Merriweather

Fall’s False Solomon Seal 14” x 19” Watercolour. Collection of the artist.

Yellow Fritilaria 12” x 8” Watercolour. “Yellow Fritillaria, for Ukraine” was a FCA Federation Gallery invitation 2022.

6” Tsunami 10” x 14” watercolour This tiny wave has won across Canada. Water? Foam? Quartz? or a dragon ? All are appropriate for a tsunami.

Clematis Trio 9 “ x 14” Watercolour. FCA 2023 Private collection Maryland

“I’ve Got My Eye On You” won in Vancouver, Massachusetts and Manhattan. He travelled in the American Watercolour Society’s 2024 tour.

Watercolor 11” x 14” W&S on 300lb Arches HP. My Arctic Queen Double Clematis has just been visited by a hungry Bee.

This work was shown in CSPWC’s Open Water where it was recognised by the juror. It then went to a horse show as an extra work. It sold into a fine private collection.

“Log In” Nola’s allowed her flat brushes to square dance ince her student days long ago.

Dandelions! 5” x 7” graphite study. Who is leading who? At the end of the show day it’s time for a nice snack. Private Collection Fergus.

The Ballerina 8” x 6” Colored Pencil en plein air. Subtle colours of granite and lichen sparkle in the brilliant sun at noon on a free standing stacked stone sculpture. 1 of 7 different views over a day. Private Collection Gravenhurst

Red Pine 6” x 8” Graphite. A souvenir completed by candlelight during a power outage. Private Collection Little Lake Joseph Muskoka

Scugog Fence on Lake Island 8” x 12” an afternoon with micron fine liners

On the Ball 9” x 12” Coloured Pencil. Two ponies thunder down the field at a Polo for Heart event in Gormley Ont. Private Collection, King

“Ben In One Hour” Drawn From Life 12” x 9” Verithin Indigo

life studio highlighter + micron 2 min 8” x 6”

“The Straw Hat” study, graphite and Ink. 20 minutes. =/- 8” x 10”

“I’ve Got My Eye On You” 14” x 10” Watercolour on Paper. A Muscovy Guard Duck does not need to speak People. His smirk is universal. FCA “Animalis 2023” 3rd, Women in Watercolor Open International 2023, 3rd Animals, American Watercolor Society 157th Open International 2024 at the Salmagundi Club New York, Fredrick Wong Award, AWS Tour 2024-25. Private Collection Washington DC.

Alpaca Quartet 10” x 14” Watercolour. TWS Aquavision at the Todmorden Papermill Gallery. The image was developed from an en plein air afternoon in Tottenham. Alpacas have big limpid eyes, a great smile and the warmest fleece. Private collection Toronto.

Riverdale Farm’s Tamworth Family 12” x 16” watercolour. Tiny Tamworth piglets cavort in the sun. They will have a wonderful summer in downtown Toronto. The Heliconian 2024, it’s now in the pivate collection of a former summer volunteer at Riverdale Farm.

“It`s Cold & Windy in January on Wolfe Island” 11” x 14” watercolour. Collection of the artist

A Royal Ram 8” x 10” Watercolour. At the RAWF all of the stock is pristine. It`s the only time you are likely to see sheep wearing blankets. private collection Ridgetown Ontario

Colourful 10” x8” watercolour. Who decreed that colour always had to be “real”? Roosters just beg to show off. private collection Toronto.

Bunny Love. 1/5 7” x 10” Lino block print. Part of the Year of… series at Proof Gallery at the Distillery. Private Collection Toronto.

“King Chicken” 14” x 11” watercolour life study. Private Collection of Riverdale Farm’s manager (retired) Toronto

Riverdale Farm’s “Ewes on the Hill” This controlled abstraction is now in the private collection of an individual surname of Lamb

Peter at Thirty 16” x 16” egg tempera on panel. A Cleveland Bay, Peter was in charge of a herd of Clydesdales and English Shetland ponies. Private Collection Lansing NY

Splash, 19" x 22" Watercolour. I portrayed R Kalypso as a foal, with her mum. Later a head study, with her Mum. On her own Kalypso dashes through the Splash with her confident young rider. Private collection Orangeville Ontario

French Leave 14” x 10” Watercolour. Pierre started a promising career. Unfortunately he was foiled by colic. His owners friends arranged for a lasting image to add to her art collection. Private Collection Kleinburg.

