Saturday, June 23, 2012

Lines: more consequences

One line also can change the whole piece. It is then impossible to stop - one must continue until the space speaks. Until it comes from nothing to something.


One line starts it and the next step is then made clear.


It could lead into error or into completion. It all starts with a line and its consequences.


Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Abstract - just questions

Does our conscious mind insist on seeing something in an image? Anything at all? 


Is it a need to make sense of the world, or sense of our worlds?
More questions. No answers.


This is a landscape. There are trees with roots, wind, moon and what else? Does anyone see anything else?

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Where Was I?


 The possibilities of form and movement seem endless.



Endlessly fascinating and endlessly different.
Each one with its own story.


Saturday, June 2, 2012

Uncertain Ground

This painting shifted in concept and composition from my original idea. I continued my exploration of the subject, letting it lead me where it needed to go, letting go of my direction. The ambiguities in the composition speak of  uncertainties, in life and the physical geography of where we live. 

Uncertain Ground (acrylic on canvas 24" x 20")

Storms, tides, earthquakes, and other natural disasters erode convictions. Contemplating life and the mercurial changes around us, this painting speaks to me of the uncertainties of life. 

Sunday, May 27, 2012

The South Shore

I saw "The South Shore" from a window looking out over the Hillsborough Bay just at the point where the three rivers, North, West and Hillsborough, meet. It was a fleeting look and I retained an image in my mind of the light on the water and in the sky.



The first work on paper was very spontaneous and was finished very quickly. It became a study for this canvas which is one of three hanging in The Dunes at Brackley Beach.
 
Dimensions: 18" x 20", Medium: acrylic on canvas.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Free Range Fields

Free Range Fields portrays the landscape of Prince Edward Island with its distinctive red soil. The potato field appears animated as the green rows and furrowed red soil rush down to the sea. The sky is reflected in the water.





This canvas is one of a series that highlights the rural views of Prince Edward Island and is one of three hanging in The Dunes at Brackley Beach.

Dimensions: 20" x 26", Medium: acrylic on canvas.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

The Faces in Question

Drawings start with a doodle and expand into something a little more developed.

 The elements find themselves in need of rearranging,


or elaboration,


 or rescue!

Wandering in the Paths of Delusion

To be alert to the forces of darkness and division is to be mindful of the suffering of the peoples of the planet who are part of our collec...