Hi

Here is my newest painting called Jewel of the Ocean. It is a mixed media painting in acrylic with jem stones citrine, and peridot stones and shells. The painting was inspired by my time this summer as Artist in the Park when I was painting the pumpkinseed sunfish. This is more like a "tricked out" sunfish. I entered the painting in the Belleville Art Association's annual juried show "Water, Water Everywhere." It was just too much fun to paint and put together that it didn't seem right that it won the President's Choice award for "Impact". I was very pleased though as that was what I was aiming for. I hope you like it too!

Art in the County Juried Show

Prince Edward County's "Art in the County" show is on until July 5th at the Picton Old Fire Hall. 177 pieces were submitted and I am pleased to say that my "Earth's Treasures" was one of the 95 that the jurors selected for the show. This piece is my first "gemstone" painting. It is an acrylic and rainforest jasper/labradorite gemstone combination depicting clusters of grapes on grapevines. This piece is for sale.

Portals Juried Show Entries

Here are my two submissions for the "Portals" Juried Show at the Belleville Public Library. Both were accepted!!!

"Eclipse: Return from the Sun" (right) is coloured pencil/pastel and is part of my "Eclipse" series.

"Into the Fire" (next right) was one of my first experiments in acrylic. The glazings allowed me to put more and more colour on colour. I love the medium!!

Both are rather inigmatic. In a nutshell "Into the Sun" portrays some thoughts on what happens as a soul evolves spiritually. This particular "Eclipse" painting portrays our conflicts and hopefully the resolutions. The horse represents the race to save ourselves. He carries strengths/the answers obtained from the journey into the eclipse. The eclipse represents both dark and light information. The eyes (eclipses themselves) represent the ever present universal energies watching and waiting.

Both these paintings are for sale. They are on disply in the John Parrot Gallery at the Belleville Public Library until the end of July 16 after which they will return to my studio.