Jemez

●Jemez
30 x 22 Watercolor on Arches paper 

Curcuma Ginger

Curcuma
18 x 12 Oil on Canvas on Birch Panel 

Conflated Mills

Mill IX  Conflated Mills
40 x 60 Oil on Canvas

Sibley's Cove

For the first time in over 20 years we will not be traveling to Newfoundland this month to see family so I painted one of the spots we will miss.  This is the view from the harbour at Sibley's Cove.  

Sibley's Cove Newfoundland
18 x 36 Oil on Canvas on Birch panel

Back to it!

I have been out of the studio working through some family commitments and have finally gotten back to the mill series.  I needed to get some energy going after such a long break so here is a quick study in watercolor and acrylic that I hope will jump start the work on my other painting that has been languishing on the easel for about two months now....

Mill VIII
41 x 19 Mixed Media on 300 lb Fabriano Paper
2018

Revisiting White Hibiscus

I painted a series of hibiscus flowers a few years ago. I have never been happy with the paintings for the two I did of White Hibiscus.

 





 I have been toying with changing the background on them for a few years and this week I went back in to see if I could bring them together and finally declare them done.  I think I am finally finished with these two, and happy with how the background change has brought out more of the colors in the petals that were lost next to the neutral ground in their first iteration.

●Hibiscus Series : White #1
20 x 16 Oil on Linen Panel 

●Hibiscus Series: White #2
16 x 20 Oil on Linen Panel 

Cordyline Bolero

Cordyline Bolero
Oil on Canvas on Birch Panel 24 x 16

A different Sunset View

Most people here paint or photograph the sunset view over the Marsh or Marina which is very picturesque.  I find this view of the sunset reflecting on the pulp pile at the Westrock Paper Mill, perhaps less conventionally appealing, but to me much more interesting. 

• Mill V11 - Sunset on the Pulp Pile - Westrock
26 x 16 Oil on Canvas on Birch Panel 

Rayonnier in a different light

● Twilight at the Mill (Rayonnier)
24 x 20 Oil on Canvas on Birch Panel 

Bromeliad Wonder

Blue Bromeliads
20 x 20 Oil on Canvas 

I love the variety in color and flower of bromeliad plants.   This particular one was in a greenhouse at the Mun Botannical Garden in St. John, Newfoundland last year when we visited.  Something tells me it wouldn't do so well in my yard, but I really liked the color contrast between the delicate blue/lavender shade on the flower and underside of the leaves, with the bold green and plum accents on the top.

Sunshine Mill

Sunshine on the Mill, Westrock
40 x 30 Oil on Canvas 2018

Red Rock Shelf

Red Rock Shelf , Brownsdale NF
Oil on Canvas on Birch Panel  14 x 24  2018