ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS
Warmland Snow
oil on canvas
24" x 36"
Original is reserved for the duration of the raffle. You could win this painting. We get little snow in our temperate climate. When it lays for a while it is a beautiful counterpoint to the warm colours of the Arbutus trees that populate our coastline.
Dignity in Decay
24X20", oil on canvas, framed The warmth and richness of this stream bed inspire awe. Everywhere in this forest are scenes of nature nurturing itself through the life cycle.
The Estuary
20X24", oil on canvas, framed. The estuary lies between the cascading rivers and the immense ocean. It is here in the interface where I can kayak amongst feeding seals and sea lions and multitudes of sea birds. This scene captures the repose at slack tide. The water lies quiet and warms over the sun soaked sand. Peace before frenzy.
The Watchman
48X48", oil on canvas. (presently out on rental. please contact me if interested) A solitary raven sifts through the giant spruce and cedar. He watches us travel below. Will we respect or destroy the watchmans home?
The Tempest
48X48", oil on canvas. 3/4" wrapped edges painted. Ready to hang. The Pacific can be treacherous and relentless. Even the hardest rocks wear down from the consistent pounding. Powerful places to stand and behold.
Arbutus Dance
Arbutus Dance was inspired by a synergy between "place" and "form". Bill Hibberd searches out those magical "thin places" in nature where the physical and divine rub together. This grove of arbutus trees habitate one of those places. Their human-like limbs and colouring imply community and interaction. Very charming as well as eminently paintable.
Calla Grace
24X36", oil on canvas. (currently reserved for duration of raffle. You could win this painting.) I love the sublime curves of the Calla lily. Juxtaposed against this heavy impasto background the delicate are amplified.
Standing at the edge of the world
30X48" diptych (2 panels). Ready to hang. I love standing on the escarpment where the Pacific crashes into our island. I compose the impressions of the sea in my mind. With images imprinted on my mind I return to the studio and pick up my brushes. The original is a diptych and the prints are melded into one piece.
Sheringham Point
24X48", diptych (2 panels). Ready to hang. The seas off the islands southern shoreline can provide spectacular scenes. This is one of them. Original is a diptych and the prints are melded into one piece.
Evenglow
24X20", oil on canvas, framed. In the last minutes of the day the interior of the forest is bathed in warm summer light. Magical! One must be careful to not be seduced to stay past the dusk. night falls fast and hard out here. I have been in situations where I considered staying put through the night rather than risk a fall in the darkness. This is a lovely trail on one of our gulf islands.
Wild Pacific
30X48", diptych (2 panels). Currently reserved for raffle. You could win this painting.
This seascape was composed during our summer camping on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is such a wild place, bursting with life. The original is a diptych and the prints on canvas are melded into one piece.
Cultural Evolution
36X48" . Original is oil on canvas, prints are available. The sixties in London brought seismic changes to culture. Twiggy with her paper dresses and Sasson hair styles is symbolic of the time.
Great Blue Heron
36X18" Oil and variegated silver leaf on canvas. Frame is driftwood. Kayaking about on a nearby lake affords me many opportunities to visit these magnificent birds.
Petro-economics. (not a zero-sum game)
30X40X3/4", oil on canvas. Painted edges. Ready to hang. The almost insignificant small, solitary tanker sliding by on the horizon represents a real threat to our fragile coast. Will we ever learn?
Early Memory.
16X16x1", oil and 23carat gold leaf on cradled birch panel. From my precious metal period. Oil paint is transparently applied over a genuine gold leaf ground. This piece is very interactive with ambient light. Transitions from moody to glowing as light changes. A tribute to my childhood and my middle child.
Warmland Child
24X36X3/4", oil on canvas, painted edges, ready to hang. A babes security wrapped in mothers arms is reinforced by the human like Arbutus form.
Spring Thaw
20X24", oil on canvas. Frame is included. The warmth of spring awakens the dormant land.
Requiem for the Ancient Ones.
!8X36" oil on canvas. Frame included. Who will defend the old growth forest? Who will defend the children's future?
The Sands of Time
48X48" Oil and silver leaf on cradled birch panel. From the first days of life through to the last all the stages of life are better at the beach. As with all my silver leaf paintings the ambiguities of them medium are constantly responding to ambient light.
Cornstalks in winter
16X20", oil and silver leaf on canvas. Frame included. Presently rented to film sets. Please contact me if interested. We can arrange to liberate this piece for you.
Two Enthusiasts.
30X40", oil on canvas, painted on sides, ready to hang. Crosswalk encounter. Are the two enthusiasts the humans or are they the two goslings having an animated conversation about the merits of LBCs(little British cars)?
The Promise
36X36", oil on canvas. I will throw in the frame if it is to your taste. Painted en plein air on clay banks above the Okanagan Lake.
Yellow Bear
19X10", oil and silver leaf on cradled birch panel. Edges finished with silver leaf. Ready to hang.
Equilibrium
10X10", oil and silver leaf on cradled birch panel. Edges finished in silver leaf. ready to hang.
Decompressing
10X10", oil and silver leaf on cradled birch panel. Edges finished in silver leaf. ready to hang.
Iris
24X18" oil and variegated silver leaf on birch cradled panel. Includes custom frame
Steppin out. Collection of artist.
An experimental piece that inspired two years of painting on silver and gold leaf.
Light on the fallen. SOLD
18X36”, oil and silver leaf on canvas, framed. Original SOLD. Prints are available