Due to a venue glitch the showing has been postponed until the fall... I'll keep you posted!

Wreck at Sunset 48"x36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

Wreck in the Mist 40"x20' Acrylic/Multi-Media on gallery canvas

Fiery Wreck 30"x40" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Wreck at Dawn 30"x30" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Wreck - Afternoon Sky 14'x14' Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas (framed)

Wooden Wreck - High & Dry 30"X36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Canvas

Wrecked Frigate 20'x20" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

Partially Submerged Wreck 14"x11' Acrylic/Multi-Media on Canvas

Beached Wreck 14"x11" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Blue Sea Wreck 36"x24" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas (framed)

Blue Ship Wreck 40"x30" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Gamz Vista 48'x36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

This work Gamz Vista 48"x36" (multi-media/acrylic on gallery canvas) was commissioned by a client who loves bold colors and vibrant skies... the ocean/village/ruin foreground provides contrast ... I enjoyed executing the piece knowing it would meet expectation... Usually a scary prospect... 

Dead Sea Sentinel Multi-media/Acrylic on canvas 30'x40''

Blue Ship-Wreck 40"x30" Multi-Media/Acrylic on canvas

Have at last time to paint again... a new piece Blue Shipwreck 40"x30" (multi-media/acrylic on canvas) is a toned down version of the usually turbulent skies I usually enjoy painting...

Dead Sea Sentinel 30"x40" (multi-media/acrylic on canvas) is a retouched earlier work that I thought lacked life... it now has more vibrant earthy/orange hues...

Abbott's Blue: 48"x36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

An interior designer commissioned "a blue sky/seascape... with texture and eye-catching interest..."

This piece will apparently be placed in the client's "minimalistic room... all white with occasional splashes of cobalt-blue!"

It is always a relief when I have adequately complied with client vision!

Blue Sea Wreck 36"x24" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Canvas (framed)

Wreck at Dawn 30"x30" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

It is always a joy when someone makes an immediate decision to purchase my work. I was delighted yesterday when a client picked two paintings out of my current display - The transaction took less than 2 minutes to close! Parting with pieces to people who display such decided enthusiasm is such a treat!  

A chance meeting with Jon & Nicola of Point Gallery lead to an agreement to collaborate. The gallery is currently exhibiting 4 of my larger wreck pieces (see below)

I am particularly delighted as the work of the other artists represented strongly resonates with my own taste. I feel at home! 

Drop by at their new location:

46 Centre Street, Thornhill - 416-997-1567  http://www.thepointgallery.ca/

Dead Sea Sentinel 30"x40" Multi-Media/Acrylic on canvas

Another depiction of an ancient ruin returning to nature. The stunning beauty of the Negev desert set-off by vestiges of bygone times...

Bits of kurkar, picked up on the beach are used to depict ruined buildings. Kurkar is a sandstone type substance left over from the Thira/Santorini tsunamis some 3500 years ago. (see pics below). The crumbling cliffs north of Tel Aviv are the only above ground examples of this fascinating phenomenon.

Similar work sold in 2010/11:

Negev Ruin

Negev - Ruined Forts

Dead Sea - Ruin

Ruined Fort against Bronze Sky 16"x16" Acrylic/Kurkar on gallery canvas

Dead Sea Ruin III Multi-Media/Acrylic on Canvas 30x24

Dead Sea Dust Storm 30x36 Multi-Media/Acrylic on Canvas

Kurkar cliffs!

Crumbling Kurkar Cliffs

Kurkar cliff close-up!

This experimental work, 30"x36" acrylic/multi-media on canvas, depicts the return of man-made objects to nature. The remnants of a rusted wreck returning to natural elements.

Metaphorically the world as we know it returns to the greater whole... The great unknown! My intention was to juxtapose structure and formlessness... All structure exists in a greater realm...  

The camera seemed incapable of capturing the teal tones of the piece... Another skill-set to develop! :-) 

Wreck at Sunset 48"x36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

Wreck in the Mist 40"x20' Acrylic/Multi-Media on gallery canvas

Fiery Wreck 30"x40" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Wreck at Dawn 30"x30" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Wreck - Afternoon Sky 14'x14' Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas (framed)

Wooden Wreck - High & Dry 30"X36" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Canvas

Wrecked Frigate 20'x20" Acrylic/Multi-Media on Gallery Canvas

Partially Submerged Wreck 14"x11' Acrylic/Multi-Media on Canvas

Beached Wreck 14"x11" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Blue Sea Wreck 36"x24" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas (framed)

Blue Ship Wreck 40"x30" Acrylic/Multi-Media on canvas

Ater a slow start this year, I am working on several pieces that feature rusted wrecks on the shore. While the theme of nature reclaiming man made objects continues to fascinate me, the popularity of these paintings has prompted me to consider an exhibition dedicated to this subject later this year! 

The darker piece, Wreck at Sunset, 48"x36" features a piece of rusted/encrusted metal found on the beach, intended to depict a decaying wreck that has merged into the landscape. I have incorporated sea-sand/pebbles (from wherever I spotted the metal pieces) into the textured foreground. The sunset/sea background derives from my imagination.   

The second, Wreck in the Mist, 40"x20" attempts to depict the pristine isolation of a wreck as an integral part of the landscape. The rusty hulk has no toxicity left...  

The third, Fiery Wreck 30'x40", fourth Wreck at Dawn 30"x30" & fifth Wreck - Afternoon Sky 14"x14'are similar in concept/construction... Capturing the precise moment of light emerging through cloud is always a challenge!

The sixth work High & Dry 30"x36"depicts an old wooden wreck stranded high above the receding water line... 

The smaller pieces, Partially Submerged Wreck 14x11, Wrecked Frigate 20'x20" & Beached Wreck II 14'x11"depict simplicity rather than my usual preoccupationwith the dramatic juxtaposition of nature and gradual decay...

Similiar work completed in 2011:

Wreck at Low Tide: Acrylic/Multi-media 60x40

Wreck at Low Tide (detail)

Wreck at Low Tide 40x60 (in full sunlight)

Wrecked Trawler on Beach: 24x18 Acrylic/Multi-Media.

Beached Wreck: 40x20 Acrylic/Multi-Media

Wreck at Low Tide II 24x12 Mulit-Media/Acrylic on Canvas framed

Commissions accepted!  

My best wishes for the Holidays... And a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous & Safe 2012!

                       Thanks for the support and encouragement that went into making this such a successful year!