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Little House Big Tree 3

4.5″X6.5″ Pencil on paper

Well the storm has hit. It is hard to tell just how much snow has fallen because it is very windy and there are deep drifts. This little house across the street has about 20cm (8″) on the porch but very little on the main roof. This is a sign [...]

House in the Woods

8.5″X5.5″ Pencil on paper

The title is a little fanciful, it is actually an historic building which has been preserved on the edge of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Common. I can’t remember who it belonged to now but it is adjacent to Butler’s Barracks and probably housed a commanding officer at some point. It appears to [...]

McFarland House

5.5″X4″ Marker on paper

This House was the home of John McFarland and his descendants for 150 years. The original John McFarland, emigrated from Paisley, Scotland around 1782. John McFarland and his sons built the house about the year 1800 from bricks made in a kiln on the property.

These marker sketches sometimes turn [...]

House Painting

It seems that when I am not painting, I am painting. I am on year three of painting the outside of my house and I am not going to finish this year. The boys are being quite helpful though, so we will probably come close.

Afternoon Shadows

5″X7″ Pencil on paper

It is hard to believe that we are only a few weeks from midsummer. Spring has been so slow here. The tree cover in my neighbourhood is so dense that on Google maps it looks more like forest than city. It is a pretty old neighbourhood too so many of [...]

Cottage

5″X7″ Pencil on paper

This little house on Princess Street in Queenston is almost unbearably quaint, all the way down to the white picket fence and the row of tulips in the front. It is redeemed by the fact that it really does seem to be the genuine article and is one of the [...]