrait of Three |
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Painted in 2002.
20" X 20" Watercolour
This same friend also ordered portraits of his own kids for christmas to take to his mother in Finland. He gave me a beautiful photograph of them and I painted it.
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| Irises |
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Painted in 2001.
20" X 24" Watercolour
I planted several different types of irises in my garden
last fall and the ones I liked best were the tall bearded
varieties like the ones depicted here.
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| Morningglorys |
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Painted in 1999.
14" X 20" Watercolour
My daughter loves blue flowers and Morningglorys are her favourite.
We plant some every year and this painting was done from several
digital photographs taken of the vines growing on our porch
railing that year.
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| Dragon Fight |
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Painted in 1999.
14" X 20" Watercolour
The image was taken from a pencil sketch given to me in
high school in the 70's by my best friend Frances Dugan.
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Watering Can
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Painted in the summer of 1994
14" X 20" Watercolour
From a photograph I took of
my daughter Alya at 3 years of age
watering the garden.
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Infant with Fish
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Painted in Feb 2001
14" X 20" Watercolour
While in Hawaii I visited many art galleries. Some of the
best work I saw was done by Jane Stewart. I liked her image
"Talk to the Fish" so much I tried my hand at a
copy.
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Greetings from a
Clydesdale foal
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Painted in March 2000
20" X 24" Watercolour
This image is from an old photograph in a magazine. The light
was so beautiful and the image so evocative of my child hood
I just had to paint it. I grew up with horses and the gentleman
could easily be my grandfather.
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Kids in the Woods
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Painted in Jan 2000
20" X 24" Watercolour
I took a photo of my daughter Alya and her cousins Connor
and Melina in the woods behind our cottage. I thought it would
make a good painting...I think that the bark of the tree came
out well.
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Mandavilla
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Painted from life Sept 1998.
14" X 20" Watercolour
One of my many favourite plants, that of course does not grow
year round up here in zone 5, the mandavilla is none the less
often sold in nurseries up here for summer containers. It
looks nice in a vase too.
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