Earlier Work

Here is some of my earlier work.  I painted my first birch tree in 2005 but also tried out a few other styles and landscapes along the way.  

Red Sunset in Yellowknife

This Jack pine painting originated from a photograph that had low light in Dec.  The sun was setting around 3pm. 

Goldrush

I bought five metallic paint tubes and was playing around with how to use them.  The students I was teaching at the time kept begging me to buy them for the art room.  After this painting I bought a class set.  It was very fun to use them.  The painting came alive with a vibrant feeling.

Into the Yellow Forest

One of the first birch paintings I did without lakes and trees in the background.  I love the flatness it created and I found myself appreciating the colors of the leaves a lot more.

A commission for a couple in Edmonton

Highly textured sunflowers

Thick Autumn Forest

Spring Birch

Flowers in a Swamp

These paintings were completed for a Christmas sale.  They were 4x4 inches and black on the sides.  

Green March Sky

Jack Pine in the Morning

This is a painting I completed after coming home from camping on Great Slave Lake.  It was July and the early morning sun at 4am was so crisp and clean I had to try to capture it.

Birch Fog