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Museum Storage
oil on 2 wood panels, each 20 x 25 cm, 2005. *
Building for Theatre: grade 11-12
Students transformed a small historical painting into a theatre set. The project was animated by projecting the original source image upon the set and with the help of the dance department’s performance.
Paris Church
Located beside Pompidou Art Gallery, Paris.
Watercolour 8 x 10 inches, 2014.
Small Rapids
linocut, 11 x 12 inches, 2015.
Detachment
3 inch tall paper soldier etching kit figures. Detachments of 30 figures (army platoon) sent across Canada and abroad.
Clouds over Killarney Bay
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
Curiosity Shop
tempera and oil on canvas, 21 x 25 inches, 2017.
Dreadnought
cardboard and paper, length 40 inches, 2017.
Other Spaces
oil, canvas 122 x 306 cm. 2006.
War Dioramas: grade 10
Students recreated a WWII photograph as a diorama. Materials: kraft paper, glue, wood, cardboard; black and white paint and chalk.
Church Facade
(Troyes, France) watercolour, 11 x 10 inches, 2011.
Red Canoe
linocut, 12 x 24 inches, 2014.
Frame Shop
oil on wood, 10 x 14 inches. 2015.
Wind Ripples, Killarney Bay
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
The Picture
oil on cardboard box lid 17 x 26 cm 2010
LIttle Wars (make me)
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. BC. 2010.
Curiosities
window photo mural, “Core 21” Simcoe St. Oshawa. Sept-Dec. 2016.
Paper Sculptures
Projects demonstrate how students have worked with coloured papers, thin and thick cardboard and cardstock to make 3D sculptures. Students are encouraged to consider possible textures and details.
US Marines
oil on Tamiya box lid, 15 x 18 cm, 2017.
Sopwith Camel WW1
oil on Revell box lid, 12 x 18 cm. 2014.
The Plane
scraped etching and aquatint (edition of 12 prints), 56 x 61 cm. 2010.
Making Machines: grade 7-8
Students worked in small groups to create a machine that could stir a cup of coffee. Groups made preliminary drawings, used a variety of materials and a 9 volt battery. Prototypes were tested.
Hedgerows
copperplate engraving & drypoint, 3 x 3 inches, 2014.
Guardsman
linocut 3 x 5 inches,
(invite for Toronto Outdoor Art Show, 1999).
Proposition for a Shipping Monument
mixed media fold-out sculpture.
open: 8 feet diameter, 6 feet tall.
closed: 21/2 x 5 x 4 feet.
Water’s Edge
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
American GI’s, WWII
oil on Tamiya box lid, 30 x 16 cm, 2018.
Boulders and Rocks
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
German Assault Troops WWII
oil on Tamiya box lid, 30 x 16 cm, 2018.
Travel Sketch: Tuileries Garden, Paris.
watercolour, 8 x 10 inches, 2013.
Forest Floor
etching & aquatint, 6 x 10 inches. Edition of 10.
Dusk on Pine Island, Killarney Bay
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
German Observation Troops WWII
oil on Tamiya cardboard box, 30 x 16 cm. 2018.
Interiors [slideshow]
Interior spaces, re-imaged with dollhouse furnishings. Oil on canvas, or egg-oil tempera on panel. 2018
Curiostiy Shop, Paris
oil on wood panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2013.
Forest, France
oil on wood panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2016.
Beach Day
linocut, 5.5 x 6 inches. Edition of 20.
Riverbank Study 1
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
Small Pond
copperplate engraving on paper, 3 x 3 inches, 2014.
Riverbank Study 2
oil on wood panel, 10 x 12 inches, 2016.
Tournament Armour
Museum sketch: Invalides Museum, Paris. Gouache on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2014.
Ship in a Box
etching aquatint, mixed media sculpture.
open: 8 inches tall, 2012.
View of Killarney Ridge
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
Industrial Views [slideshow]
Oil on canvas. Miniature train club landscapes.
Battleship
oil on cardboard box lid 15 x 30 cm 2010
Kid’s Fort,
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
Sketchbook
Moving Clouds, Killarney Bay
oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2016.
