Posts Tagged "Canadian Artist"
3808 – Three Toxic Redheads – Amanita muscaria
3808 – Three Toxic Redheads – Amanita muscaria Soft pastel on pastel paper 8.5 x 11 inches, framed SOLD One of the most colourful of the fungi family, these mushrooms are beautiful but can be deadly bearing a powerful toxin. It grows in woodland and heathland on light soils among birch, pine, or spruce. It is a fungus that often forms mycorrhizal associations with birch, but also other trees. Fly Agaric mushrooms, also known as Amanita muscaria are the classic red toadstool with white warts seen in cartoons. The species grows in boreal forests during the fall across Canada and the United States, and are very common and very poisonous. Share and...
Read More3807 – MUSKOKA SUNSET on Canoe Paddle
Muskoka Sunset painted in acrylic on full size wood canoe paddle, 6 x 52 inches An iconic Muskoka Sunset reflected in a regional lake. Replicating Mother Nature’s artwork is impossible, however, as an artist I can attempt to paint the feeling and majesty she creates. Share and Enjoy...
Read More3806 – There’s Life in the Old Girl Yet
What Once Was Home Acrylic on Canvas 16 x 20 inches, Framed I’m attracted to old, weathered, and deserted buildings. There’s something mysterious about their empty shells and I speculate about the life that once filled them. The subject for this painting came from a trip to the east coast where I discovered this house falling apart but still exuding life with nature taking up occupancy. If you look carefully you’ll see the ghostly images of specters who may have stayed on in a home they loved. One single rose on a dying vine blooms outside the upper window, an offering to the former occupant while her husband watches from the lower floor doorway. Share...
Read More3805 – The Sap is Running
3805 – The Sap is Running Acrylic on Canvas 12 x 12 inches, Framed SOLD Each spring I see containers hung on mature maple trees here in town and I’m reminded of my childhood in rural Ontario. There maple trees lined the country roads, each adorned with a metal bucket to collect sap. After hours of boiling, sap thickens to a sweet golden syrup, with a flavour unlike any other; it’s Mother Nature’s ambrosia. Share and Enjoy...
Read More3801 – Along Spruce Bog Trail, Algonquin Park
3801 – Along Spruce Bog Trail, Algonquin Park Acrylic & Acrylic Skins on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 18 x 24 inches Unframed The trails in Algonquin Park offer countless scenes of beauty for an artist. While hiking the Spruce Bog Trail in early fall, this rock outcropping covered with pine needles captured my imagination and became the subject for this painting. Share and Enjoy...
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