Chan Hon Goh

This is an Oil Painting of Chan Hon Goh.  She is the first Chinese-born prima ballerina in the history of the National Ballet of Canada.

Girl from 1984 National Geographic

I have created an oil painting from a picture taken by Steve McCurry of a girl on the Afghan Border, Pakistan 1984 for the National Geographic

The Jack Pine

This is a reproduction I did of Tom Thomson's The Jack Pine.  He is another one of my favourite artists. 

Leysin in the Swiss Alps

This is an oil painting done by palette knife of the Swiss Alps.  One of our daughters spent the summer there.  Incredible views, so I hear. 

View from the cottage at Oastler Lake

Copying Tom Thomson style, I decided there was no better way to portray the view from the cottage.  It measures 24" x 20".

An Orphan Girl in the Graveyard

This is a reproduction in oil of a Delacroix I painted.  This is everyone's favourite.  I wanted to study the painting of a portrait and found a copy of this one to work from.  I have another portrait that I am working on and hope to finish this fall.  It is a very famous picture from the National Geographic of a girl everyone will recognize.

Richmond Hill United Church

This is an oil painting I did of the Richmond Hill United Church.  As it is now surrounded by fast food places, stop lights and endless traffic, I tried to imagine what it might have looked like around the time it had been built.  There is a small boy hiding in the grass in the foreground trying to skip the Sunday tradition.  This is where my husband and I were married a couple of years ago so it has lots of sentimental value.  It measures 20" x 28". 

The Magpie

This is another Claude Monet reproduction.  This one I copied in order to learn how to paint snow and all the colours he used other than white.  This again is just a small study 14" x 18".

Waterlily Pond

This is a reproduction of a Claude Monet, one of many water lily scenes.  It is a small study I did to learn from his techniques in my quest to stray from the realistic image I seem to concentrate on.  It is 18" x 14".

Romance in Quebec City

When my daughter and I were visiting Quebec City, we took a picture of this scene.  It reminded us of Romeo and Juliet.  I thought it would make a great painting.  I think when I have time, I'll add a bouquet of flowers for him to present to the girl.  This picture is 24" x 36" and hangs above our fireplace.

Hunting for Minnows

This is a picture of my daughter Allison hunting for minnows at a pond on a farm near King City.  She is probably 7 years old at the time.  The picture is in oils and is 24" x 30" unframed.

A Day in Venice

This was my first attempt at oil painting.  I found a photograph in a book about Italy and painted from that.  The size of the picture unframed is 24" x 36".