Boulders and Rocks
Installation View
White Water Gallery, North Bay, 2010.
Flying Machines: grades 5-8
Groups of students work together to make large flying machines. Sculptures are made of wood. Paper is stretched over their frames and painted.
Russian Infantry, WWII
oil on Airfix box lid, 12 x 14 cm 2017.
Watercolours [slideshow]
The miniature landscape depicts an idealized world loaded with nostalgia. Watercolour, gouache & pencil on paper.
German Infantry, WWII
oil on Airfix box lid, 4.5 x 5.5 cm. 2017
En Garde
ink, gouache and pencil on blue paper, 35 x 50 cm. 2008.
The Lake Ahead
oil on panel, 9 x 12 inches, 2013.
Automata & Art History
Grade 11 students worked with photocopies of artworks from their art history textbook. Artworks were animated using cardboard gears, levers, sliders and other pop-up book mechanisms. Waves rolled, wings and arms flapped.
Preserving History: Baghdad Museum Project
6 paintings, oil on wood blocks, approx. 10 x 15 cm each, 2004.
Reduction Block Prints gr.10
Reduction block prints in 2-3 colours plus white paper requires careful planning. Postcard size prints, ‘battleship linoleum.’
Arms & Armour
oil & cold wax on board, 33 x 70 cm. 1995.
Linocut Printmaking: grade 7-8
Students have created wild and wonderful beasts and animals. Other classes recreate First World War photographs after learning about the First War in history class. These postcard size prints use reduction-block print techniques.
German Africa Korps, WWII
oil on Airfix box lid, 4.5 x 5.5 cm. 2017.
Favourite Place
etching & aquatint, 9.5 x 23.5 inches, 2012.
Embankment
oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2009.
Centaur
(Tuileries Garden, Paris) 7 x 9 inches, 2013.
study: Small Rapids
Watercolour study for linocut. 8 x 8 inches, 2014.
Desert Storm
etching and aquatint, 12 x 18 inches, 2012.
Tall Trees
etching & aquatint, 10 x 24 inches, 2004.
Medieval Town: grade 4-5
This class recreated a house or business in a medieval town. Students researched, made rough drawings and constructed their dioramas using cardboard, collage, printmaking and painting techniques. Students mapped their town on the last day.
Blue Canoe
watercolour, 9 x 13 inches, 2013.
(study for linocut Red Canoe, 2014.
Aircraft Carrier
Oil on cardboard box lid, 22 x 30 cm. 2018.
A Painting Transformed: grade 10
Students selected a painting from art history. Then with cardboard, collage and monoprint, transformed it into a diorama.
Water Grasses, Killarney.
watercolour & ballpoint pen on paper, 7 x 10 inches, 2013.
Wheelbarrow
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.
Ancient Reliefs: grade 9
Using cardboard, papier mâché and some white chalk, students recreate a relief sculpture from ancient history.
City in Ruins: grade 11
Students created miniature dioramas of their downtown after imagining it abandoned or destroyed.
Footbridge
watercolour, 8 x 10 inches, 2013.
Rugged Shore
etching & aquatint, 9 x 24 inches, 2005.
Summer sketch
watercolour, 6.5 x 10 inches, 2011.
Winter Pond
drypoint & chine collé , 6.5 X 10.5 inches, 2010.
Back Garden
(France), watercolour & gouache on cream paper, 10 x 13 inches, 2011.
Studio Construction 1
oil on 2 wood panels 23 x 60 cm. 2009.
For years I have packed my paint box through the woods to paint the landscape. Careful description of the miniature or actual space before me remains of utmost importance. During my stay at Gushul studio I built my own mountain landscape within my studio and painted from it.
Stone Cliffs, Killarney
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2015.
Proposition for a Shipping Monument
plywood and mixed media, 2010.
Open: 9 feet diameter, 7 feet tall.
Little Wars (Make Me)
Print Installation travel project. Lino-stamp mural & installation elements, variable dimensions.
Rocky Shoreline, Killarney.
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2015.
Water Lilies by the Shore
oil on canvas, 40 x 26 inches, 2015.
Installation after Tom Thomson [slideshow]
“Space Invaders: Art Festival”, downtown Oshawa, 2013. Installation with paper and found materials.
