The Next Step

20" x 20", acrylic on canvas, For sale 

The picture of this painting was taken in Guelph Ontario.  These are my sister's neighbourhood community layers, super friendly and they were such characters!  What fun to paint.  <3

Feeding Frenzy

18" x 36", arcylic on canvas, For sale

I love these guys!  I had to write about this one. These are chickens from a french (not quebecois!) farmer who lives in the Saguenay area in Quebec (actually she was french and he was quebecois, but they were her chickens ;) ).  There were maybe 50 chickens of all different breeds going crazy for the latest feeding time.  They were awesome little guys with great colour, shape and movement. There was even a little white fluff-ball chicken (not featured here) significantly smaller than all of the rest- so ridiculous! It was overcast when I was taking the picture for this painting so I had to adjust the contrast and colour intensity when I was painting to make it more interesting.  This one took me 24hours to paint...I normally don't talk about this or track it really, but this was a looooong one for me. I am very happy with the result!  Hope you enjoy it too :)

Curious crowd
2.5ft x 5ft, Acrylic on canvas, For sale 

Windy One, 2ft x 3ft, Acrylic on canvas, For sale 

Wrapping Red Pine
 2ft x 3ft, Acrylic on canvas, For sale

The Sunny Spot
20" x 30", Acrylic on canvas, For sale

Secret island spot
12" x 24" Acrylic on canvas, For sale

Mooey Mowers
12" x 36" Acrylic on canvas, For sale

Gentle Gesture

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36", For sale

Drinking Disruption

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36", for sale

Perfect Pair

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20", for sale

Feeding the Flock

Acrylic on Canvas, 12" x 12", for sale

This is my friend Kristen feeding all of her chickens in all of their glory!  When she lived on the island, she had so many different species of chickens, it was awesome.  There were lots of little bantam roosters (mini chickens), chickens with feathers coming out of their feet, large red roosters, I could go on-it was quite exotic really.  Anyways the lighting at this time of day in her back yard is exquisite- how could I not paint this one.  I really enjoy the brushstrokes in this piece especially like the brushstrokes in the warm brownish orange under painting which is why I left so much of it exposed.

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Stephanie's Sheep
 Acrylic On Canvas, 12" x 12", for sale

These beauties were a pleasure to shoot and a pleasure to paint!  Sometimes paintings come together very naturally which was the case with this one.  Welcome spring with new life and beautiful weather.  I recently visited Stephanie’s farm and got to hold a baby sheep that was only a few days old.  I can't wait to go back there soon to take some more photos of that magical place. 

Hens in the Hutch

12" x 12", Acrylic on canvas, for sale

I am in love with this one!  I actually tried something completely different with my under painting for this piece.  I painted fluorescent yellows and greens and some purple in the background.  I didn't exactly like the look of the under painting at first so I did not have much invested in this painting when I began.  I did quick rapid strokes and before I knew it, this painting just came alive in front of my eyes.  I like the different fluorescent colours and I will definitely try more paintings  like this.