January Melt, Lost Dog Hill

....on the sunny side of Lost Dog Hill.....almost all the snow disappears not too long after the first storm of the winter.

Studio Geranium

Edge

Heading into the forest....I was surprised that the sky turned warm so early in the afternoon.

Forest Path

I have avoided walking towards the forest recently, but went that way yesterday. The paths seemed always varied....I'd stop every few minutes and look both in front and behind me....there was a lot of variety in the elevations, and more structure than you might think.

Machine Shed in Sunlight

Little Stand, Early January

...the painting from yesterday. These little stands of trees, saved by farmers for whatever reason, always catch my attention.

In these recent collages...there is a conscious interest in keeping the final acrylic brush work to a minimum.

Night, Lost Dog Hill.....January 1

....the first painting of 2012.....Lost Dog Hill....just as evening turns into night.

Wendy's Hill, New Year's Eve Day

Little View...Christmas Day

There is a set path that is often repeated, over many days, seasons, and years. At one bend in the road, I look over a deeply forested valley, up towards the highest hill in the area.....the view is quite obscured by brush and overhang....and this little segment often peeks through.

Near the Tree Farm

Collage with a bit of acrylic paint at the end......the fresh feel of winter.

Evening, After the Storm

It was bitter cold as I was drawing the diagram.....ink froze in the pen, so I best change to pencil on the really cold days.

Start, First Storm

Collage on heavy Arches print paper, with acrylic brushed in at the end stages.

....The beginning of the first storm of the season. Large wet snow flakes stalled the pen as I was drawing the little diagram shown here....there was time only for a few lines, but the collage painting was made soon after, so memory served well.

Lost Dog Hill, Christmas Day, Late Afternoon

Toward North Field.....Christmas Day

Christmas Eve Day

Merry Christmas, All!

Roadside.....Christmas Eve Morning.

Collage and India Ink.....looking into the forested ditch....off a steep road.

Watercolor and India Ink...with some collage added right at the end.

Little Hill

Watercolor and India ink.....ll x 15 inches.

July Sky

Watercolour with India ink and opaque white ink.

Overcast

From a small series of new watercolours. This starts with about a 15 minute drawing in 3B pencil....then many layers of watercolour....then pen and India ink, and brush and ink.

10th Line.....December

...a bit of the first snow showing....

Evening by Lake Ontario

Rice Lake, North Shore

6.5 x 6.5 inches. Acrylic collage painting on paper.....perfect summer days....you can't hold on to time, so you revisit, by making a picture. That's one portion of the story.

North Field, Early December

7 x 7 inches, acrylic collage on paper,....little bits of acrylic brushwork added right at the end.

Little Stand

Watercolor, India Ink and nib, ink and brush. A little stand, seen from a little country church yard near Millbrook, Ontario.

A Few Watercolour Portraits

From the last week or so....a few watercolour portraits with pen and ink nib additions.

Overcast, Late November

Back Fields

I walked to the very back of a bean field and sat on a ridge....it's often more interesting to get off the roads and see how the land is laid out.

November Sky

Acrylic collage with acrylic brush work in the final stages. I kept the brush work to a minimum....I sometimes like to do that, just to see how little I can add. I left more of the sky yellow than was there, but there was something of the mood that remained. November can seem like a harsh, dangerous month here, but even though there have been some quite cold days, it hasn't felt very extreme yet. I think I may have tempered the effect here a bit, though....

November Dusk

....collage from acrylic painted papers at the beginning......acrylic paint over that.

Re-grade

....a sizeable hill was leveled to regrade a T-junction.

Cedar at Dusk

....the edge of a big cedar at the start of dusk.....I'm wandering up my usual path.

I scribbled the little diagram never really intending to use it....I thought the composition too odd....I decided to put the colours together last night just to see if I could get a hint of the mood.