Numerous on-site landscape paintings were created from this mock-up landscape model over the course of this seven day painting-performance project.
Plasticine Paintings
Primary colours plus black and white makes all the colours you need. Learn to make skin tones and different browns with the primaries. Another kind of finger-painting!
Ship-in-a-Box
Etching & aquatint print, mixed media. Open: 40 x 30 x 22 cm. Closed: 6 x 20 x 30 cm. 2012.
Detachment
Etching, and aquatint. Edition size: 150+ prints. 2011.
Gundeck
watercolour and gouache 41 x 57 cm 2007
Cottage View
linocut, 10 x 12 inches, 2013.
British 8th Army “Desert Rats” WWII
oil on Airfix box lid, 12 x 14 cm, 2018.
The Game
ink, charcoal, watercolour on paper
50 x 65 cm. 2008.
Wetlands, Algonquin Park
oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches, 2015.
Canal Road
(France), watercolour & gouache, 8 x 10 inches, 2013.
Suburb
etching & aquatint, 12 x 15 inches, 2002.
Printmaking, Drawing, Sculpture: grade 1-3
Students use lino-block stamps and freehand drawing to create panoramic views on large sheets of paper. Hot air balloon images were created using drypoint printmaking processes and an etching press. See a class of animal heads made by cutting and folding construction paper; also self-portraits made with oil pastels.
Deckbridge Railroad Bridge
oil on cardboard box, 7.5 x 25 cm. 2018.
Shakespeare’s Theatre
Students work as a group to recreate Shakespeare’s theatre in miniature. Students practiced mapping, measurement and building techniques.
Reflective Water
linocut, 12 x 12 inches, 2002.
Canadian History: grade 7-8:
Students recreated some aspect of Canadian history: a 19th century fort, First War trench, school house, factory or general store. They used cardboard, paint, mono-printing and collage in their designs.
French Village
watercolour, 15 x 30 inches, 2008.
Green Hillside
oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2005.
Mounted Knights
oil on Warhammer box lid, 13 x 16 cm 2018.
Looking Down
etching & aquatint, 18 x 24 inches, 2005.
Paper & Glue
Paper bags and cardboard boxes; scissors, coloured paper, white glue and hot glue built these projects. Watering down white glue and brown kraft paper makes even more complex objects such as this aircraft carrier.
Longbows
oil on Warhammer box lid, 13 x 16 cm 2018.
Crying Man
oil on wood, 10 x 15 cm. 2004.
Crossings
watercolour and gouache, 20 x 60 inches (2 papers), 2012.
School Drum Set
Cardboard sauna tubes, acrylic paint and duck tape. Lots of kids dropped by and took a turn building and painting this project at Sir Sam Steeles P.S. (Whitby).
Anthropology Museum
oil & cold wax on board, 33 x 70 cm. 1995.
Redcoat
oil on Playmobil box, 15 x 10 cm 2018.
Anatomy Room
oil & cold wax on board, 33 x 70 cm. 1995.
Little Things
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.
Shoreline
oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches, 2007.
Studio Construction 2
oil on 2 wood panels 23 x 60 cm. 2009.
Cafe
7 x 10 inches, ballpoint pen, 2004.
Tree Studies
7 x 10 inches, ballpoint pen, 2004.
Solo Trip
oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches, 2015.
British Redcoats at Waterloo
oil on Perry Miniatures box lid, 6 x 23 cm 2018.
Above the Street
8 x 10 inches, ballpoint pen, 2004.
The Model
watercolour & gouache on kraft paper
34 x 29 cm 2008.*
Kiosk
7 x 5 inches, ballpoint pen, 2004.
Empty Gallery
oil on wood, 10 x 15 cm, 2004.
Crewman
mezzotint and chine colé on paper, 2005.
Fig. 340
oil, canvas 153 x 182 cm. 2006.
Construction #3 (Walker)
oil, canvas 153 x 122 cm. 2006.
Boxes
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.
Construction #5
oil, canvas 122 x 153 cm. 2006.
Blairmore, Alberta
oil on 9 wood panels 70 x 92 cm (total), 2009.