Out of the Ether 14” x 10” mixed media. Step into the Kur for dancing drama. Private Collection

Their Final Furrow 19” x 11” watercolour. The city is comming. This the last time for Nick & Knolton to create a perfect straight furrow. Private Collection Toronto

Junior Barrels 12” x 16” Watercolour. Speed is of the essence in barrels, the rodeo competition around the cloverleaf course. Go fast. Private Collection Cochrane Ontario

“A Horse of a Different Colour” 6 9” x 12” watercolour interpretations of colour!

Tony at 18 after a varied career Cameron, and before his next one. Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencil on Arches 300 lb HP. Tony joins portraits of his parents equines from the 1980s. Private collection Toronto.

“Bounce & Pounce” 8” x 6” Egg Tempera on panel. Darwin came to this home as a neglected, troubled pooch. Turps (short for Turpentine) arrived as a blue eyed kitten. Darwin taught Turps how to behave. They thrived together. Turps ruled the dog bed, accompanied Darwin everywhere, including to his end. Back home she looked at the dog bed and walked away. It was no longer fun to tease her big brother. Collection of the Family

“Taurus & Virgo” 2.3” x 2.3 “ Watercolour on paper. The six year old equestrian hugs a 3 month old JR. She is now a senior lecturer in Maryland for the world of computer graphics design. The JR had a wonderful life as the stable dog at Country Mile Stables in Caledon. Collection of the Artist

“Zoey” 10” x 10” Watercolour. Zoey really did not want to pose, be still in the breezes riffling her shaggy coat. A study for a final triple portrait set on the shores of Bala Bay. Private Collection Muskoka

Max 14” x 12 “ Egg Tempera on Paper. A very special Christmas present for 2022, since I really no long work in egg tempera. However this is the third portrait for this client. The Christmas present was a great success. Private Collection Toronto

“Absolute Opposites” 12” x 14” Egg Tempera on Panel. (right Panel “Absolutely Tout Le Gang”, 12” x 28”) . Rufus & Boris were opposites. Rufus fussy, delicate, usually fashionably attired. Boris tough, hairy and bossy. Both on a woolly Absolute cooler. Julie Tattersall of Absolute Equestrian was known for her creativity, many fine riders and many, many dogs. Private Collection Alliston.

“Snoozing in the Sun” 8” x 10 “ Watercolour. Mumford had a wonderful life in Muskoka. Snoozing in the sun under the geranium coal scuttle was a favourite activity. Private collection Penatanguishine

Montreal Road Grey 6” x 4” Montreal’s Expos moved. They are still missed

Washington Nationals City Connect 2022 6” x 4” Watercolour

Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LIV. torso 6.5” x 4” helmet 2” x 2”

Miami Dolphins torso 6.5”x 4” helmet 2” x 2”

Toronto Maple Leaf throwback jersey 6” x 6” watercolour. Private Collection PEI

Quebec Nordiques 6” x 6” Watercolour. The Nordiques migrated to Colorado. Now they are an Avalanche. Private Collection PEI

The Gardens from the West 1931 5" x 7" Pen & Ink In the early 1930s the Gardens rose out of Toronto’s Leafy suburbs on the northwest corner of College Street and Church Street to become the city’s Hockey Cathedral. Now a grocery store on the main floor while the hockey floor went upstairs.

Lambeau Field 5” x 7” Pen & Ink

The NFLS Green Bay Packers home field has developed from behind the high school to a legendary venue.

Comerica Park 5" x 7" Pen & Ink. This image graces the label for the for the gin marketed in the Detroit Tigers right field. The client thought to use an older image in the heritage series but the park itself has undergone extensive upgrades. The new image reflects the Tigers upgrades

The Pittsburgh Steelers home 5” x 7” Pen & Ink. The Steelers home field is a steel Origami. The very unique roof’s octagonal petals spiral open and closed. They repeat the shapes in the walls flowing delicately to the ground in this compact site.

Detroit Redwings 5” x 7” Pen & Ink. The Little Ceasar’s logo on the roof is the first example of a venue reaching for the sky to identify itself. The rounded oval fits the pizza theme.

The Polo Grounds of New York in 1883, 5” x 7” pen & ink. Complete with an equestrian audience looking over the left field fence