Tiger Lilies

These tiger lilies were growing in my daughter Christine's garden here in Edmonton.


16"x16"
Oils on 2" canvas

Skipping Stones

The grandsons at a pond near their home.

18"x24"

Oils on canvas

Still Life with Pewter Tea Pot

This was my second ever oil painting at Pro's Art. I learned so much doing this painting. I loved the see through aspect of the vases and the reflections on the tea pot. It was a lot of fun to do.

11"x14"

Oil on canvas

Onion and Plums

This onion was so intriguing to paint that I actually did two more of the same subject.

9"x12"

Oil on canvas

Old Man at Work

I saw a photograph of this in the National Geographic and thought the colors worked so well together.





Oils on canvas
18"x14"

Gerald's Truck

I painted this for a friend who builds these giant trucks which are rigged for drilling and usually end up in the deserts overseas. He loved his trucks and wanted to have the painting for his office.

Statue in the Marketplace

My husband and I were in New Mexico several years ago and one early morning took this photograph of a beautiful statue in the centre of a marketplace before many people arrived to shop.

20"x30"

Oils on canvas

First Jack O'Lantern

The grandsons designed their own jack o'lantern one Hallowe'en and were very proud to display it on their front steps.





18"x18"
Oil on canvas

The Lesson

I came upon this black and white photograph of a mother and child at a First Nations festival in Ontario. The colors are from my own imagination and so I make no claim as to their correctness.

16"x16"

Oils on canvas

Brothers on the Farm

This painting was done from a black and white photograph
of my husband and his brother on their grandfather's farm
near Rosetown, Saskatchewan.

Roosters on the Ledge

My mother in Regina wanted an original of mine and loves bright colors in her kitchen. So, when I came across this photograph of a window ledge of a pub in Ireland taken by my son, Robert, I painted it for her.

Original oil  12 x 16  

Grand Canyon

This was from a photograph taken by my husband on a trip to 6 of the National Parks in the western USA. It was my first painting sold.

Still Life with Wedding Rings

My daughter, Laura, and her husband, Jon, were married just before this painting was done. They wanted a picture set in their home with their favorite wines and their wedding rings. This painting hangs in their living room.

Saskatchewan Skyline

My parents come from the Swift Current area of Saskatchewan. This is the view of the elevators of the Village of Neville, as they were then. They have since disappeared.

Cheeta

My daughter Chris's cat

in her favorite spot.

Jesse

Jesse is a beautiful yellow Lab and belongs to my daughter-in-law, Christine, and my two grandchildren, Joshua and Daniel. The painting was done when Jesse was very young.

 

Tulips and a Happy Sky

This painting was done at the special request of my daughter, Laura, who loves tulips and blue summer skies. It was painted from a photograph taken by her and is on a large 36 x 40 inch canvas. It graces the wall in her dining room.

Oils on canvas

36"x40"

Hockey Practice

Another painting from the Bob Brooks collection of photographs from the Yarmouth area.

Fallen Beauty

This painting was done from a photograph from Bob Brooks' book: a large piece of driftwood lying amongst forest flowers and reflecting their colors.

14"x18"
Oils on canvas

Deep Woods

This painting was done from a photograph taken by my son Brian in Kananaskis Country. I tried a new method here: as the subject is quite dark I started by painting the entire canvas black and used the "wipe out" method.

12x16

Oils on canvas

Daniel

My grandson, Daniel, became the subject of a painting one summer day when he seemed to be enjoying himself.

11x14

Oils on canvas

Study in Green

My two sisters and I were preparing avocados for dinner while visiting our mother in Regina. We were taken by the colors of the whole thing. After I returned home I painted this still life.

11x14

Oils on canvas

Joshua

I took a photograph of my grandson, Joshua, during a soccer game. He is now the subject of an 14 x 11 painting in which I tried to portray his intense concentration on the happenings on the field.

14 x 11
Oils on canvas

 

Grandfather

My husband's grandfather, John Baker, lived to be 103 years old. The photograph of him from which this painting was painted, was full of interesting shadows and lines, and just begged to be painted.

14x18

Oils on canvas
Giclee available

Racing the Storm

After looking through the book of photography by Sherman Hines entitled "Alberta", I wrote to Mr. Hines asking his permission to paint one of his photographs. He very kindly gave me that permission. This is the result. It was great fun to paint, mostly with a two inch brush.


24x36
Oils on canvas
Giclee available