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