A still life which started out as a phone pic set up in my kitchen. I changed the background to a neutral colour in order to keep the image simple, focusing on composition and reflective surface.

Dimensions: 36” x 24”

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

A still life, this time a bowl of M&M’s, taken from my own reference photo. I wanted to capture the subtle play of shapes and colours to create the effect of reflective glass.

Dimensions: 24” x 24”

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

A still life image inspired from my own reference photo. I wanted to capture an interesting and unique approach to a still life composition.

Dimensions: 30” x 24”

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

A still life image inspired from my own reference photo. I wanted to capture an interesting and unique approach to a still life composition.

Dimensions: 24” x 18”

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

I enjoyed the challenge of portraying the shine of a glass surface with this piece. The “illustrator” in me helped with the precision in the treatment for the letters. I hope the minimalist quality of this piece helps to enhance the composition and present the beautiful blue hues of the Mason Jars effectively.

This piece won the Third Place Award at the Bowmanville Visual Arts Centre’s 39th Annual Juried Show.

Dimensions: 21.75” x 16.5”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

This was sort of an impulse painting. I was sitting at my desk and noticed that the container of brushes and pencils and the bag of pastels could make for an interesting image, so I took a few phone shots of them and created this painting.

Dimensions: 10” x 10”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

This is taken from a phone photo of my own of Eastbourne Park in Oshawa, a favourite walking area for me during the warm months.

Dimensions: 8” x 10”

Medium: Oil Pastel on Canson Paper

This is taken from a phone photo of my own of Eastbourne Park in Oshawa, a favourite walking area for me during the warm months.

Dimensions: 8” x 10”

Medium: Oil Pastel on Canson Paper

This is a small acrylic study on canvas. This is one of a series that I am doing to experiment with painting on a canvas surface and exploring some landscape painting.

Dimensions: 7” x 9”

Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas.

A still life taken from my own reference photo. I wanted to enhance the colour and saturation in the colours to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the strawberries.

Dimensions: 12” x 12”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

I really liked the vibrant hue of the blue bottle and felt that a simple composition with a complementary colour scheme would really draw it out.

Dimensions: 12” x 16”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

This piece was inspired by a display in a room that I was a guest in at Christmas in 2016. I woke up in the morning and realized that the floral arrangement and the pedestal would make for an interesting piece to depict.

Dimensions: 18” x 24.75”

Medium: Gouache on Cold Press Board

I am a lifelong admirer of the music of Gordon Lightfoot. After his passing on May 1, 2023 I wanted to create a tribute piece to him. This image is inspired by Gordon Lightfoot's 1974 album cover "Sundown". I titled it “A Painter Passing Through” as homage to his 18th album from 1998. As a nod to his memory I wanted to portray him as a travelling troubadour, incorporating some imagery that is covered in his songs, the railway tracks, the landscape and trees, the sun descending in the western sky. I think that I have achieved an impression of a timeless traveler who has left his mark on the world with this depiction.

Dimensions: 17.75” x 23.75”

Medium: Gouache and Chalk Pastel on board

I entitled this rendering “Marta Lisa” as it reminds me of the famous Mona Lisa. I wanted to capture a bit of a “renaissance” feel to this one as the pose is very regal. Marta took the photo that inspired this piece herself and when I saw it I just had to depict it. Marta’s father was a gifted professional photographer and I think that Marta has inherited some of that talent.

Dimensions: 16.625” x 23.875”

Medium: Oil Pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes Pastel Paper.

A portrait of Sir Paul McCartney.

Dimensions: 16.75" x 21.5"

Medium: Oil Pastel on Canson Paper

One of my earliest attempts at high realism, this is a gouache depiction of a 1935 classic Duesenberg Dual-Cowl Phaeton.

Dimensions: 20” x 15”

Medium: Gouache on Hot Press Board

Ayrton Senna, in the McLaren MP4/5, stays ahead of Alain Prost at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1989.

Dimensions: 24.5” x 16.75”

Medium: Gouache on Board

A painting depicting Nelson Piquet (Williams) and Ayrton Senna (Lotus) at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 1986. The race was notable for the battle between fierce Brazilian rivals Piquet and Senna. Piquet, after an unsuccessful attempt on the previous lap, managed to pass the Lotus driver around the outside as they went into the first corner, one of the more memorable passes in F1 history.

Dimensions: 30” x 12”

Medium: Gouache on Cold Press Board

A portrait of Toronto Maple Leafs legend Darryl Sittler who scored six times and set up four goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 11-4 win against the visiting Boston Bruins on February 7, 1976. Did you notice that the hockey stick in the colour portait is different than the one in the pencil study? Upon further research I discovered that the “CCM” logo should have been shown in the opposite direction than it was depicted in the pencil version. I also found photo reference of the way his stick was taped around the top of his hockey stick and made the adjustments accordingly.

Dimensions: 18” x 24”

Medium: Gouache on Board

Here is a painting and the concept study for a "mental health" themed piece. This piece has a number of elements in it that for me help to illustrate how one may feel at a low point in a personal struggle. I titled this one "Tinnitus". The figure in the drawing is feeling helpless which is evident with their fetal posture. The broken glass represents the shattered hope that often accompanies a struggle with tinnitus, and also vertigo, which often accompanies tinnitus. The enlarged ear is representative of the heightened sensitivity to the noises in your inner ear that the central nervous system amplifies when a person is under constant stress. The suggestion of a brain image also is representative of how tinnitus has to do with our brains interpretation of our inner well being. I've heard about other people's personal struggles with tinnitus where it's ringing so loud that they can't hear their phone ring. When one first experiences it, a feeling of anxiety can envelope you as you are not sure what is going on. Over time and research we learn that the main focus with tinnitus is to get the parasympathetic nervous system relaxed which takes focus and practice. There are times it can be very quiet but at other times it can spike depending on the level of stress you are experiencing.

This piece won the First Place Award at the Ontario Shores ‘Celebrating a Century of Care"‘ Juried Art Show. Juror’s comment: "A marvellous high realist masterpiece with a unique composition and wonderfully placed figurative element combined with shattered graphic dissonance that masterfully illustrates the chosen theme."

Dimensions: 18” x 24”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

Pencil Study
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.75"

Medium: Pencil on Yupo Paper

It is my goal to produce more figurative works. This painting represents a step in the direction I would like to go in that regard. Thanks again to Erin Mercer for modelling and to Nathan Cyprus for his expertise as a photographer.

Dimensions: 24” x 18”

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite