It’s All About the Scale

Sep 13, 2015 | Art, Landscapes, Oil painting, Paintings

Some days you can be bang on; other days you miss the mark completely. This is a 20″ x 16″ oil. Below is how I started. I painted a background then started applying poppy shapes with no indication of scale or even composition. I wasn’t happy. So I...

Drive-by Pix

Jan 14, 2015 | Art

Bits and pieces of quick photo grabs were combined to make this composition. My wife and I share driving along Hwy 401 into Toronto. When I'm the passenger, I have my smart phone or ipad at the ready to capture any drive-by scenes that might have possibilities....