Autumn is always a magical time. The trees turn gold and red in the sunlight – A delight to capture in paint.
This view is off Captains Cove on a calm November morning and is looking north toward the BC Ferries maintenance facility.
“Autumn On The Fraser”
“An Evening Set”
Fraser River, Sea Reach, Ladner, BC
Anyone who has spent time on the Fraser River will have experienced the fantastic sunsets that flood over the area. A small First Nations gillnetter makes a set in Sea Reach as the sun sets in the west. The marsh lands here are essential for wildlife and young salmon and must be protected at all costs.
“High Wind in the Fraser”
Richmond, BC
High waves can be whipped up by a strong NW wind on the lower reaches of the Fraser. Here the ship docking tug “Tiger Sun” pounds her way down river on such a day.
“Dorothy, Running Into Sansum Narrows”
“Dorothy” is the oldest BC built sailing vessel still running. Now fully restored with the skills of dedicated shipwrights and volunteers, she is owned and operated by the Maritime Museum of BC. In April 2024 the Royal Thames Yacht Club presented her with the “Best Restored Sailing Vessel under 40 feet” award. She also won top awards at the 2024 Victoria Classic Boat Festival. This painting shows her running towards Sansum Narrows in a stiff breeze.
“Start ’em Young”
Do you remember when this could have been you?
Big unmanageable oars that don’t want to work together! But insistence you won’t be beaten!
Oh the joy when you finally get it right!!!
“Sunset over Ladner Reach”
While always searching for new atmospheres to include in a work I was able to catch this evening composition set in the Ladner marches.
Sunset is always a magical time but especially while cruising through the marshes off Ladner. Here we see the sun setting over the marshes which are so important for the fish and fowl and must be protected at all cost.
“Autumn on the Fraser”
Autumn is always a magical time. The trees turn gold and red in the sunlight – a delight to capture in paint.
This view is off Captains Cove on a calm November morning and is looking north toward the BC Ferries maintenance facility.
“Gulf Island Retreat”
This is a view that I have painted before but, like so many well intentioned artists in the past who repaint a favorite subject, you can always see it in a different light.
This particular view allows one to play with dappled light as it filters through the trees playing on the fishing vessel and the water giving, hopefully, a really calming effect on the viewer.
“Tow for Sea”
This historic view of Steveston illustrates a tall ship being towed away from the Britannia Cannery early in the morning. Small gillnetters fish the river in an area now blocked by Steveston Island that was only developed in the 1950’s to protect the harbour from southeasterly gales.
“Guardians of the North”
In 2021 I was invited to join the new Canadian artic patrol ship ‘HMCS Harry DeWolf’, the first to be built of a class of six. The ship was the first Canadian naval vessel to transit through the arctic northwest passage since the 1950’s. She went on that same year to complete a circumnavigation of North America, a first for a Canadian naval vessel since 1954.
The ships were built to secure Canada’s claim of her arctic territory and assist in maintaining communities in the north. These ships would also work with US agencies in drug enforcement further south in the Caribbean and off the Mexican and the US coastlines.