Original Watercolour Paintings For Sale
"'Four Winds' at Alert Bay"
An old boat always engenders nostalgia in me, and maybe in others as well. Along with it I feel a complex mix of sadness and celebration. Sadness for the decay and rot which strikes not just boats- but we humans and celebration of the boat's life at sea; the voyages taken, the storms weathered, tides navigated....the stories told of an individual and a boat fill bookshelves the world around.
As well, I love the surrounding structures (composition at work!) visually holding the vessel in a supporting grid of posts and shoreside homes.
Size 16 x 20 Price ~ $895 2018
An old boat always engenders nostalgia in me, and maybe in others as well. Along with it I feel a complex mix of sadness and celebration. Sadness for the decay and rot which strikes not just boats- but we humans and celebration of the boat's life at sea; the voyages taken, the storms weathered, tides navigated....the stories told of an individual and a boat fill bookshelves the world around.
As well, I love the surrounding structures (composition at work!) visually holding the vessel in a supporting grid of posts and shoreside homes.
Size 16 x 20 Price ~ $895 2018
"Low Tide at the Burdwood Beach"
Moments of bliss while engaged in painting are forever and indelibly embedded in my mind, as well as appearing on a piece of watercolour paper. Playing with colour and light as the tide falls while I paint on location at the Burdwood Beach near my home, the luminousity of the colours inspired the way I used the water, pigment and brush to express my joy in the moment.
16 x 20 $895 framed 2019
"Treasures of Spring"
Since I was a young painter I have loved painting bouquets of
daffodils in the spring. Yellow and blue with a sprinkle of pink
seems the perfect colour combination as they daffs and the
flowering current sparkle in the greens. Favourite things...an
antique perfume bottle found on the Burdwood Beach, moon
snail shells, a bear claw and my treasured string of trade
beads all symbolize aspects of my life story.
Watercolour 16 x 20 Museum quality framing
Price $795.00
Since I was a young painter I have loved painting bouquets of
daffodils in the spring. Yellow and blue with a sprinkle of pink
seems the perfect colour combination as they daffs and the
flowering current sparkle in the greens. Favourite things...an
antique perfume bottle found on the Burdwood Beach, moon
snail shells, a bear claw and my treasured string of trade
beads all symbolize aspects of my life story.
Watercolour 16 x 20 Museum quality framing
Price $795.00
"Eastbound Train by the Picnic Stop"
This painting from my cross-Canada trip in
2009 still touches me deeply. The sign with a
tree and picnic table in calm blue contrast with
the red urgency of the train as the wheels
clickety-clack across the great country. For me,
the train is a powerful theme symbolizing unity,
which can be derailed, as well.
The vertical bar of the right side of the CN logo
cuts through the map of Canada, right about
where we were leaving our campsite to follow
the train toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Watercolour, Museum Quality Framing
16 x 20 $795 2010
This painting from my cross-Canada trip in
2009 still touches me deeply. The sign with a
tree and picnic table in calm blue contrast with
the red urgency of the train as the wheels
clickety-clack across the great country. For me,
the train is a powerful theme symbolizing unity,
which can be derailed, as well.
The vertical bar of the right side of the CN logo
cuts through the map of Canada, right about
where we were leaving our campsite to follow
the train toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Watercolour, Museum Quality Framing
16 x 20 $795 2010
"Colin's Flowers"
Our friend Colin, once a west coast hand logger is now the inspired hotelier and creator of the most appealing inn (the Seine Boat Inn) in Alert Bay...the garden he and manager TerryLynn tend in the open-air deck access to rooms glows with jewel tones for the happy visitor watching for whales...
16 x 20 $795.00
2017
Hidden Shell Beach
Another of the sweet coastal secrets are
the numerous white shell beaches
signifying a homeplace or food-gathering
site on one of the many small islets
scattered throughout the Broughton
Archhipelago. Often these places are
tranquil, protected, rich with edible
seafood and plants. I often sit and
listen to the quiet wind-borne voices...
16 x 20 $795.00 2017
Ecstasy is an Island in June
Watercolor, museum quality framing
Size 16 x 20
Price $695.00
Few places mean more to me and are so full of gorgeous tiny details such as flowers, shells and sunsparkle, as the Burdwood Beach...
Helliwell Park, Hornby Island
Museum quality framing, watercolour
Size 16 x 20
Price framed 625.00
My daughter and I on a Mothers Day week visit together, she composed music, I painted every day on the bluffs. Bliss.
Fleury-Sur-Ouche, Spring in the French Garden
Watercolor, Museum quality framing
Size 18 x 24
Price 795.00
One of the few remaining paintings from my 1985 life-changing two month painting trip to France.. traveling by barge with Lucette and Jean on the Duc de Bourgogne...
Dusk at Gwaysdums Village
Watercolor, Museum Quality Framing
The boat is safe on the beach, the
old totem stands, wings aloft embracing
the dusky light as evening draws near.
The muted evening colours lend a
mysterious quality to the scene.
16 x 20
$795 framed
2018
Watercolor, Museum Quality Framing
The boat is safe on the beach, the
old totem stands, wings aloft embracing
the dusky light as evening draws near.
The muted evening colours lend a
mysterious quality to the scene.
16 x 20
$795 framed
2018
