Sunday, December 28, 2008

"Sun Bathing" 13x16"watercolour on paper 2008




This painting was done for my long time friend,Judy.It is of her daughter's cat

"Nanny's Boy" 16x20"arcylic on canvas 2008



The minute I saw the photo of our friends, John and Barb, grandson playing on the beach near their cottage in NL, I couldn't wait to paint it

Friday, May 2, 2008

"Vanessa" 9x14" watercolor on paper 2008


I painted this from a photo my friend took of her daughter feeding the grey jay at their cabin here in Western Labrador. My gift to her for Mothers Day.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

"Water Lilies" 11X15.5" watercolour on paper 2008


There are many legends about the Water Lilly.Many ancient civilizations held the Water Lilly in high regard for spiritual reasons, however the white Lilly of lower Egypt has special significance to our biblical history. This Lilly’s seeds were ground into powder and used for the making of bread for eating. The process of sowing the seeds involved incasing them in balls of clay and throwing the balls into the water.It is believed that this practice was referenced by the passage in the book of Ecclesiastes
“Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days.” Ecclesiastes 11:1