December 2, 2020 Below are some images from my expanding collection of "Beautiful Invaders" paintings. These are small works, only 7" X 7" on Arches 140 cold press paper with Winsor and Newton watercolours. They are usually completed the day the leaves are collected. I used to paint these leaves when my children were at the leaving home stage and I was working full time at UVic. Now I seem to be at a similar time of change. Moving from working full time and transitioning into retirement- not from painting but from regular teaching commitments. Perhaps this is why these small accessible subjects are calling me again. I have a love/hate relationship with change and with Himalayan Blackberries. I do not like them taking over wild spaces. I do love eating them in July and August. This time of year I hike with clippers and leather gloves to cut off runners and remover overhanging brambles.  These treasures are $150.00 each. j

Arbutus at Cole Island 7" x 11" watercolour on paper to see this being painted view the time-lapse video

Lakeside Arbutus 14 X 11 w/c on paper $340.00

Winter pond at Goldstream, watercolour on canvas, 2019, 24" X 18"

Hilltop arbutus- at South Shore Gallery. 7" X 11" watercolour on paper

'Low Cost Housing—skunk cabbage at Francis King Park' watercolour on canvas 14 X 11"

Northwest Passage 11 X 14 horizontal watercolour on paper

Nearing Mayne Island 16 X 20" watercolour on canvas

Big Leaf Maple leaf watercolour on canvas 16 X 16" currently at HAT offices on Broughton Street, Victoria

Arbutus at the Water Edge w/c on paper 11 X 14" $340.00

Turkey Tail on Alder w/c on paper 7" X 11" unframed $250.00.

Hemlock at Cathedral Grove w/c on paper

Picnic site maple w/c on paper 7" X 11" unframed $250.00.

Alder at Cathedral Grove w/c on paper 7" X 11" unframed $250.00.

Fallen Giant at Lone Tree Hill. Unframed $250.00

Forest Floor at Francis King 16 X 20" wc on canvas

Lake reflections 11 X 14" watercolour on paper

Skunk Cabbage at Francis King Park 11 X 14"

Sooke Hills Arbutus 11 X 7" demo- $120.00

Panama flats #1 w/c on canvas

'Maples at Goldstream Park' 16" x 20" watercolour on canvas

'Storm Coming' watercolour on paper 14 X 22"

Southern Alberta near the Saskatchewan border watercolour on paper 14 X 22"

Camas bloom at Knockan Hill, watercolour on paper, 2019. 11 X 14"

Blue Ocean Labyrinth watercolour on paper 11 X 14"

Elk Lake Autumn colours, 15 X 22" watercolour on paper

Autumn Garry oak leaves 11 X 11" watercolour on paper

SOLD Oak at Knockan Hill Mandala 11" X 11" watercolour on paper

Meditations on a Lake 11" X 11" watercolour on paper

A different Day, same Lake Meditation. 11 " X 11" watercolour on paper

SOLD Knockan Hill camas mandala 11" X 11" watercolour on paper

'Near Jenner Alberta' watercolour on paper 7 X 11"

Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta 7X 11" w/c on paper $150.00

Spring Imagining 16 X 20" wc on canvas

SOLD works 

SOLD Thriving Douglas Fir

SOLD Rainy Day cedar

SOLD Decaying Cedar w/c on paper for Wildanticipation.ca exhibition.

Fir and Moss 6 X 11" w/c on paper SOLD

Taylor Ranch Saskatchewan SOLD

Arbutus on the Edge- leaving home too soon. watercolour on canvas 11 X 14" SOLD

Dragonfly Mandala 11" X 11" watercolour on paper. SOLD

Cedar Stump at Francis King wc on canvas, 8 X 10" SOLD

Oak leaves, forest floor 8 X 10" wc on canvas

SOLD Sunrise Cedar and lichen

SOLD Monuments to fire

SOLD Burnt window w/c on paper for Wildanticipation.ca exhibition.

Fawn Lilies at Francis King 11 X 14" wc on canvas at South Shore Gallery in Sooke. SOLD

Orange lichen on a very wet day at Francis King Park w/c on paper 7 X 11" SOLD

This is the Pale Pears that I mentioned in the October Newsletter. SOLD

Near Kerrobert Saskatchewan 11 X 7" watercolour on paper SOLD

Crab Apples at Quick's Bottom watercolour on canvas 11 X 14" SOLD

Small Arbutus #1 6" X 10" watercolour on paper SOLD South Shore Gallery in Sooke

Arbutus at Francis King Park 8 X 10" wc on canvas SOLD South Shore Gallery in Sooke

Panama Flats #2 at South Shore Gallery w/c on canvas

Goldstream River Watercolour on canvas 12" X 24" Nature of Island Arts Show SOLD

Guardians of the Road, Gitanyow watercolour on paper 14 X 22" framed with museum glass SOLD

Red Breasted Sap Sucker has lunch here 11 X 7" w/c on paper SOLD

Small Arbutus #2 7" X 10.5" watercolour on paper SOLD South Shore Gallery in Sooke

Nearing Yorkton 5 X 11" watercolour on paper SOLD

SOLD arbutus for Margaret

Cedar cluster at Francis King Park w/c on paper 11" X 11" SOLD

'Behind the Museum, Gitanyow' watercolour on paper 14 x 22" framed with museum glass SOLD