2021 New Paintings
With the invasion of Covid 19 in 2020 I could not travel on extensive painting expeditions. In August I did spend several days on the south west coast of Newfoundland and explored the Codroy Valley. This fertile farming area is very different, with its green lushness, from the rugged, windswept Atlantic coast that has been the basis of my inspiration for many years. These works are painted in traditional egg tempera on traditional, home-made gesso ground. Pure egg yolk is carefully separated from the egg and diluted 50% with water to become the painting medium that fixes the pure pigments onto the surface in layers and hatched strokes. I wanted to catch the movement of the wind and light over the landscape. This part of the island is renowned for the extremely strong winds.
2020-2021 New Paintings
This is a new series of acrylic paintings on canvas where my primary focus has been to capture the wind and light shaping the rock faces on the Atlantic cliffs where I live. The wind is suggested with a light skim of interference blue streeling against the cliffs.
2019 New Paintings
In the summer I painted en plein air not far from my home. The first painting is a view looking south from a picnic area in Pouch Cove.
In this one you see Biscayne Cove which is on the tip of the Avalon Peninsula.
I love the immediacy of working outside in watercolour. It is so fast and captures the moment. Both of these paintings have been accepted into an Member’s Exhibition by the Society of Canadian Artist in Point Claire, Quebec.
2016 On The Edge
In October this is my solo show at Christina Parker Gallery in St John’s, Newfoundland.
The paintings in this collection are about the strategic skills used by plants that are growing in challenging environments. The results of this interaction are often unexpected and fascinating to me. Many times I wonder if my progress in life would have been entirely different if Science had been taught at the girl’s school I attended in Zimbabwe. The excitement generated in observing and becoming educated about the plant kingdom has almost become an obsession. Through this challenge of self education, and the Newfoundland environment around me, I have been exploring the geological effects that change and enhance the accompanying verdure.
Langjokull Glacier, Iceland 2015 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland 2015 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Skeidararjokull Glacier, Iceland 2015 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Barnafoss, Iceland 2015 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Alpine Waterfall, Iceland 2015 acrylic 48 x 24 in
Artist’s Canyon, Death Valley, California 2015 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Aguereberry Point, Death Valley, California 2015 acrylic24 x 48 in
Death Valley View, California 2015 acrylic 20 x 50 in
Brimstone Head, Fogo Island, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic 24 x 48 in
Black Rock Cove, Fogo Island, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic24 x 48 in
Lion’s Den, Fogo Island, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic 20 x 50 in
Tablelands, Gros Morne Park, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic36 x 72 in
Burnt Cape, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic 36 x 72 in
Through The Trees, East Coast Trail, Newfoundland 2016 60 x 144 in
The Final Edge, Newfoundland 2016 acrylic 48 x 24 in
2016 A trip up the Northern Peninsula
Five artists from Toronto came for a two week painting trip. On the first day we went to the look out above Norris Point.
East Arm Bonne Bay
Cape Onion. Humpback whales were feeding on a school of capelin just off the headland.
Broome Point. Here you see Western Brook Pond in the distance. It is a view I have painted before but cannot resist painting again!
2014 Floral Fantasy
Crevice Garden 2014 watercolour 10 x 29 in
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