"Jim, Bennett's High Island", oil on canvas, 30"x40", private collection, Gravenhurst, Ontario
I loved Jim’s quiet and shy demeanor. I wanted to try to capture his character and the way he walked up Bennett’s High Island, thoughtfully and carefully, was the answer.
"Storm Over Wesleyville",oil,36"x24",private collection
"Shadow Portrait", 24"x36", oil on canvas, private collection, Kingston, Ontario
I wanted to try a different interpretation of portraiture in this painting. I loved the deep red of David’s Studio, the bare wood and the bright white all together, almost like a flag.
"The Berry Picker, Greenspond", oil, 50"x35", private collection, Delaware, U.S.A.
In the autumn in Newfoundland, you will see people off in fields, at the sides of roads, or on a hillside, picking berries. Cloud berries, partridge berries, blue berries…all of these are made into jam and preserves and remind me of Newfoundland. Milly Bragg was one such berry picker, and she posed for me on this hillside in the beautiful little village of Greenspond.
"Cyril In The Sea Runner", oil on panel, 12"x16", private collection, Ontario
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)/ its always ourselves we find in the sea”. ~E.E. Cummings
While I was staying at David Blackwood’s studio in Wesleyville, Newfoundland, his childhood friend Cyril took me out to visit some small islands in his family’s Sea Runner. He was such a kind man, with sparkling blue eyes.
“George Hill”, oil on panel, 40″x30″, please contact Heather Horton with queries.
George Hill was a lovely man who was kind to me when I was visiting Wesleyville, Newfoundland. I was there to research material for a painting exhibition and was staying at David Blackwood’s studio in town.
“At Greenspond”, oil on panel, 24″x12″, private collection, Burlington, Ontario
"Shoal Brook", oil on panel, 8"x10", Collection of The Canadian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
"David's Studio, Sunset", oil on canvas, 36"x48", private collection, Toronto, Ontario
"Fishing Stage, Fogo Island", oil on canvas, 36"x24", private collection, Toronto, Ontario