A map is understood to represent the land and is thus like a miniature model. In the plein-air painting tradition, I painted each wooden panel in a single sitting, freehand without under-drawing or projection. The map’s grid, symbols and contour lines structure this painting.
Vimy
watercolour and gouache 35 x 50 cm 2006
Building
ink, charcoal, gesso, watercolour on kraft paper, 50 x 55 cm. 2008. *
Fallen Heads
oil on wood, 10 x 14 cm, 2004.
Props
ink wash, gesso and oil paint on pink paper 120 x 75 cm 2008.
ROM Visit
coloured pencil 6 x 9 inches, 2004.
Typewriter
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.*
Painting
ink, charcoal, watercolour on paper
65 x 50 cm. 2008.
Antique Head
oil on wood, 10 x 15 cm, 2004.
Small Sculpture: Royal Ontario Museum
oil on wood panel, 5 x 7 inches, 1999.*
Working Drawings: “Things Unseen”
10 x 10 inches. Ink wash over ballpoint pen and pencil on paper. 2006.
Dominion Organ
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.
Both Sides
watercolour & gouache 36 x 90 cm 2007
Like This
watercolour, ink & charcoal 120 x 75 cm. 2008. *
Museum Shelves
oil on wood, approx. 10 x 15 cm, 2004.
Running Horse
watercolour 22 x 20 inches, 2008.
Museum models can be quite life-like. This life-size running horse model is based on drawings and photos I created when visiting the Natural History Museum in London England The display case is perhaps the only clue there is something unnatural or “wrong” with this image.
Typewriter
drypoint, edition of 20 prints, 4 x 5 inches, 2007.
Knock-out
watercolour postcard 10 x 15 cm 2008
Here
watercolour, ink & charcoal, 120 x 75 cm. 2008.
The Museum
oil on wood, approx. 10 x 15 cm, 2004.
Dominion Organ
oil on panel 20 x 25 cm. 2005.
KIA
watercolour postcard 10 x 15 cm 2008
Tank
watercolour, ink, gouache on paper 35 x 50 cm. 2008. *
This drawing is based on archival photos of General Patton’s decoy army in the months prior to the 1944 D-Day invasion. So as to deceive the Germans as to the invasion plans of the allied army, thousands of rubber inflatable decoy tanks, artillery guns, planes and landing crafts were amassed around Dover, England. This decoy army tricked the Germans into believing the main allied invasion would be made somewhere near Calais, France.
Military Museum
scraped aquatint & drypoint, 6 x 9 inches, 2004.
Stretcher Bearers
watercolour 18 x 24 cm 2008
The Experiment
ink and pencil on handmade paper, 40 x 35 cm. 2009.
Sarajevo
watercolour, gouache, 2 papers 35 x 110 cm (total) 2007
Sarajevo is a small watercolour, gouache and pencil painting. It depicts Canadian peacekeepers on one of the many past UN peacekeeping missions that we have become so proud of. This painting is based on a diorama found in the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in London, Ontario and it is part of my ongoing consideration of the question, how do we represent our military history?
1812
watercolour 20 x 25 cm 2008
There
watercolour, ink & charcoal, 120 x 75 cm. 2010.
Heads
watercolour and ballpoint pen 8 x 10 inches, 2008.
Egypt
watercolour and graphite, 8 x 10 inches, 2008.
Little Somme
oil on paper 50 x 65 cm 2009
Untitled (cutting)
watercolour, ink wash and coffee over pencil on blue paper. 2009
Working Up
oil on paper 42 x 30 cm 2008
Trenches
oil on paper 42 x 30 cm 2008
Bombs
watercolour over ballpoint pen 22 x 17 cm 2008
Museum Sketch (study for “Groundwork”)
watercolour and ballpoint pen 32 x 15 cm 2009
Bunker
watercolour and ink 20 x 26 cm 2008
Test Run
ink, watercolour, gesso & oil paint on blue paper 43 x 50 cm 2009
Untitled Antimatter
Tu se’ lo mio maestro e ‘l mio autore, tu se’ solo colui da cu’ io tolsi lo bello stilo che m’ha fatto onore.
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