été 2020 Summer 2020
Mirabel in the morning
10x20 oil on board. Plein Air. Mirabel Quebec.
Distant Plunder final
12x24 oil on canvas, plein air, coaticook quebec.
Back Road Saint Eustache
This is the Mondou Farm - the pet stores located throughout Quebec - in Saint Eustache - 18x24 studio piece as the light changed way to fast to paint from life.
rv in back
Little Bridge, big dow watching, early summer, trees not yet fully leafed out. 7x9 plein air oil on board.
other side of the tracks
Rockland Maine from a photo. Had some great luck in my Maine gallery and they needed new work to replace stuff they sold. I couldnt get there to paint onsite with the pandemic, so I worked from photos. Still, it turned out pretty good. 8x10 oil on board.
boat in front woods in back must be Maine.
There's this little house on the way to Tenant's Harbor Maine that I love to look at and paint when I can. Just iconic Maine. Thus the title. 8x10 oil on board. Available through Camden Falls Art Gallery. 8x10 oil on board.
Double Dip
Painted this in plein air, looking from one hillside to another, along a dirt road near Chesterville Quebec. 12x16 oil on board
Before Coffee
I've got permission to paint this private property near Mont Tremblant which allows me access different times of the day. Early morning before full llight the shallow water, with fog lifting shows off mauves, blues and lilacs. Just lovely. Available through Beauchamp Galleries in Quebec. 24x30 oil on canvas.
blind curve full throttle
I 20, East of Montreal, there's this exit, and this light = in the evening that comes through...its just lovely. 30x40 oil on canvas. This is a studio piece from a picture I took, shadows moving too rapidly to paint onsite. 30x40 oil no canvas.
a tree study
I love dirt roads. I seek them out. I can park my car, let my dog out without too much worry some bozo will come by and side swipe either of us. This was done on a dirt road - seasonably open - in Saint Eustache, Quebec. 12x16 oil on board.
the falls
Done for a show in Middlebury, this piece is from the falls coming through Frog Hollow. Its lovely. 11x14 oil on board.
summer fly by
This is a bigger piece for me to paint outside. I think it turned out. The clouds moving pretty quickly I had to catch them before they were gone, reminding me just how quickly summer passes. 15x30 oil on canvas plein air.
frog hollow
Middlebury Vermont. 12x16 oil on canvas.
middlebury group show proposal.jpg
submissions I sent (including frame) for a group show at my gallery in Middlebury Vermont.
Hit the Roof
8x10 oil on board.
bright day
Not all pieces have stories, a lot do...this one, I was painting in the farmer's front yard, just off the road, when they came out and chastised me for being too close to traffic. They wanted me to come MORE on their property. Only in Canada. 12x16 oil on canvas. Available through Camden Falls Art Gallery, Camden Maine.
back road coaticook
Just love this little painting. A house, a road, hill and trees. And my imagination. 7x9 oil on board. plein air.
back country quebec
Mondou farm in the distance. This is a studio piece that I love. 24x48 oil on canvas.
Climbing Mont Blanc
Late summer, leaves just starting to change. Walking up the steep access road near the first summit at Mont Blanc Quebec. 30x40 oil on canvas.
Glory
Studio study for a bigger piece. 18x24 oil on canvas.
Stripes and Plaids.j
Stripes and plaids. Tis is iconic Quebec sky. 18x24 oil on canvas.
between runs mont blanc
Painted on Mont Blanc, between two runs, boulders and trees catching raking light. 18x24 oil on canvas.
Below the Beaver Dam Saint Faustin
Shallow pond near Saint Faustin created by beavers. 18x24 oil on canvas.
above the dam saint faustin quebec
A small study near Saint Faustin. 18c24 oil on canvas.
A fallen Giant
Windstorms did some major damage where I have been painting. Big pine tree down.
Saint Eustache Mondou Farm in back
smallish study I did preparing for a bigger piece. 14x18 oil on canvas
sudden stop oil on canvas
Study for 3040 14x18 oil on canvas
7xx9 high road victoriaville chestervill
I just love the roads in the townships. This one from Victoriaville to Chesterville has caught my attention and imagination. Its my "go to" place to paint when I have the day to drive there.
montblanc trees
a view from the summit at Mont Blanc. 8x10 oil on board.
St faustin from the mountain
7x9 oil no board.
heatwave in St Eustache
plein air piece from Saint Eustache. 14x18 oil on canvas.
runoff beaver dam saint faustin
Plein Air study from the Dam
somewhere to go
Laval park. 8x10 oil on board.
ravine crossing
one of a group of studies I did in the woods bordering my favourite lake in Saint Faustin.
Tremble
large piece, 30x40 oil on canvas, available through Beauchamp Galleries
Old School
This is from Laval. Plein Air. 12x16 oil on board.
out from under
8x10 lakeside study oil on board
above the dam
lakeside study 8x10 oil on board.
Below the Falls
Lakeside study 8x10 oil on board.
In the Way Saint Faustin
Lakeside study 8x10 oil on board.
saint faustin one june 2020
Lakeside study 8x10 oil on board, Saint Faustin Quebec
saint faustin two june 2020
Lakeside study Saint Faustin Quebec 8x10 oil on board
saint faustin three june 2020
Just the light coming through was worth the black flies. 8x10 oil on board.
Alice at night
18x24 oil on canvas Studio piece - painted from Alice's Farm in St Eustache