Many hide on small lanes and wooded lots and many are beautiful heritage homes. There are also several marinas with every size and type of pleasure craft and work boat. As you have already guessed, my art is greatly influenced by my surroundings. It is from this locale that I gather material for my paintings. It may mean a day spent on location painting what I see, or, a day of photographing local scenes in preparation for composing my paintings when I arrive home.
Watercolors are mood creators.
They lend themselves to misty mornings, glowing sunny afternoons and soft evening lights. Watercolors are so unpredictable, and somewhat unforgiving, so there is always a sense of excitement while the painting is being created. I was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1946 but was raised and spent my working life in Edmonton, Alberta. I retired to Vancouver Island during the summer of 1994. Because I have had a life long interest in various forms of art, I took an introductory course to art media at the University of Alberta in the mid 70's.