Paul's Place

I was visiting my friend Paul who lives in Salmon Arm, BC. towards the end of summer last year.  His property is very beautiful. It's surrounded by mountains and his home is nested close to Shuswap Lake. I like everything about this painting, especially the large trees in the foreground and the two big rocks. It was a joy to paint for me and kept me busy at it for close to 2 weeks as it's fairly large. 

Enjoy~ 

Sunflower Radiance

I was at the Revelstoke Art Gallery in BC recently, to see a show of painted works by local artists when I noticed large stalks of Sunflowers growing at the entrance of the gallery. Set against the red bricked building, they looked showy and imposing. Their size and brilliance was compounded by the morning sunlight. I had wished that I could have painted them right there but it wasn't appropriate so out came my camera to takes a few shots and this painting followed.