2025
This pen & ink, with graphite, drawing was commissioned my St. John the Evangelist Anglican church, in Peterborough. This is to be used for the celebration of its 200 anniversary, next year.
This very delicate painting was commissioned and a neighbour, had a magnolia tree in full bloom at the time, so I was fortunate to be able to get my own photos for this painting. Because of the almost white colour of the petal edges, an outline was first done in pen & ink, then acrylic washes were added.
This is the first client project for this year - a family portrait of 3. Although this artwork started out with pen & ink drawings, by adding watercolour, the 3 faces really popped!
2024
A local place of interest is the Lang Pioneer Village in Keene, Ontario. This is the Lang Grist Mill. It was an art class project for September 2024, using a photo kindly supplied by Reed Scriver, although I did have some of my own photos. The sun was in a better location to get the shadows on the building, than in my photos.
Another class project, created with pen & ink, using a hatching technique. This painting was based on a photo taken by my grandson Ethan, in B.C. and I hope we did justice to his photo.
10 days into April, and 2 daffodils are in bloom. this painting, was created for my art class, using a photo I took last year, with the daffodils in full bloom. Starting with a detailed pen & ink drawing, watercolour was then added.