​ARTIST STATEMENT

I am primarily a landscape painter and amateur naturalist. My challenge has always been to distill the complexities of nature into a painting that captures the essence of the scene, without being overwhelmed by the individual elements …whether it be the effects of ripples reaching a rocky shore on the Gatineau river or sunlight breaking through the canopy of a cedar grove in the Park in early spring.
 

Coming from South Africa I have a particular love of the abundance of the Canadian landscape but most of all the majesty of the forest trees … a theme I come back to time and again. I love, however, the challenge of change and will paint anything that interests me … fishermen digging for bait on an lagoon in the Western Cape in South Africa, dogs running on the beach, late summer on Parliament Hill or a view of the early autumn fields on Cross loop Road. I view each painting as an adventure … some have happy endings and are kept, others are turned face to the studio wall to be resurrected at a later stage or painted over in a new form.

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