The Road Home
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 40 inches
$2,250
Canvas print $151
The Road Home is adapted from a photo I took just north of Owen Sound while out for a bicycle ride. The painting looks east towards the Sound. The title can be taken both literally and spiritually.
Arrival
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
14 x 28 inches
$1,400
Arrival is the final treatment (maybe) of the Strenco ST-1 toy robot that has been my inspiration for the painting Dawn of the Machine Age and the automaton Robot Ray.
Old Red
2021
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
$1,750
Canvas print $130
Old Red is another view of a 1948 Ford F6 cab over engine that was for sale just up the road from my home. I thought it would look good parked up against an old barn door.
Vigil
2020
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 40 inches
$2,250
Canvas print $151
Vigil is based on a photo I took of a 1948 Ford F6 cab over engine that was for sale just up the road from my home. I stopped while on a bicycle ride and took some photos of this beautiful old machine.
Marooned Monterey
2001
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 16 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $127
Marooned Monterey is a 1961 Mercury Monterey that I found in the back forty of a farm outside Owen Sound. The far side of the car was caved in and one of the wheels is in the back seat. I like the contrast between the rusting relic and its natural setting.
End of the Road
2015
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $130
End of the Road is another view of a 1961 Mercury Monterey abandoned on a farm property outside Owen Sound, Ontario. Chrome, fins and rust in rural Ontario.
Leon’s Tractor
1995
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Canvas print $110
Leon’s Tractor was my father-in-law’s Massey Ferguson 65 tractor on their farm in Massie, Ontario, just southeast of Owen Sound. The photo flash made the tractor stand out starkly against the whitewashed barn beams.
Pinball Obsession
2012
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $125
Pinball Obsession is based on a photograph I took of a 1977 Gottlieb Mustang pinball machine. One of my hobbies is restoring electro-mechanical pinball machines. I am an admirer of MC Escher and was inspired by his work to include myself in the pinball reflection.
The Pinball Player
2019
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
$2,000
Canvas print $130
The Pinball Player is based on a photo of my son playing a 1994 Bally Corvette pinball machine with a 1994 Williams Roadshow in the foreground. I liked the effect of him being lit by the glow from the pinball machine. The background is based on my memories of the industrial plazas in the suburbs of Toronto.
Grain Elevator – Owen Sound
2016
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
$2,500
Canvas print $158
Grain Elevator – Owen Sound is from a picture of the iconic Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator on Owen Sound harbour I took while kayaking with my kids. I treated this as two separate paintings, completing the top half before I started on the reflection.
Abandoned Cottage
1994
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $125
Abandoned Cottage is from a photo taken on a small island where we stopped to picnic while canoeing in Lake Huron off the Bruce Peninsula. I liked that I could look right through the building to the far shore.
Boat Storage
2016
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
$2,000
Canvas print $130
Boat Storage is a closer view of the abandoned cottage I first painted in 1994. I don’t think that boat is ever going anywhere, but the oar is still there.
Front Porch
2014
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Canvas print $125
Front Porch was painted for my mother’s 80th birthday. She loved to sit on the front porch when she would come to visit. The original painting resides with my stepfather in Cologne Germany.
Cistercian Abbey
2014
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
$1,300
Canvas print $130
Cistercian Abbey is from a black and white photograph by Henri Gaud. I have always loved the architecture of Europe and liked the perspective of this image.
Gothic Font
2002
Acrylic on board
9 x 15 inches
$1,000
Gothic Font is from a black and white photo by Wim Swaan. Painted to fit a reclaimed cupboard door panel with an interesting frame. I love Gothic architecture and have included some Gothic elements in my home decor.
Kayaking in Killbear
2013
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
$2,000
Canvas print $158
Kayaking in Killbear is from a photo taken while camping with my children at Killbear Provincial Park just north of Parry Sound, Ontario. I have many happy memories of camping here with my family.
Canoeing in Killarney
1993
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $130
Canoeing in Killarney is from a photo taken of my first wife Kim in the front of our canoe on George Lake in Killarney Provincial Park.
The lake lies on a divide between two different rock formations, pink granite in the foreground and the white quartzite La Cloche mountains in the background.
Kim in the Barnyard
1996
Acrylic on canvasboard
36 x 24 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $170
Kim in the Barnyard is from a photograph of my first wife in the barnyard of her parent’s farm outside Owen Sound. As I was from the City the cows and I shared a mutual sense of curiosity and wariness.
Fireside
1995
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Canvas print $125
Fireside depicts my first wife Kim by the campfire when we were camped at Killarney Provincial Park in Northern Ontario.
Toad
2005
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Canvas print $125
Toad is based on a photo of my children with a toad they found on one of our hikes at Inglis Falls Conservation Area just south of Owen Sound. There are many beautiful places to explore in the area.
Dawn of the Machine Age
2002
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$2,000
Canvas print $125
Dawn of the Machine Age is based on a photo of a German Strenco ST-1 toy robot that I picked up at an old-age-home yard sale about 30 years ago.
Captain Jackman
2006
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$1,500
Canvas print $125
Captain Jackman is a from a photo of Algoma Central Corporation’s Captain Henry Jackman tied up for the winter in Owen Sound harbour. Owen Sound has a rich history as a busy port on the Great Lakes.
General Gunther (Retired)
2017
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$1,200
Canvas print $125
General Gunther (Retired) is from a photo of a garden gnome that I sculpted in clay and then cast in concrete. He seems to enjoying his well-earned retirement, but the war has taken its toll.
Oregon Trail
1992
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 24 inches
$1,000
Canvas print $127
Oregon Trail is from a photo taken on a hiking trail in Oregon while on a trip to the coast with my mother. Quite a bit different from the forests back home.