SKETCHES
These plein air oil sketches, painted near Dorset, Ontario, capture fleeting moments in nature — passing light, shifting weather, and the changing mood of the landscape — and often become the starting point for larger studio paintings.
SPRING SKETCHES
Rivulet, Early Spring
Single Cloud, Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring
Stream, Early Spring
Clearing Spring Skies, Big Porcupine Lake, Algonquin Park
Pond, Early Spring
Chub (Trout) Lake, Early Spring
Sunshine at the Pig’s Ear, Early Spring
Chub (Trout) Lake, Late March
Day Before Ice-Out, Chub (Trout) Lake
Freshet, Spring
Tom Lake, Spring
Mink Lake, Spring
Beaver Creek, Early Spring
Source Lake, Algonquin Park, April
Bonita Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring
The Beaver Meadow, Sunbeam Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring
Sunset, Tom Thomson Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring
Trail Near Arbuckle’s, Early Spring
SUMMER SKETCHES
Twisted Pine and Rock, Georgian Bay Near Killarney
Camp 2, Georgian Bay Near Killarney
Moonlight, Algonquin Park
Pink Sunset, Chub (Trout) Lake
Evening, After a Rainstorm, Chub (Trout) Lake
Cloud Formations, Summer
Summer Sunset 3
Summer Sunset 2
Summer Sunset 1
Dusk on a Northern Lake
Morning Clouds, Chub (Trout) Lake
Thunderstorm, Chub (Trout) Lake
Pen Lake, Algonquin Park
Summer Clouds Over Chub (Trout) Lake
FALL SKETCHES
Tamaracks on Paint Lake Road
Tamaracks and a Mackerel Sky
Paint Lake Road
Winding Road
The Marsh on Paint Lake Road
Chub (Trout) Lake, Late October
Potter Creek, Algonquin Park
Shadows at the Cabin, Fall
Moonlight and Shadows on Snow, Late November
Tamaracks Below Stewart’s, Late Fall
Oxtongue River Rapids
Canoe Lake Across from Little Wapomeo Island
Afternoon Clouds, Canoe Lake
Dead Trees and Stumps, Canoe Lake
Morning Cloud Formations, Canoe Lake
Park Lake, October
Cache Lake, Algonquin Park
Creek on the Rock Lake Road, Algonquin Park
Little Joe Lake, Algonquin Park
Tamaracks on the Arrowhon Road
Afternoon at the Cabin, Fall
Aspen, Birch, Setting Moon
Clouds Over Chub (Trout) Lake
Black Spruce Red Maple, Marsh, Paint Lake Road
Waterfall, Oxtongue River, Marsh’s Falls
Unsettled Day, Chub (Trout) Lake
Canoe Lake, October
Light and Shadows, Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park
Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park
Edge of a Bog in Algonquin Park
WINTER SKETCHES
Snow Shadows
The Ridge
Cowie’s Marsh on a Dull Day in Winter
Mink Lake
Grey Day at the Marsh
Snow and Shadows in the Woods
Moonlight on a Frozen Lake
Shadows on Snow Near Cowie's Marsh
Chub (Trout) Lake
Melting Ice, Chub (Trout) Lake
Late Afternoon Shadows
Looking Over the Lake
Winter Stream
Trail to Tom Lake
Above Mink Lake
Grey February Above Mink Lake