There is a wall made of stone. You cannot get through it, but you can climb the wall, yet sometimes the wall just gets higher.
30 by 30 inches
Was that the flash of neon light?
30 by 30 inches
Truth…sometimes you cannot change
30 by 30 inches
Holding onto your feelings tight can results in a burst of emotions.
30 by 30 inches
Of rain, mud and redemption. Deficient in clarity as life can be.
30 by 30 inches
Dealing with unpleasant things can get sticky!
30 by 30 inches
Fact … you are susceptible of change.
30 by 30 inches
Donation to House of Sophrosyne
Perceived by the eye.
16 by 20 inches
Do Not Fear the past, present and future. Do not Fear Life.
16 by 20 inches
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The action of sabotaging.
16 by 20 inches
Dig and Dig deeper. Ground yourself.
16 by 20 inches
Circumstantial importance can lead to circumstantial results
36 x 72 inches x 2.25
Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas
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The daily "need to dos" can sometimes make you feel overwhelmed.
36 by 36 inches by 2.25
Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas
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Love can be strange
36 by 36 inches by 2.25
Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas
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Change is unpredictable
36 by 36 inches by 2.25
Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas
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A mere assumption can do so much damage.
36 by 36 inches by 2.25
Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas
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There is a richness in the Earth, we need to protect our home.
Acrylic on Canvas
70 by 46 inches
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Acrylic on Canvas
70 by 46 inches
Sometimes you Give Sometimes you take
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Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 60 inches
You need to wash away your fears and doubts and become clean and new and start again.
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Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 60 inches
Skepticism is always there in each of us. There is nothing that can be taken lightly. We should be more careful with the world.
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Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 60 inches
The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character. Do you have Essence?
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Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 60 inches
I have been searching for my "soul", does it look like this?
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Acrylic on Canvas
60 by 30 inches
We need to climb the mountains we put in our own way.
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Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 60 inches
You need to lose something to truly understand what a gift you have found.
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
When struggles cannot fade, sometimes you make it worse with negative thoughts.
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Acrylic on Canvas, Mixed Media
24 by 24 inches
We all feel Raw emotion, and when we do we need love.
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Everything Changes or does it?
Acrylic on Board
18 by 24 inches
I kept thinking I want a chocolate chip cookie, when I painted this piece.
Acrylic on Board
18 by 24 inches
Oh the tangle webs we weave
Acrylic on Board
18 by 24 inches
Would you notice, would you care What am I without my Art...
Acrylic on Board
18 by 24 inches
Inside the earth, Inside the mind, Inside, Inside...but all we see is the outside.
Acrylic on Canvas
36 by 36 inches
Life leads to the same place.
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
I started this piece when I was working on my point series, It never spoke to me. I guess you can return to the point.
Acrylic on Canvas
36 by 36 inches
A trace of something that no longer exists.
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Mixed Media on Canvas
12 by 12 inches
Been Experimenting with my thoughts, but the negativity in which I wish to destroy come lurking back.
Mixed Media on Ampersand Gessoboard, Wood
18 by 24 by 2 inches
Together is a good thing, Separateness is a good thing too.
Mixed Media on Ampersand Gesso Board, Wood
18 by 24 by 2 inches
Are you there?
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
No one really knows what one another are thinking.
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Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
Play days are important.
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
You never know the vastitude of a smaller piece of ...
Acrylic on Paper
20 by 28 inches
Things always end, and then begin again.
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
You need to open your heart more even if it might break.
Acrylic on paper
20 by 28 inches
The need to Lose Yourself
Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 30 inches
When you reach a certain point a lot of paths have been crossed.
Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 24 inches
Changes happen, yet they still seem the same.
Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 24 inches
When you feel lost "with" yourself and you need to find a new direction, and get lost "in" the new experience.
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Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Writing in Paint
Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 48 inches
Sometimes you need to be oblivious to the world around you.
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Acrylic on Canvas
Sunshine is good for you. So are kisses.
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Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 26 inches
That is the question. Do you want more and need less or do you want less but need more.
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Acrylic on Canvas
26 by 20 inches
Seasons need to change, and so do you.
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Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 48 inches
Some days are grey
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Acrylic on Canvas
16 by 40 inches
To lack unity happens.
Acrylic on Canvas
16 by 40 inches
Some times you lose connections.
