Country Road

12 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
In honour of its 35 year anniversary, the Burlington Art Centre is presenting its Annual Art Auction in three formats this year: online, silent, and live. Each segment will feature 35 original pieces of art. I am very excited to have the painting featured above accepted into the live auction which will take place at the centre on February 8, 2013.

Burlington

3 foot by 4 foot oil on canvas
This is a view of Burlington, Ontario from King Road.

Country Road

12 x 24 inches on canvas

This is painting is quite similar to a larger painting a completed last year. I worked off of the same reference photo. Happy with how it turned out.

Exit 25

12 x 24 inch landscape

Last Light - Halton Escarpment

The top painting is the finished piece entitled "Last Light" completed in studio (12 x 24 inches). The painting below it is the plein air study (6 x 12 inches) that I based the larger painting on. "Last Light" was auctioned off in support of Halton Heroes, a charity that helps the families of injured Police officers in the Halton Region.

Plein air studies

Above are some plein air studies I did of the Halton Escarpment. The first one at about 7 pm and the second at around 8 pm just before the sun set. These were studies for a larger painting that I donated to the charity Halton's Heroes.

Hot Poker Plant

These flowers are from my sun garden. They plant is has really neat orange and yellow flowers and loves the sun. Was a fun challenge to paint, will have to try them again.

Study for Art In Action Live Painting

This is the study I did for a live painting I completed at the Art in Action Silent Auction a couple of weeks ago. This is the third time I have painted live at the event; lots of fun but I always do a practice run to work out the mixing of the colours and ensure I can finish the painting in 2 hours with time to enjoy the event too. The live painting I completed was very similiar to this one - just a little more polished.

Commission 2012

This is a commission piece for my Dentist's office. It is 4 feet by 6 feet and in person the colour and texture are really striking. The children in the foreground are my Dentist's. It fits looks great in the office and the nice thing is I get to go and visit it regularly.

I am reposting a painting I did at the end of last year titled 'The Gift'. For the past few months I have been so busy that I have not entered a single post and rather than beat myself up for this I am going to look at it as a Gift. Other areas of my life have been so full and busy that my posting had to take second seat for a little bit while I concentrated on a new job and some fun painting commissions. More posting to come as I get back into the swing of painting for me!

Upcoming Studio Tour

I will be at Studio 7 this weekend.

Urban Peace

End of the Day

Another one currently on display at the Sunrise Gallery.

Asphalt Reflections

This painting was inspired by a photo I took on a rainy night at the Dundas  and Bronte Rd intersection. This painting is on display at the Sunrise Gallery until October 16/2011.

Winter Drive

This is the last painting I did for the show I have up at the Sunrise Gallery - and my favourite at the moment. (My favourite is often the last thing I painted.)
There was a great turn out for the opening yesterday - thanks to all who came I had a great time chatting with everyone.

Aldo's Cupcake

This is a painting of a Blackberry Cheesecake Cupcake that one of my husband's hockey buddies made. Thanks for the cupcakes Aldo! They were awesome.

Aberdeen Exit

 

As one of my friends put it - this painting is very Ontario.

Gridlock

 

I have been busy getting ready for a show at Sunrise Gallery. Here is a sneak peak at one of the pieces in the show. The opening is this Saturday, September 17th from 2-5 pm. The show will be up until October 16th.

Jenna's Cupcake

This was a commission for my five year old niece for her birthday. Lucky for me, she was pleased with it. (it has also sparked requests from my family for more cupcake paintings)

Untitled

 

Not sure what to title this one.