Added to my Winter Portfolio.

Have driven by this spot on St. Joseph Blvd in Orleans, many times. Taylor Creek cuts its way thru the upper layers of limestone rock from the paleozoic era and plunges 20 meters to the foot of the escarpment on its way to the Ottawa river. Hard to imagine that the rock is some 130 million years old. The snow is like icing on the layers of the escarpment.

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For 2023, I will be focusing on showing my work at the Foyer Gallery. This is a group run gallery located in the Nepean Sportsplex (Gate 1), 1701 Woodroffe Ave.

This coming week we will hang our Big and Small show, which will run from January 31 to February 19. My painting “On the way” will be included in this show.

I’ve also spent some time revisiting a piece that kept bugging me – just didn’t seem right. Previously called Meech Lake Fall, I’ve lightened the mood, reflecting the sunlight breaking thru after the storm. It is much more positive now and is now called, more appropriately, After the storm.

Have started to paint a number of smalls and am trying to loosen up my style. This week’s piece is “First Snow Gatineau” (Acrylic, 12×12 on gallery wrap canvas)

I am also exploring Acrylic Ink as a medium and this will also be smaller format. The first in this series is called “The other pasture” (Acrylic Ink, 12×12 on 140 lb cold press watercolour paper).

It will be mounted on 1.5 inch deep cradled wood panel. It will be sealed with fixative and wax medium.