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August 23rd, 2010    "Rural Wonders" the drawing                 To say that my paintings are a window to the things that I value most is pretty stupid. There are lot of things that I value that don't get translated into paint...most particularly my dear wife (although she has upon occasion been added to the work). I do really appreciate, however, the iconic things about the Ontario countryside. Two of them stand out as favourites. One is stone farmhouses and the other is Tiger Lilies. This isn't the first time I have brought the two together to form a perfectly pleasant image of rural Southern Ontario.     Rural Wonders   August 11th, 2010   "Desperate Days"                 I really don't know what the fascination with old things is. I don't really think it's a case of "They don't build them as they used to" but rather that there is so much to learn about studying the past. I truly believe that to ignore the past is to fail in coping with the future.  I have to say that I feel that in not valuing the architecture and the environment that we inherited, we don't really have much hope in saving it.   By the same token, I don't think "Desperate Days" is all that desperate. There remains something comforting about being surrounded by old things.    Desperate Days   July 15th, 2010   "Desperate Days"     underpainted        It seems to me that in each of my pieces a single element of nature dominates the work.and the rest of the painting is built around it. In this one I love the trees which speak to the richness of the environment in which poverty obviously reigns. The title may be "Desperate Days" but it's clearly not about desperation.It's more about the sacrifices made by farmers in a modern economic environment because of their love of the land.    Desperate Days   June 20th, 2010   "Desperate Days"     drawing          I was born at the end of the last World War and, as I was growing up in this province moving from one rural area to another, I remember very well a rural farming economy which had obviously suffered mightily through the war years. My general recollections were of farmsteads badly in need of repair and upgrading. In choosing to depict such a farmstead, however, I am not in anyway interested in emphasizing the desperation one might experience in such a situation. My paintings are much more about those things that keep a person attached to this way of life despite its many problems. The freshness of nature and the sense of freedom attached to such a lifestyle are things to be celebrated. You will find the image vaguely familiar. That's because I choose to revisit one which I had converted to an autumn scene a couple of years ago. Here is the drawing for "Desperate Days"    Desperate Days   More... Newest Works - June 14th, 2010 Newest Works - March 20th, 2010 Newest Works - March 17th, 2010 Newest Works - February 23rd, 2010 Newest Works - February 12th, 2010 Newest Works - January 30th 2010 Newest Works - Dec 6th, 2009 Newest Works - Nov 15th, 2009 Newest Works - Oct.22nd, 2009 Newest Works - Sept. 16th, 2009 Newest Works - August 8th, 2009 Newest Works - July 2nd, 2009 Newest Works - June 20th, 2009 Newest Works - June 11th, 2009 Newest Works - May 4th, 2009 Newest Works - Apr.6th, 2009 Newest Works - Mar. 23rd, 2009 Newest Works - Mar. 4th, 2009 Newest Works - Feb 23rd, 2009 Newest Works - Feb 18th, 2009 << Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >> Results 1 - 24 of 63 August 23rd, 2010    "Rural Wonders" the drawing                 To say that my paintings are a window to the things that I value most is pretty stupid. There are lot of things that I value that don't get translated into paint...most particularly my dear wife (although she has upon occasion been added to the work). I do really appreciate, however, the iconic things about the Ontario countryside. Two of them stand out as favourites. One is stone farmhouses and the other is Tiger Lilies. This isn't the first time I have brought the two together to form a perfectly pleasant image of rural Southern Ontario.     Rural Wonders

 

August 11th, 2010   "Desperate Days"                 I really don't know what the fascination with old things is. I don't really think it's a case of "They don't build them as they used to" but rather that there is so much to learn about studying the past. I truly believe that to ignore the past is to fail in coping with the future.  I have to say that I feel that in not valuing the architecture and the environment that we inherited, we don't really have much hope in saving it.   By the same token, I don't think "Desperate Days" is all that desperate. There remains something comforting about being surrounded by old things.    Desperate Days

 

July 15th, 2010   "Desperate Days"     underpainted        It seems to me that in each of my pieces a single element of nature dominates the work.and the rest of the painting is built around it. In this one I love the trees which speak to the richness of the environment in which poverty obviously reigns. The title may be "Desperate Days" but it's clearly not about desperation.It's more about the sacrifices made by farmers in a modern economic environment because of their love of the land.    Desperate Days

 

June 20th, 2010   "Desperate Days"     drawing          I was born at the end of the last World War and, as I was growing up in this province moving from one rural area to another, I remember very well a rural farming economy which had obviously suffered mightily through the war years. My general recollections were of farmsteads badly in need of repair and upgrading. In choosing to depict such a farmstead, however, I am not in anyway interested in emphasizing the desperation one might experience in such a situation. My paintings are much more about those things that keep a person attached to this way of life despite its many problems. The freshness of nature and the sense of freedom attached to such a lifestyle are things to be celebrated. You will find the image vaguely familiar. That's because I choose to revisit one which I had converted to an autumn scene a couple of years ago. Here is the drawing for "Desperate Days"    Desperate Days

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