Acrylic on Canvas
16 by 40 inches
To free the soul is rewarding.
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 24 inches
Express your feelings of gratitude.
Acrylic on Canvas
18 by 24 inches
Was that the right condition for something good to happen?
Acrylic on Canvas
46 by 60 inches
The words that filled my head as I painted this piece:
"There is None", "I will never know", "So many questions", "I was here" "I will not judge, myself", "Where do the Days go"
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Acrylic on Canvas
12 by 12 inches
Listen...
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Acrylic on Canvas
12 by 12 inches
Does it soothe you?
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Acrylic on Canvas
12 by 12 inches
Do you hear it?
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Acrylic on Canvas,
30 by 40 inches
Winter Days leave you cold inside, and take a toll on your youth, you start to feel the burden of age upon your body.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 48 inches
I wondered am I starting to see some glimpses of what might be? But there is still the dark lurking within.
Acrylic on Canvas
36 by 48 inches
There is a division of Points. Your point and Mine!
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
Finding beauty in my quest.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 48 inches
Superfluous Point, The Ellipsis Point Series.
Think you know superfluous?
superfluous means :
pointless
unbelievable
spacious
When something is so unnecessary that it could easily be done away with. The feeling of being unnecessary and needless presents itself.
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Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
There is a Calm within my storm.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 48 inches
Acceptance, As I struggled on Day 2 and 3 of this work, I have come to realize you must accept the marks you make, even if they are mistakes to you. Similar to the mistakes you make in life.
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Acrylic on Canvas,
16 by 40 inches
I Sculpt My Painting with Feelings.
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Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 48 inches
Life is....
Acrylic on Canvas
12 by 12 inches
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Acrylic on Canvas
40 by 30 inches
Are you?
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 24 inches
As I process my value in life, and contemplate my meaning in this world, I realize that the world rotates without you.
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Acrylic on Canvas
48 by 30 inches
It can be where you place yourself.
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 48 inches
Do you see the struggle to fill the void?
Acrylic on Canvas
18 by 24 inches
First Painting of the Year of 2016.
Chained, Boxed in, time to break free.
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 48 inches
Just follow your path and see where it finds you.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 48 inches
In the end, I had to Walk Away: As I continued to paint the past creation was gone, so I focused on the future possibilities, they both consumed me so much that it got to the point where I just wanted to toss the painting into the sea (I live by a lake). I had forgotten about the now, I finally told myself to Walk Away. When I did my impatience left, my disappointment disappeared, and my desire to succeed diminished. In returning I focused on the now...and the sea was thrown onto the canvas.
Acrylic on Canvas,
30 by 48 inches
Hidden Portraits: Not a single original circle is still seen, but I know they are there. Deep within her is her point, covered with the frustration, sympathy, apologies, that I forced on her to make her what I needed her to be. But is she or will she ever be?
Self Portrait.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 48 inches
Desired, When I stepped back I was surprised what I saw. I call this painting "she". She is beautiful to me. If you only knew the struggle she had to arrive on my canvas, which if you think of it, I was the one struggling. What do we desire?
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
... What am I omitting?
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 30 inches
The Ellipsis series...Monster.
Acrylic on Canvas
30 by 48 inches
Sometimes you feel boxed in.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Sometimes you still feel torn.
Charity Donation
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Imagining life in color.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Creating a World in color.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
Trying to remember the beauty of color.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
24 by 36 inches
I looked through the window to see the water turn, as I turned inside.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
Private Collection: Windsor Ontario.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
Private Collection: Windsor Ontario
Acrylic on Canvas
16 by 40 inches
I have placed some of my point series in this gallery so you know that the Point series was questioned in 2015.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
36 by 48 inches
Subconsciously she appeared.
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Do you ever ask "What is the point?" I explore this very question with The Point Series. With each point I have created I have asked this same question.
"Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking." (Ernest Renan).
I continue to work on my Point series....
Acrylic on Canvas 12" by 12"
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Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 24 inches
You try and make a point and the translation gets muted.
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
Sometimes you find yourself at that point...in Life.
Acrylic on Canvas,
24 by 24 inches
It was a feeling of calm as I entered the point of no return.
Acrylic on Canvas
24 by 36 inches
I could not find what the answer to the question, What is the point!
