Compliments

Picking up on the 10 Minute Challenge, I decided to do a single pear. I really liked the top right hand pear, and tried to replicate it, but I don't think I quite hit it. I do like it though.

6x6" Oil on gesso board
$75  plus shipping

Pears :10 Minute Challenge

This is my entry for the 10 Minute Challenge posed by Carol Marine from Daily Paint Works, an online art group of painters that I belong to. In this challenge, we were to pick one subject, set the watch for 10 minutes, and paint 4 each of that subject.  I tried to change it a bit in each. The board I painted on is 6x6" so each of these is 3x3". I tried not to panic, and actually think about what I was painting, shadows, highlights, background, etc.


6x6"
Oil on Gessoboard
NFS

In the Clouds

The CNE or "Ex" is one of my favourite subjects. I loved the clouds in the reference photo for this, and I did it as a Daily Paintworks Challenge.

8x8"
Oil on Raymar cotton panel
$110 plus shipping

Gulls on Ice

These gulls are standing on a thin layer of ice on Lake Ontario, except for the one in the background where the water is not frozen.

6x12" Oil on cradled panel.
$125 plus shipping

Three Graces

There are hundreds of Mute Swans on the shores of Lake Ontario at Toronto. They are irresistibly graceful, but you wouldn't want to make one mad - they are quite aggressive and can easily injure humans or your dog! 

Watching, and hearing them take off from the lake is an awesome sight. Their wingspan is enormous, and they make extremely loud wing beats. Also they are an introduced species, and are quickly displacing native species. Pretty, though.

Oil on canvas
6x6"
$75 plus shipping

Skyride

There is something about rides where your legs are dangling that really appeals to me - it's a kind of freedom!
This is from the "Ex" in Toronto.

10x10"
Oil on canvas
$135 plus shipping

Lila

This is a portrait of a lovely dog called Lila who I see many days at the dog park by Lake Ontario in Toronto where I walk dogs. She is very sweet natured and energetic, and her owner asked me to do a portrait of her. He picked it up the other day and loved it! 

11x14"
Oil on canvas