Beaver

2012. Acrylic on canvas, 12×24″

Wayne’s Woodpile

2014. Acrylic on canvas, 36×60”

Water Snake

2012. Acrylic on canvas, 48×48”

Dragonfly on the Water

2012. Acrylic on canvas, 24×48”

Partridge

2012. Acrylic on canvas, 48×48”

Day’s Catch

2012. Acrylic on canvas, 48×60”

This series of paintings documents life around a pond and bush-lot on my in-laws’ property in the Upper Ottawa Valley.

The subjects include plants, insects, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

The old pond
A frog jumped in
Ker plunk-

– Allen Ginsberg’s translation of Matsu Basho’s Frog Haiku