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
20 by 20 inches
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Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
20 by 20 inches
Private Collection: Windsor Ontario
Acrylic on Canvas,
20 by 20 inches
Private Collection: Windsor Ontario
Acrylic on Canvas
20 by 20 inches
Private Collection: Windsor Ontario
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Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
20 by 20 inches
Acrylic on Canvas,
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Have you ever felt torn? In the Torn Series, I tore pieces of paper; this freed me. First I destroyed, then I rebuilt; the theme evolved. Forged in personally difficult times this is my favorite group of paintings yet. The Torn Series shows how pain and re-creation can be beautiful "to me". Enjoy!
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
46 by 30 inches
Map of Torn is by far my favorite piece, It was created every morning before I went to visit my mom, who was passing away from cancer. Each day closer to her death I felt torn, and it created this map of my journey of being torn with loss.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
24 by 30 inches
This piece of Art was a challenge. Struggles within my life changed the piece several times. I tore paper and tore more and applied and worked over and over until you see what is here. This is another favorite because I see the beauty in the challenge that helped create this piece.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
24 by 36 inches
This piece was inspired by my niece Dayna Dayus who recently opened up a store, The Dandelion, it made me look closely at Dandelions and the wishes they carry, and yet how delicate and easily torn they are.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
30 by 40 Inches
Wanting to escape from these torn Feelings.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
Time is lost while sleeping.
These pieces from the Torn Series, represent how quickly time goes by, especially when you are sleeping, the Moon rises, then sets....and most of the time it is dark out when you see the moon. When you do see the moon it is because you may not be sleeping because something is torn within.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
Another Day gone by
These pieces from the Torn Series, represent how quickly time goes by, especially when you are sleeping, the Moon rises, then sets....and most of the time it is dark out when you see the moon. When you do see the moon it is because you may not be sleeping because something is torn within.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
An Eclipse of the Moon is rare.
hese pieces from the Torn Series, represent how quickly time goes by, especially when you are sleeping, the Moon rises, then sets....and most of the time it is dark out when you see the moon. When you do see the moon it is because you may not be sleeping because something is torn within.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
10 by 12 inches
As this painting developed I noticed a "bone" feel to them.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
10 by 12 inches
When I look at this painting within the series I see how easily things can break.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
10 by 20 inches
When things break, the can be healed and form together again.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
10 by 20 inches
The title says a lot. Is is how you get torn in the first place?
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
16 by 20 inches
This was the first of the series, as I experimented with the tearing and working it onto the canvas, the reveal was a surprise. To me it resembles the stomach. As I have often had difficulty with eating because I have Chrohn's Disease. The disease does leave you torn at times.
But you may see something else in how it speaks to you, everyone does, which I find interesting to hear!
I made these puzzle pieces for my mother. She adored puzzles.
When mom connected a piece, a little celebratory exclamation would always accompany it. Now imagine each piece she connected as another event in her life. The immense satisfaction of finding a piece and joining it to the others was reflected in the way she experienced joy in her life.
I long to experience a semblance of her joy of life as I explore and create more works in this series.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
16 by 20 inches
On the Anniversary of my mother's death, I remembered her by painting a piece of the puzzle of life.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
16 by 24 inches
Death is a puzzle.
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas
16 by 24 inches
I still feel torn, my mother is my missing piece.
I used Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Black and some White paint in this series. Every time I added the white, I instinctively wanted to "erase it" with the other colours. The works became very dark and brooding. Possibly so had I.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
16 by 20 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
18 by 24 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
30 by 40 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
16 by 40 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
16 by 40 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
In this series, I used Raw Umber, Turquoise, and Black paint. In my work, I use considerable texture. I love the motion of placing texture and paint on the canvas. This movement is shown in the finished works. These pieces call to be touched.
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
24 by 24 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
30 by 30 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
48 by 48 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
24 by 24 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
12 by 12 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
30 by 40 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas, Acrylic
40 by 40 inches
I have developed my technique through years of painting and studying. It always amazes me when I start to paint time slips by and the day is quickly over. I get lost in my work. I am even more astounded that in my 50th year of living, I have been so fortunate to do what I love. Sometimes I am disenchanted and frustrated with work that does not go as planned, yet I remain encouraged by my results.
