Exposed

Around where I live we have two kinds of deer. Mule deer and white tails.

There are several reliable ways to distinguish mule deer from whitetails:

1. Mule deer have bigger ears. That's how they got their name.
2. When they run, mule deer do not bound like whitetails. They jump up and land with all four legs leaving and hitting the ground at the same time. It's called "stotting." It's thought to help them see danger at a distance in brushy country.
3. Mule deer do not flag with their tails when they run, while whitetails show those big, fluffy, white tails for all to be seen like billboards, and they bound gracefully when they are spooked. Mule deer do flag, but their tails are small and they stott.
This is my painting of a mule deer. We often see them close to our home and I have taken many photographs of mule deer. My challenge was to be able to show the fleshy soft ears of a mule deer. So for this painting I used the ‘rough’ side of my Canson paper, which allowed me to play with the texture of the ears.
Though I am not know for putting details into the background of my paintings, in my last two paintings I have tried to give a sense of the environment without overpowering the subject.

For Sale 61 x 46 cm Backed and Matt but Unframed US $250.

SOLD

The Old Homestead

There are many forsaken old homesteads on the back roads of Alberta. Sometimes they can look quite ghostly. As a photographer I always wanted to try to do a photograph of an old homestead with a model dressed in old fashion clothes, but turn the model into a ghostly figure…

A few weeks ago I was driving around a little place called Milo, and by chance happened upon this ancient steam tractor, the wheels were spikes! What a find, and I took photo’s from every angle. Having recently painted the car, I was motivated to do the tractor, but a rusty tractor was bland to me so I started to look at how this rust color could be made with my palette, The blending of the colors became a absorption and I decided to do the tractor in a more abstract way! As one of my critics, a grandchild said it looks like a cartoon. I then added the imaginative ghostly house.

For sale 60cm x 48cm backed and matt but unframed US $250

Who's that?

We have many black bears in Alberta, and when hiking they are often seen.
This was a beautiful 2-year-old, cinnamon in color, and inquisitively looking at my husband, which soon becomes, who is looking at who!

For Sale Backed with Matt but Unframed 63cm x 48cm US $ 250

SOLD

Buffalo in Waterton

Couple of weekends ago we went to Waterton and went to the Buffalo Paddock and were lucky enough to find the herd and many young calves.

I tried not to get into too many details , leaving the body more abstract and concentrating on the buffalo head.

For sale Backed with Matt but Unframed appx 64x46cm US $275