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Storm Sky, Alberta - 71 x 106 cm
Refelection in Nice Harbour, France - 59 x 85 cm
River Reflections - St. Petersburg - 71 x 104 cm
Reflection in Marseille Harbour, France - 71 x 104 cm
Queen Charlotte Islands, BC - 63.5 x 82.5 cm
Reflection, Elk Lake, BC - 81 x 102 cm
Whaleback Sky, Alberta - 54.5 x 110 cm
Reflection, The Sierras, CA - 71 x 102 cm
Reflection in the Ganges, India - 96.5 x 71 cm
Discovery Islands, BC - 100 x 81 cm
Cliff and Tree, Utah - 100 x 70 cm
Prince William Sound, Alaska - 59 x 106.5 cm
     
Belize Coast - 102 x 85 cm
Brittany Coast, France - 104 x 76 cm
Water Stained Cliff, Utah - 106 x 71 cm
       
My paintings are inspired by my love of the outdoors. As a keen hiker, skier and kayaker, I take pleasure in the designs that I find in nature as I pursue these activities. After capturing the patterns that I find in the earth, water and sky with a camera, I use these images as references for my oil paintings which render the compositions at a scale that moves them toward the monumental. By presenting the images as large canvases, I hope to bring attention to some of the glory that exists in the natural world, which we tend to take for granted, or simply not notice.
I enjoy the way these captured images can function as not only representations of some aspect of a natural dynamic,
but also as abstract designs independent of their source.

The paintings play with scale, colour and pattern, moving what might be seen as mundane into the realm of something noble.
The Nature of Water - click for details. Now available - The Nature of Water - my book featuring the paintings from The Water Series. Click here for details.
 
 
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