Red and Yellow Tulips

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard - Here are some tulips from our garden.  I was attracted to the contrast between these and the hosta.

Peony - Coral Sunset

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard - This is one of the newer varieties with strong stems that do not fold over in the first storm.

Red Pepper and Limes

6 x 8 inches - oil on gessoboard - red and green.

Red White and Blue

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard - I am working with simpler forms so that I can focus more on colour.

Squash and Apple

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard - Green and red - Christmas colours.

Red Lilies

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard - I miss these in our garden. They used to put on a great show.

Red Vases and Apples

6 x 6 inches - oil on gessoboard. Apples and glass - two of my favourite things to work with. But for some reason I find alizarin a bit scary.

There is Nobody Here but Us Chickens

6 x 6 inches, oil on hardboard - We visited a garden on a garden tour that contained chickens. They seemed curious about what the fuss was all about.

Peterborough Marina

6 x 6 inches, oil on gessoboard - The Trent Canal goes through the city of Peterborough where I live. This is the marina downtown, and is a busy place in the summer.

Loading the Freighter

6 x 6 inches, oil on hardboard - These monsters travel up and down the Great Lakes moving goods here and there. I like the almost abstract quality of the image.

Bloodroot

6 x 6 inches, oil on gessoboard - I know this is going to sound a little strange to most people. This is a plant native to Canada called bloodroot for obvious reasons. It is just starting to poke out of the ground where we live, and as it does, the leaves wrap themselves around the developing flowers and almost seem to give them a hug before releasing them. I think they must do this because the flowers that will unfold are the brightest, dazzling white that you will ever see.

Red Onion and Limes

6 x 8 inches, Oil on Hardboard - Dianne keeps wondering where her vegetables are disappearing to. Please don't tell her until I am finished.

Early Iris

6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Board - The small irises give us a lot less trouble in the garden than the tall ones because they do not seem to get the dreaded Iris Borer.  This creature turns the iris rhizomes into a stinky mess. I suppose they are going to be delayed this year because of the winter we had but they put on a great show - its just closer to the ground.

Red Passion

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Gessoboard - Passion Flower looks to me like it comes from another planet similar to earth but different. Most of the other colours are a bit like the the tiny umbrellas you see in fancy drinks, but this one in dark red lives up to the name.