"Three Roses", 24"x24", Acrylic on Canvas

"Falling on Hope", 30"x30", Acrylic on Canvas

"Dancing in the Sunshine", 24"x24", Acrylic on Canvas

"A Fanciful Existence", 24"x24", Acrylic on Canvas

"The Gathering", 36"x36", Acrylic on Canvas

"Drama Queens" 4'x4', Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

"Purity", 30"x30", Acrylic on Canvas

Fall", 24"x30", Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

"What A Riot", 24"x24", Acrylic on Wood Panel

"Extravaganza" 36"x36", Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

"Her Majesty" 36" x 36", Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

"Display of Wealth", 40"x40", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

"Lilies on MY Mind", 30"x30", Acrylic on Canvas

This is one of my 35 paintings hanging in the Arta Gallery. If you live or are visiting Toronto, please come by and have a look! The show runs from April12-26th. and the opening party is on April 15th from 6-9pm.

"Drama Queens" 4'x4', Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

This painting is one of the many new ones I will have on show at the Arta Gallery in Toronto this coming April12-26th. The opening party is on April 15th 6-9pm. If you are in Toronto please drop by!

"Gilded Lilies" 24"x24", Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas

I love looking through art books! I find it so relaxing looking at other artist's work from long ago. I became inspired to use gold leaf after reading about Gustav Klimt and his beautiful work..... Just an experiment.:)

"Comforting Tradition", 24"x30", Acrylic on Canvas

"Devotion" 20"x20", Acrylic on Canvas

Another painting for the "Holiday Festival" show at the Colbalt gallery in Toronto.

"Remnants of Summer" 12"x24" Acrylic on Canvas

This is one of several smaller paintings that I will be showing at the Colbalt Gallery in Toronto.

Nov.20-Dec.23 Located at 870A Kingston Road.

"A Shot of Harmony", 7"x9", Acrylic on Canvas

This is the second time that I've painted this little shot glass. It's so much fun painting glass, I love how it distorts every thing when you look through it. It's also the perfect size for this single Cosmos. I actually looked up the dictionary meaning of the word cosmos and it said: a complete, orderly, harmonious system..... hence the title.

"Princess Dahlia", 10"x10", Acrylic on Canvas

I loved this little pewter jug when I saw it in an antique shop, I thought this big flamboyant Dahlia would look perfect in it! All sitting pretty once again on the princess dress.

"Magenta Tingle" 12"x14", Acrylic on Canvas

While cleaning out my daughter's closet, I came across one of her "Princess dresses". I liked the pattern so much I decided to use it in this painting.

"Yellow in the Sky", 10"x10", Acrylic on Canvas

I'm feeling a little guilty. While walking the dog last night, I picked this from a neighbours garden. Sorry Carol, I should have asked. :)

"Redness", 12"x14", Acrylic on Canvas

I've really enjoyed working on these last two paintings! Working smaller always feels foreign to me at first, but I'm liking the fact that they are a lot faster to finish.

"Dancing Petals", 12"x12", Acrylic on Canvas

Painting smaller, looser and faster.

"Reckless Frolic", 30"x30", Acrylic on Canvas

Finally finished! This painting is one of two that will be in a group show at Arta gallery in the Distillery District here in Toronto. The show will run August 7th-20th.

New work in progress

This is a new painting I'm working on for a group show. I will post the finished painting and the details of the show soon!

Pear #2, 16"x16", Acrylic on canvas

Another Pear for my show.

"Pear #1", 16"x16", Acrylic on canvas

I'm always attracted to big, bold shapes and patterns. I'll be experimenting with some new textiles and interesting colour combinations for my show in June.

"Winter in Ontario" 12"x16", Acrylic on Masonite

Well after a hellish two year renovation experience I'm now in my new studio!

I painted this landscape sketch as a warm-up for some larger paintings I'm doing. I've never actually painted a landscape before and I've never painted from a photo. When I paint my florals I work from life, not literally though, I change things around and sometimes paint full bouquets from just two or three flowers.

My next show is in June. I will post as I finish.

"Of An Evening", 24"x24", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

This painting is for a group show at the http://www.artagallery.ca/ in the Distillery District here in Toronto. The show will run from Oct. 1-15

"Tangled Up" , 16"x16", Acrylic on Canvas

"Freshly Picked", "24 X 24", Acrylic on Canvas

This was painted last year, but for some reason I over looked posting it until now.

"Sweet Paradise", 24" X 24", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

This painting is for a group show at http://www.gallery888.com/ 10% of the proceeds go to Ovarian Cancer research.

"Golden Green", 12"x12", Acrylic on Canvas

This little painting is for the "Square Foot" show at the AWOL GALLERY in Toronto. The opening is August 16th.

"A Sunny Spot", 20X24", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

I'm finally finished all of my paintings and will be taking them to Gallery888 tomorrow. I will then be taking a break for a few weeks.

"All Dressed Up", 16X16", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

"Frenzy", "20X20", Acrylic on Canvas

Like I mentioned a couple of posts ago, the Delphinium is my new favourite flower to paint.

"Top Heavy", "12X24", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

What a majestic flower the Sunflower is. It's the first time I've painted one and it was a lot of fun! I wanted to keep the background very simple and light and I'm happy with the way it turned out.

"Caught in the Middle", 11"x14", Acrylic on canvas

This will be the smallest in my show, I usually work bigger but actually enjoyed painting this. I also discovered that the Delphinium is my new favourite flower to paint!

"REDLIGHT", 16"X20", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

I'm almost finished my paintings for the group show I'm in this June. I loved this piece of fabric I found at a discount textile outlet here in Toronto. I have since used it in another painting and will post that soon along with some others that I will be signing and varnishing this week.

"Behind the Scene", 16"X16", Acrylic on Canvas

I love pattern and beautiful textiles! and I've been having a lot of fun introducing them into my paintings. It's brought back alot of memories of when I temporarily worked at a textile design house here in Toronto back in the late 80's. A ton of work went into designing and painting several colour ways for each design sample, all done by hand by the way.

"Narcissus", 16 x 16", Acrylic on Canvas (SOLD)

Another one for my show coming up in June! For some reason I really enjoy painting in a square format, the compositions are more interesting to me. My next two are also square but then I'm back to working large and rectangular.

"Stole The Show", "16 x 16", Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

This is another for the group show in June. I've been experimenting with single blooms and textiles and also working a bit smaller than usual.

"ENTANGLED", 20X20", Acrylic on Canvas (SOLD)

This is one of about ten new paintings I'm doing for a spring group show. It's an exciting time of year to be painting florals, all the flower shops are starting to get the first signs of spring in and that makes me VERY HAPPY!!

"Hallo Dahlia" 8"x10", Acrylic on canvas SOLD

I don't usually paint this small, but I thought it would be a good warm up for some larger paintings I'm doing for a show in June.

I've returned

After a long absence from this blog I have returned. I will start to post new paintings as I finish them. I have also become a member of the Artist collective group here in Toronto, please take a look .

Full Bloom, 24" x 24", Acrylic on canvas SOLD

This is my last painting for my show! I'm delivering tomorrow and hopefully I'll be back to a daily painting.

"Amongst Good Friends", 20 x 20, Acrylic on canvas [SOLD]

This is one of my paintings that will be in a Xmas group show at Gallery 888 in Toronto from Nov.29th-Dec.17th

Red Freesias & White Delpheniums, 16" x 20", Acrylic on canvas [SOLD]

I haven't been able to do a daily painting for a few days so I thought I would post a piece from a show I had in 2005 called "Painted Petals"