Summer Days

Summer Days

Country roads on summer days, bring  memories of road trips spent watching the land slip by on our way to our holiday destinations. 

 

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang

$125.00

           Consigned to: New Sarum Collective contact@thecollective-newsarum.ca                                  

www.thecollective-newsarum.ca

Into The Hills

Into The Hills

Hills dip down to the road, furrows wrinkle their brows, and trees dressed for autumn adorn their crests, but wait what's that...a sold for development sign. I'm so sad that where once rolling hills, a small pond and trees dwelled, resides a factory. Is this really progress?

6x6 glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board ready to hang

$125.00 plus shipping, calculated at checkout

              Consigned to: New Sarum Collective contact@thecollective-newsarum.ca                                  

www.thecollective-newsarum.ca

 

Waiting for Spring

 Waiting For Spring

Old corn rows peek out between the remains of snow, willows glow gold, as the sap begins to flow. There is a faint shimmer of colour everywhere, as life stirs just below the surface, waiting for spring. 

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang

Drumlin

 

Drumlin

Down the side road, by the corn maze, there is an odd little hill, a glacial remnant, and a reminder of why this land is so fertile. Glacial till deposited as the drumlin was formed by the melting ice, is some of the richest soil in Canada. Soil that feeds cities and industry that in turn devours the very soil that made them possible.

   

glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

16x20, CDN $490.00 plus shipping calculated at checkout

          

 

Hamilton Rd Undulations

Hamilton Rd Undulations

I drive past this vista regularly, there’s a rutted farm track that goes through the fields. The land tells tales of retreating glacial flood waters, followed by forests then farms. These fields are zoned industrial use and one by one they’re disappearing under concrete and asphalt, how do we balance intelligent development with future need, in a hungry world?

  Glazed Acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,  

                                                             24x30.CDN  $798.00 

                                                          Available at Gathered, A Gallery..

                                                                          

 

Into The Distance

Into The Distance

Some times the fields seem to go on as far as the eye can see, an illusion of straight fence lines, and undulating land.

glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, 

 12x16, $350.00 CDN

Centre Line

Early in the year, the cover crop is ploughed under, the fertile land  ready for seed is almost purple in it's richness, promising future bounty.

Centre Line, Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, 

ready to hang, 

8x10,  CDN $215.00 

                 Consigned to: New Sarum Collective contact@thecollective-newsarum.ca                                  

www.thecollective-newsarum.ca

 

Green and Gold

Not far off the beaten track of the 401 super highway, a rural road winds past farmsteads and villages, a welcome respite from the City that nibbles at the lands around it. Veracious in it's appetite, will the City snatch these lands into it's maw as so many already devoured?  The zoning change has already taken place, the clock is ticking... 

 Green and Gold, Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang,

24x30, CDN $999.00

 

Pump House

This remnant of rural life harkens back to a time when family farms dominated the landscape. Now  surrounded by developing subdivisions, this bit of history is  safe only until it becomes worth the work of flattening the rolling landscape.  I record it while I can.

Hamilton Rd Pump House, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,

 12x16, CDN $340.00 free shipping in Canada

Corn and Beans

Corn and Beans, behind the farm market, rolling hills cloaked in crops, undulate their way toward a sugar bush, both are productive and beautiful. 

Glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

 

Available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

12x16, $340 

free shipping in Canada

Carriage Line

     A small stream flowing into the Thames River meanders through the fields near Delaware, it's carving its way through hills and shaded by trees, offering refuge and nourishment to the wildlife. In the midst of a rapidly changing world, this stream stands as a sanctuary, at least for the time being.

Carriage line, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
12x16,CDN $335.00 free shipping in Canada

Rural Geometry

Rural Geometry, Usually I'm attracted to the patterns I see in the undulation of the land, but in this flat as a pancake plateau, the patterns are all straight lines, the geometry of man. Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,
12x16,  $335.00  CND$


available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

Fruit Ridge Line

Inland from the lake, a steep road rises to the crest of the ridge that defines the shore of

 the ancient sea.

Fruit Ridge, as it's name denotes is the home to orchards and fertile farms that bask in the sun on

this southern slope .

 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
 8X10, CDN $215.00

                  Consigned to: The Collective Mercantile  Sparta                               

thecollectivemercantile.ca

                                                                  free shipping in Canada

Just Outside Of Town

Just Outside Of Town,

To the South of town, the land is still farms, to the North the voracious city is gobbling land up. I record what is, but I wonder how long will this vista of lovely lyrical  lines will last?  Is the loss of productive land inviable or is there a way to develop more  intelligently?

 glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

8x10, CDN $215.00

https://thecollective-newsarum.ca/

Dancing Palms

Dancing Palms, Diptych 

One of our favourite places on earth is Hunting Island SC, this barrier island is exposed to the Atlantic, and barely above sea level, which puts it at great risk from the changing weather patterns. This group of palms is just off the campground beach path, even though there have been successive devastating hurricanes recently, they still stand. Their neighbouring Pines have succumbed, the Live Oaks have had much damage, but the silly mop head palms survive. There is something to be  said for being  flexible, and able to shed your fronds when the going gets tough.

Be like a palm, dance your way through the hurricanes of life. 

5x15, glazed acrylic, flat mounted on wooden panel, glazed acrylic 

$220.00 

free shipping in Canada

Restoule

This was the one of the very first paintings in my signature 'Glazed Acrylic' style. We were camping in our tiny first RV, and I decided to do some experimenting... the rest as they say is history! 

Restoule Provincial Park in Northern Ontario is defined by ancient cedar trees, and high Canadian Shield rock cliffs.  Time on a human scale seems inconsequential here.

 Glazed Acrylic, 18x24, on un mounted wooden panel, unframed,
$462.00,free shipping in Canada