Using small, plein air watercolour paintings and photos as references, these much larger oil paintings took on a grandeur, expressive of the size of the mountains. The shapes are somewhat idealized to more elemental forms. The overlapping of the many flattened forms creates a constructed space.
Oil on Canvas, 39" x 36", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 40" x 28", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 39" x 32 1/2", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 30" x 36", Framed.
Oil on canvas, 27 1/2" x 33", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 30" x 31", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 33 1/2" x 29", Framed.
Oil on Panel, 7 1/4" x 5 3/4", Framed.
Oil on Panel, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2", Framed.
Oil on Canvas, 9 1/4" x 13". The iconic roof of the lodge was freshly painted in its unique crimson red colour and part of the Ram, the old guest lodge poking in from the left, completed the composition.
(Donated to the lodge, "Thank you", Tim Whyte and staff.)
Mostly painted outdoors and on site, these small watercolours allow the artist to decide which elements are most important and need emphasis and which other ones can be let go.
Yoho National Park, Watercolour (Plein Air), 7" x 6 1/4", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 5 1/4" x 6 1/4", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 7 3/4" x 6 1/2", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 5" x 6", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour, 5 3/4" x 5 3/4", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air),, 6 3/4" x 5 7/8", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air),, 6 1/2"" x 5 ", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 9 3/4"" x 7 1/4 ", Framed and Conservation Matted.
These plein air watercolours were painted in 2008 (left) and 2021 (right). The earlier painting is more stylized and the later one is more topographical. Note the exposed rock in the centre of Bow Glacier that wasn't visible 13 years prior
Watercolour (Plein Air), 7" x 6", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 4 3/4" x 7 1/2", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour (Plein Air), 3 3/8"" x 10 1/2", Framed and Conservation Matted.
Watercolour, 12 1/4" x 13 1/2", Framed and Conservation Matted.
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