Why I Paint.

I started painting as a hobby when I was a teen, living at home in Grimsby Ontario. I was surrounded by artistic people. My mom Shirley painted and was very good at her craft, sadly it was short lived as she passed away too early in life. My brother Ron is also an artrist and still paints today, he shares our website www.aframestudios.ca Ron is an excellent artist he paints in both oils and watercolours. Most of his work today is in watercolours.

I have used painting as a form of stress relief and as a way to relax. I find painting totally relaxing. I love to paint images of my country, Canada. There is so much to be seen in Canada, we have a wide and varied landscape. The best way to see it is to travel the country and not just the highways. I recommend to get off the highways and take the back roads, the dirt roads, rivers and many lakes there are in this big beautiful country. Go for a hike, walk he pathways, ride a bike down the Terry Fox Trail that follows a lot of old railway trails.

I want my art to be seen by many people, and hope it inspires people to look at Canada in a different way. Canada is my inspiration. Part of my art work has been on canoe paddles. The canoe was used to explore the country before Canada was Canada, what better way to display the beauty of Canada than on a canoe paddle. I have painted well over 500 paddles, most were custom created for collectors across Canada. All of these paddles were scenes from across Canada, parks, farms, town halls, train stations and more/

I challenge everyone to look at this country, the beauty of it, the awesome lakes and mountains, the beauty of the wildlife.

Here are a couple of  my paintings of Canada.

One is Mystic Beach on Vancouver Island.

Stormy Sheringham - Sheringham Lighthouse, Vancouver Island

A great way to see this country, in a canoe. While paddling around you can set the paddle down, hang your feet over the side and start "Relaxing".

My Canada, an awesome country waiting to be explored and discovered.