All Collections
Winter Paintings
In the month of January 2025, I participated in the Stradaeasel Challenge to create a painting a day, on location. That's 31 complete paintings in one month. I painted scenes of my beautiful.village, Dorset, nestled in the Algonquin Highlands on the far east edge of Muskoka in Ontario. When it snowed, I painted scenes of my home and my cafe at Pizza on Earth. All are oil paintings.
Autumn Paintings
I don't get to paint a lot when our pizzeria (Pizza on Earth) is open in the warm weather. But, one day a week I take off and escape with my easel. Got to keep the painting skill well primed so as not to lose my the painterly touch!
Arowhon Pines and Algonquin Park
For the past two years, I have been the artist-in-residence at Arowhon Pines. I love this opportunity! Theresa, the owner, treats me like royalty. One day a week in the summer, I set up my easel on the grounds of the resort and paint. Guests can come and watch the progress and ask questions about painting, or about the painter. I even have my own little gallery on the premises from which I sell just about everything I produce. When the lunch bell rings, Theresa, or another staff member, fetches me to come into the historic, hexagonal dining hall to enjoy a gourmet lunch, on the house! Sometime, I canoe around Little Joe Lake and paint the landscape, too.
Interiors and Still Life
When it is too cold or snowy to go outside, I paint the interior spaces that I occupy: my home, my café, my gallery, and views from windows.
Summer Paintings
I don't often paint outside of Algonquin Park in the summer, but this collection contains the few that I do.