This was an experiment in working with texture using acrylic gel medium. It is acrylic on a small stretched canvas.
Great-Grandfather's Well House
A well house built by my great-grandfather sits below a cliff in a wild grassy field . It was built about 60 years ago when his family lived in their isolated cove in north east Newfoundland. This remnant of decomposing wood is all that remains standing of their simple buildings . I wanted to do a painting of it before it is forgotten. It is slowly falling to the ground and the boards of the roof are collapsing. It has been said that we are forgotten after the third generation who follow us. I believe this is true because my children will not know who Sydney Rice was. This painting will be for my family, a symbolic reminder of their roots . It also symbolizes the end of an era. Our founding fathers and mothers were a hard working people who lived off the land and sea. They were exposed to the elements daily and it was in many ways a harsh and simple life.
At The Beach
This one is also one of my older paintings . I live near lake Huron in central Canada . 16" x 20" acrylic on panel
After Monet
This is a painting I did a few years ago . Claude Monet is one of my favourite impressionist . I did this one as a way to develope a style of realism with an impressionist influence.
Check out the demo here : Painting Demo
Check out the demo here : Painting Demo
In Calm Waters
Last summer I fished for cod , in Newfoundland, in an area where a lone minke whale was feeding. The water that evening was flat calm and the whale was after some sort of small fish that flickered on the water. It got close to us at times as we fished for cod. This painting tries to capture that moment in time as I remember it. This is an 18' x 24" acrylic painting on panel. Click link here... Demo
At The Dock
I walk past the little red boat . The ripple waves gently lap against its planks . I hear the sea gulls and I walk on . 24" x 36" acrylic on panel framed
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