A Lyrical Colouring Book Is Launched! Available now in stores and online at Chapters/Indigo and Amazon. Visit the Facebook page for updates and sneak peeks, and to post your coloured pages of the book. The launch party was Wildly successful. We are so thrilled with the book, how it looks, and the nice, thick paper.

24×40, oil on GC,$1950 CAD Gallery 421   This is the painting that inspired the linocut series.  

24×36, oil on GC, $800 CAD Hampton Gallery Intent on dining, she is unaware that we are watching. This painting flowed easily, except for her expression. Over and over again, the eye was painted and wiped out, she had myriad expressions, surprised, angry, tired, until finally, peace.  

24×30, oil on GC $1575 CAD Avens Gallery Painted at The Avens Gallery Easter Weekend Demo. In the middle of a molt, he strikes a pose, blending right in with his environment.  

24×30, oil on GC $1575 CAD Avens Gallery Capturing that expression took multiple reworks, it must be because the light is so searing. Very thrilled to have great moose reference now. It was a five year wait!  

24×30, oil on GC $1575 CAD Avens Gallery Not only does that rack clear a way through the trees, it’s also a portable shower. His glance happened in one go, for that, I’m eternally grateful to the painting gods.  

24×30, oil on GC, $1575 CAD Avens Gallery Poised, having spotted his opponent, the buck readies for a fight. This was painted on a weekend paint getaway. I anticipated it was the least likely painting to turn out half decent, and it happened to be one of those magic ones, the goal of every painting.

22×28, oil on GC, $1450 CAD Crystal Lodge Gallery A white wolf, gorgeous in the hot light of the late afternoon sun. The painting challenge was to create contrast enough to showcase the sun, but maintain the white of the wolf. His eyes are so piercing, and rimmed in black, they stand out. To be honest, I…

24X30, oil on GC, $1575 CAD Avens Gallery  

24×30, oil on GC, $1575 CAD Crystal Lodge Gallery When he, massive Grizzly bear that he is, thuds the ground on approach, and everything and everyone, shakes.  

22×28, oil on FC, $1950 CAD Gainsborough Galleries   This bear came to me one night while I was sleeping. His coat was comprised of an armour of paint, in brilliant colour, it moved as he did, similar to chain mail. He’s called Non Typical, as that’s a term hunters use to describe animals. Typical…

18×24, acrylic linocut, UF $500 CAD  Hamptons Gallery One day I just had to paint or I would die. Frantic, I used whatever canvas was lying around, and this one had been folded in places. Parts of the painting had to be cropped off because of the folds, leaving the original looking like this.  I loved the image…

11×14, oil on FC, $825 CAD Gainsborough Galleries We are fortunate to see deer all over the place here in Okotoks. I remember once seeing deer in tall grass. Their bodies were obscured, although I could see five pairs of ears sticking up. They are so graceful. This one was like a ship, in an…

30×40, oil, GC, $2450 CAD Gainsborough Galleries This painting looks very innocent and whimsical, but it is actually about the beauty of those twin fawns in the snow and the beauty of the idea that of all those similar spots, the dots on the fawns, the flakes of snow, the strokes of paint – there…

24×36, oil on GC, $1800 CAD Hampton Gallery  

24×30, oil on C UF, $1575 CAD Hampton Gallery Dreaming in the warm summer sun on a bed of wildflowers…grizzly bears are able to make many expressive faces. Sometimes it is hard to resist painting the funny ones. He is sacked right out.  

30×40, acrylic on FC, SOLD Gallery 421, The titles of paintings are sometimes chosen to reflect a quality that we share with the animal. The feeling of this painting is a one-ness with nature. Alone but not lonely.  

24×20, oil on F Panel, $1650 CAD Gainsborough Galleries These cats are very hard to catch a glimpse of in the wild. If our own pet cat, Mr. Right, is any example, that means they are all silently watching US from up high in the trees. They are so stunning, those eyes, that fur.  

11×14, oil on FC, $850 CAD Gainsborough Galleries Hares are one of my fave animals. We have a domestic rabbit as a pet, but I see Hares usually at night, leaping, stopping, then bounding into the darkness. I like to think it is the same hare – checking up on things. It is Jack, and…

24×30, oil on FC, $2100 CAD Gainsborough Galleries This bear had a massive head. He was huge and beautiful, which I tried to convey by slathering the work with heaps of paint. He appeared calm and wise.