November 24, 3:00 p.m., Lost Dog Hill

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 ......deep into November, it turns very cold, but here the blue sky over Lost Dog Hill promised a day full of hope. This is a collage painting. Though I make fewer of them than paintings, I always look forward to these sessions. They take a bit longer, and there are often strange little side avenues....the suprises are essential....I end up doing things I might not anticipate.

 

November Orchard

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11 x 15 inches, acrylic and pencil on archival paper. A hilltop apple orchard, midday, late November.....muted purple in the sun. The older apple orchards seem to be disappearing, replaced by a smaller type of tree.

November 15, 1:00 p.m.

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One of the moments that seemingly go unnoticed...like any moment of the day. A brilliant afternoon......a jettrail moving behind the cloud. Acrylic and pencil on archival paper, 11 x 15 inches.

Home Grove

 

A portion of my home road as I walk back each day...a wonderful canopied lane, especially appealing in last light of evening, when the bats fly through.  That picture still to paint...this one is from middle afternoon.

 

 

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November Light

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November can sometimes seem forbidding, but when I get out and walk in it...get warmed up and comfortable outside, it has its merits. Acrylic on unprimed archival paper, 6.5 x 8.25 inches.

 

Originating from Saskatchewan...the coming of winter used to terrify me. One of my early memories is waiting for the schoolbus in the morning, in 30 below temperatures. But I've made friends with winter here,....I sit in the snow under trees in my arctic parka, I park on deserted country roads and drink a cup of coffee with the windows open while I make a diagram.

Noon Break

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...early November......parked in one of my 'go to' places for a brief chance to get away. It's a mysterious field just north of Lake Ontario. Acrylic collage on paper, 7 x 8 inches.

Sanity Route

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On the daily route....very necessary to walk it. Into November times...

Acrylic and pencil on unprimed printing paper, 11 x 15 inches.

July Visit

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A languid day in July.....the shallow section of a lake starting to fill in. 11 x 15 acrylic and pencil on unprimed printing paper.

Last Yellow

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A collage painting with brushwork over the gluing. The hill country north of Lake Ontario.......last bits of yellow before November sets in.

After Sandy, Port Hope

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The day after Hurricane Sandy...I parked near a Lake Ontario Beach at Port Hope. The water was green with steady whitecaps.....the wind really picked up at one point and the car was rocking back and forth.