Easter Gift Ideas

Easter is coming..A great gift idea for your children. My sweet paintings "Ballerina & Tea Party friends" Prints available. I can also customize their name in the banners & in the balloons. See picture below. Originals sold, commissions available!

New painting idea - Basel Kaserne

My sketch for a new commission painting for a client. A scene of Basel’s Kaserne building along the Rhine. The Basel Kaserne was built in 1863 and was previously Basel’s Barracks & military training place by the Swiss army from 1863-1966. Today it is Basel’s cultural center for the independent theater, dance and performance scene as well as concerts with bars and restaurants. In the inner courtyard (former parade ground) large famous events such as Basel's Tattoo military band & Fall Fair take place yearly.

Happy Customer

Hi Everyone, Hope you are settling in the New Year with lots of creativity.
I just recieved some pics from one of my happy customers and I thought I would share them with you. Its a wonderful feeling to see your art work hanging is someone's home!

Here are the floral paintings she purchased from me for her living room and the big 100 x 120 Beach painting for over her sofa. She will be getting it framed shortly to match the others.

Wishing you a lovely day and Happy Painting.

Fresh Off the Easel

Hi Everyone,
Sorry it has been long overdue since I post something on my studio blog. This summer has been just so busy for us. We have had many guests and lots of work to do around our home. Then came Fall and the yard work was heavy. I have never done so much raking. Anyways, we finally hired some guys to do the raking in the back. I never thought this house of mine would be so much work. However, I do love our home and property, so as my dad said "When you love your Trees your love your Leaves"...LOL

Anyways, I have finally had a chance to finish my commission painting - 120 x 100 cm. This painting is based on a combination of my Beach Colours series and my Italian Summer's End painting. The painting is entitled "Mary's Summer Delight" I will be varnishing shortly and delivering to my customer. She saw a pic of the painting and is very pleased.

Wishing you all wonderful week. We are having some amazing Spring like weather here in Ottawa.




And a few pics of some Fall shots at my home:

The Little Festive House - Revised

Hi Everyone, my friends asked me if I could do some revisions to their Little House painting. I really did not want to do these changes but they are the customer. They asked if I could add some more yellow and rose to the house and put add some yellow light in their kitchen window, and a bit more white reflections to the glass windows . So here are the changes:

Revised Painting

And the Original One
(I like them both, but I prefer my original painting). I would really appreciate any of your comments about the revisions.

Kamma - Another Commission Painting

Hi Everyone, I just finished another commission painting for my friend Sandra in Copenhagen. Its a painting of her lovely horse Kamma. This was a real challenge for me as I have never painted a horse before. I advised Sandra that I was not an animal painter and she still wanted something. So after a days work, much to my surprise I am quite pleased with sweet Kamma.

The painting is small and measures 8.5 x 11 inches - done in Acrylics. I am going to Sandra's for dinner tonight and I am quite excited to see her reaction.

Sweet Kamma

Happy New Year

I would like to wish all my artist friends and readers a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2008.

I also finished a painting for some Danish friends of mine on New Years Eve. A painting of their beautiful home in Frederiskberg, Copenhagen. Sorry I was unable to post my wip of this painting as things have been quite hectic over here planning my big move back to Canada!

Schwaner Festlig Hus, 40 x 50, Acrylic