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

Discarded...when?

Couple of years ago we went to Saskatchewen to see the Sand Hills and there in a field was this abandoned car. I had a great time photographing this car and decided that I rarely work with a still life situation and now was the time because I always enjoy to challenge myself.

For Sale Pastel 67 x48 cm backed with matt but unframed US$250

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Belted Kingfisher

This Kingfisher can be seen along the Old Man River, just below where I live.Often an evening stroll especially in the wetlands , you will often be rewarded with this beautiful bird hovering and diving into the river.

Appx size 30 x35 cm. unframed. Sold

Hutterite.... Young Woman

Hutterites are a communal people, living on scattered bruderhöfe or colonies throughout the prairies in North America. This communal lifestyle finds its roots in the biblical teachings of Christ and the Apostles. Emerging as a distinct culture and religious group in the early 16th century, this non-resistant Anabaptist sect endured great persecution and death at the hands of the state and church in medieval Europe. However, the Hand of God remained on the shoulder of these people, and their descendents survived to battle on to this very day...

We have many colonies in our area and every Thursday in our city the Hutterites come to town.

A friend asked me if I had permission of the subject... the subject was conjured up in my mind. Any likeness to any hutterite is purely coincidental!

Framed Pastel 47 x 63 cm. No matt, non glare glass and gold frame.

For Sale US$300