Green Hill

6 x 12 inches - oil on hardboard - This is the hill we live on. It is very colourful this time of year and I decided to capture how it looks before all the leaves fall off in a couple of days.

Spring Blossoms

5 x 7 inches - oil on gessoboard - This one is a bit out of season but what can you do.  When the idea hits you have to use it.

Spring Tree

5 x 7 inches - oil on gessoboard - Sooner or later spring will be here and the trees will bloom again.

Autumn Bridge

8 x 8 inches - oil on linen board - Here is my contribution to Carol Marine's autumn challenge. That was fun. Thanks Carol.

Shady Woods

8 x 10 inches - oil on linen board - The woods holds a lot of mystery in the shade of its trees.  The colours are sometimes surprising.

Cedar Branches

10 x 8 inches - oil on linen board - In the shade, trees abandon the lower branches. It makes for interesting patterns against the forest floor.

Summer's End

8 x 8 inches - oil on linen board - It looks like the warm weather is over now and once the fall colours are down on the ground we are bracing ourselves for the first snow.

Cedars by the Road

8 x 10 inches - oil on gessoboard - I came across this bunch of cedars across the river from us. The way the light shone through them was interesting.

Study for On the Lake

Oil on Gessoboard 5 x 7. I drew with a regular pencil on the board after a value sketch because the watercolour pencil was not showing up enough. Then not wanting the pencil to contaminate the paint, I coated it with acrylic medium first. I don't know what impact this might have on the long term survival of the painting but it kept the pencil from bleeding into the paint.