St Andrews Hollow

 

St Andrews Hollow

A tiny yellow brick country church, one of the last of it's kind, overlooks a shallow winding valley where a glacial river once flowed. Both unfortunately are one land that is zoned for development.

What a lose if they should fall to the developers 'dozers. Our insatiable appetite for  what those in power call development comes at great cost. 

These are some of the most fertile lands in North America, and the world. The question needs to be asked... what legacy are we leaving future generations?  

18x36 inches, glazed acrylic, cradled wooden board, ready to hang, $899.

Available at Gathered Gallery in Sparta Ont.

Silent Witness

 The ancient live oaks of the hurricane battered south eastern U.S. bear silent witness to the changes 

wrought by humans through the passing centuries. We can only imagine the  changes they

have seen... if only they could talk, what would they say, and would we change our ways?

16x20, glazed acrylic painting on cradled wooden board, ready for hanging, $340.CND free shipping in Canada

Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

A steady wind acts as a sculptor, directing branches and canopy into elegant shapes.

These creations though can be fragile in the face of the hurricanes that lash this coast more frequently and stronger as the oceans warm. Each year we wonder what changes the winds will bring.

 original painting, glazed acrylic, 12x16, on cradled wooden panel, ready for hanging

$340.00

Dancing On The Edge

$340.

Dancing On The Edge

 Trees and under story growth dance on the edge of the marsh, toes dipped into the rich moist silt. The supple reeds bow and rustle their approval. Wildlings watch the show from their homes hidden from prying predatory eyes. The marsh is a nourishing safe haven.

Salt marshes on the oceans edge, are called the cradle of the sea. A huge percentage of ocean based life is born or hatched in the marsh. Inland marshes share a similar role of incubator and safe haven.

The worlds marshes, fens and swamps are some of the most misunderstood and therefore endangered habitats in the world.

Drained to farm - they provide rich soil, drained for mosquito control, drained to build on, filled in for all of the above... once gone they are not replaceable. Wetlands the world over teeter on the edge of destruction. we must and can do better!

12x16, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden board, ready to hang 

Saw Palmetto and Old Oak

 

Spread your arms and dance with the wind. Sometimes swaying gently, other times appearing ready to leap from the ground.  Elegant partners dancing through the decades, creating their own music. 

Live Oaks are a icon for durability, centuries old they have endured much change and  hopefully will continue the dance into the future with their lithe companions the Saw Palmetto.

8x8, glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, $190.

March Scarcely Here

 

March Scarcely Here

After a winter that hung around far too long, the first faint colours of spring are a very welcome sight. The gold of the willows and the faint blush of the maple blossoms promise warmer days and gentler weather to come. This shoreline though is coveted by developers, and is one of many who's protections are in danger of being removed, we need to stop and think before there lands are deregulated, once they're gone...they're gone.

glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, 

12x24, $460.00 free shipping in Canada

Marsh Highway

Marsh Highway

''For centuries, the marsh has served as a natural passageway for both humans and animals, offering a route that has been utilized since ancient times.'''

                      The world over marshes are disappearing, not just 'highways' they are also the cradle of                            the sea. From fish to birds to mammals, to reptiles, life starts here is nurtured then                                    ventures   into  the world.  The fragility of these precious environments 

 glazed acrylic, 12x12, ready to hang on cradled wooden panel

 $285.00

 

 

Rising Ground

 Rising Ground

Sinuous curves, followed the contours of the landscape and created patterns of colour and texture, agricultural art, seen but now gone. In it's place a factory stands....

Glazed Acrylic, 12x24, ready to hang on cradled wooden board, 

available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

Treasured Memories

Treasured Memories,

For many Ontarians the near north is the place to spend lazy summer days.

A place of lakes, forest, and peace, beloved by Canadian artists, in our hearts and memories there is no more treasured place to spend a holiday.

However, these places are under pressure from 'developers' and the politicians who want to

curry favour with them, we have so much to lose, if the deals go through.

 8x10 on cradled board ready to hang,  

glazed acrylic, $215. available

Elegant Oak

 

Live Oaks, survivors of century's of human occupation.

From the first peoples, to successive waves of European settlers, the oaks have endured , watching no doubt bemused with arboreal wisdom at the short range lives we live.

Like the SW Ontario rural landscapes I paint, these low country (at sea level) survivors are at risk from both human activities and from more frequent and stronger hurricanes.

This piece is part of my hurricane coast series, in which I'm recording the what is, before it becomes the what was.

8x8, glazed acrylic, on cradled wood panel

ready to hang, $190.

free shipping in Canada

                                                                                       

Treeline

 

Treeline

At a gentle separation, of field and field, or crop and crop,  a treeline waves. Far friendlier than a fence, and a place for the wildlings to travel to, from and along, these poplars, maple, and sometimes evergreens are green punctuation marks upon the landscape.  

6x6, glazed acrylic, cradled wooden board, ready to hang $145.00

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Swirls

Swirls

Across undulating hills the tractors dance, in their wake the soil swirls with lines and rhythms that catch the artists eye.  Patterns in the earth like visual music accentuate the landscape 

6x6, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, $145.00 

free shipping in Canada

Tor

 

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 Tor, Celtic hill fort, an ancient place of safety, now a place of peace and dreams, surrounded by fields of wild daffodils, and grazing sheep.  If only all battle grounds could be this way. 

16x12, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang, 

available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

Thank you to my amazing cousin Deb Tilley for the reference photo see more of her photography here

Across the Field

 

Across The Field

Distant silos beckon the weary farmer home, not just  storage, but a beacon too, standing tall amongst the trees and crops, a guide at the end on a long hard day. 

12x6 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang.

$215.00 plus shipping, calculated at checkout

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

www.thecollective-newsarum.ca

Road To The Lake

 

                                                                     

Road To The Lake

Taking the back roads to Tobermory to catch the Chi-cheemaun is for many Ontarians a summer tradition. All roads lead to the lake, and good memories.  

12x36, Glazed Acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

$630.00 available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

Pastoral

 

Pastoral

Mamas and babies, caught my eye, laying together, but separately, in the warm early fall sunshine.

This peaceful scene is just minutes from the 401, a busy multi lane highway and zoned for commercial development... 

glazed acrylic, 24x30, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

$999.00  

available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario

Glow

 

Glow

By the rivers edge trees dip their toes. 

Elemental shapes and luminous colour combine to create a joyous work that shouts it's spring! and the the world Glows. 

 8x8 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

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

www.thecollective-newsarum.ca

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                                  

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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

Currently at Tillsonburg Station Art Center 

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