TREE'S PASSAGE, ALGONQUIN PARK, PLAIN AIR

Oil on canvas 10"x8" PRICE $250
This painting is one of the first ones I did in my trip to Algonquin park this fall, The colors of the park were superb, almost as if nature had decided to become an impressionistic painter, vivid reds, yellows, greens and every thing in between, I did some last touches in my studio.
Este cuadro es uno de los primeros que he hecho en mi viaje a Algonquin park este otono. Los colores del parque eran excecionales, casi como si la naturaleza hubiera decidido convertirse en una pintora impresionista, rojos vivos, amarillos, verdes y cualquier otro color entre ellos, He dado algunas ultimas pinceladas en mi estudio.

STORRINGS BRIDGE, PLAIN AIR

Oil on canvas 10"x8" PRICE: $200
In a raining day and not having painted outdoors for almost a year I went to The Storring bridge invited by a friend artist and  we miss each other , after a couple of hours waiting for him, I decided to star painting , and this is the result .
En un dia lluvioso y sin haber pintado al aire libre por casi un ano, fui a Storring bridge invitado por un pintor que nunca aparecio o que no coincidimos, despues de esperar un par de horas, decidi empezar a pintar , y este es el resultado

SUNSET OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER

Oil on canvas 8"x6"PRICE: $180

Sunset at Massasaga point. begining of September, the sunsets at this time of the year are very beautiful

Atardecer en el punto de Massasagaa principios de Septiembre, los atardeceres en este tiempo son muy espectaculares.

Oil on canvas 7"x5" PRICE:$150
This painting was done at the end of august, and it was a typical sunset of this time of the year and i could see it from my window
Este cuadro lo hice a finales de Agosto, y es el tipico atardecer de este tiempo, tambien es lo que veia desde my ventana

WILLIAM ST, BELLEVILLE

16" x 12" oil on canvas Sold / vendido
One more commission of this beautiful town, I hope the commissioner likes it
otro encargo de esta ciudad tan bonita, espero que al cliente le guste.

NEW BRIDGE, BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 12"x9" Sold / Vendido
This bridge was build just a year ago and its been commission to me to do a painting of it'.
Este puente es nuevo, se construyo hace aproximadamente doce meses y me ha sido encaragdo el hacer un cuadro de el.

RIVER WALKER

Oil on canvas 12"x16" Sold/vendido
The river Moira in the summer gets the water very low, so it is a perfect place for kids to walk and have fun, and that is what this young lady is doing . She is a river walker.
El rio Moira en el verano baja mucho su nivel de agua , asi que es perfecto para los ninos caminar por el y pasarselo en grande, y eso es lo que esta jovencita esta haciendo. Ella es un caminante del rio.

WARING HOUSE, PICTON

Oil on canvas 10"x8" Sold/Vendido
The Waring house is a restaurant-pub-inn,in Picton, this painting has been a commission, I go to this place ones in awhile , the food is good, and in the Pub they normally have live music, so it is a fun place to go.
The Waring house es un restaurante-pub-hotel, este cuadro ha sido un encargo. Yo voy a este lugar de vez en cuando, la comida es buena, y en el pub normalmente tienen musica en directo, asi que es un sitio agradable para ir. 

REGENT THEATER, PICTON

Oil on board 16"x12" PRICE: Sold/ Vendido
Picton is a town near Belleville, this is  a painting of its theater, The Regent, an old an historic town in the Prince Edward County.
Picton es una ciudad cercana a Belleville, este es un cuadro de su Teatro, The Regent, Una ciudad antigua e historica en el Condado del Principe Edward.  

WARMING UP

Oil on Canvas 16"x12" PRICE: Sold/ Vendido
I was feeling to paint some figures, these two dancers are warming up to start the class. These Dancers are students of the Quinte Ballet school .
Tenias ganas de pintar alguna figura, estas dos bailarinas estan calentando para empezar su clase, Estas bailarinas son estudiantes del Colegio de Ballet Quinte

MANLY MACDONALD WORKSHOP

Oil on canvas12x12" Sold/Vendido

Oil on canvas 6x8

The last Saturday of September ad the two first Saturdays of October, i will be teaching a workshop on the Canadian impressionist Manly MacDonald.

The Parrott Gallery in town has an extensive collection of this artist , each of the students will have a painting of Manly for three Saturdays to copy  under my instructions. 

This two paintings above are copies I did myself in order to understand and also to measure the timing that will take to do them. I have to say that his paintings are a bit muddy due to the bad varnishes and the pass of time plus also he always paint outdoors, non the less there are so many things to learn from this great artist.

FIXING AN OLD MURAL

                               

  

working the inside of the arch

I did this Mural four years ago, and because the cold and the natural elements it was peeling a lot, plus the color was disappearing, so i fix it. I change the image inside the arch and add a green sign , plus fix all the spots that were peeling .

Hice este mural hace cuatro anos, pero debido a la temperaturas canadienses, el mural se estaba pelando y perdiendo el color en muchas partes, asi que lo he arreglado. he cambiado la imagen de dentro del arco, tambien he anadido un letreto en fondo verde, y pintado todas las partes que se estaban plelando.

A GREEN OLD CAR

Oil on canvas 10"x8"PRICE: $250
Since I was painting cars, i did one more . I always thought that will be nice to have a green car. this one here will be a perfect one.
Ya que andaba pintando coches antiguos, he hecho un cuadro mas.Siempre pense que estaria bien tener un coche verde. No me importaria nada que fuera este que he pintado, seria perfecto.

OLD CARS AND OLD FRIENDS

Oil on canvas 12"x16"Sold / Vendido
This painting has been a commission, I have enjoyed  painting this old cars and the dramatic sky.
Este cuadro ha sido un encargo, he disfrutado pintando estos coches antiguos y este cielo tan dramatico.

TORONTO'S ALLEY

Oil on canvas 7"x9"PRICE: $180
Toronto's alleys are full of graffiti, non the less that gives a unique  character to this city
Los callejones de toronto estan llenos de grafiti, lo cual le da un caracter unico a esta ciudad. 

SHADOWS

Oil on canvas 9"x12"PRICE: Sold/ Vendido
One more painting of Toronto in the early morning ,
Un cuadro mas de Toronto por la manana temprano

LAKER

Oil on canvas 10"x8"Sold/vendido
This is a ship designed for navigating on lakes, especially the Great Lakes. This type of ships have been bringing all kind of things for years to the cities around the Great Lakes.
Este es un barco disenado para navegar en lagos, especialmente en los Grandes Lagos. Este tipo de barco ha estado abasteciendo todo tipo de cosas durante anos a las ciudades alrededor de los Grandes Lagos.

CITY HALL, BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 12"x8" PRICE: $Sold/Vendido
Belleville's City Hall was looking beautiful, sun shine on it, so I did a painting of it with the river and the other building around it .
El ayuntamiento de Belleville estaba radienate, con el sol brillante , asi que le le hecho un cuadro,con el rio y los edificios de alrrededor.

TORONTO'S GRAFFITI

Oil on canvas 9"x12"PRICE: $375
A different part of Toronto, its graffiti, a big concern for the city , and a full expression of some artist, that makes the walls of  small streets into outdoors art galleries . I have to say that by doing this painting and copying some of this graffiti that I have a lot of respect for the work of these artists.
Un aspecto diferente de Toronto, sus graffitis, un gran dilema para la ciudad, y una espresion  para muchos artistas, que convierten las paredes de pequenas calles en galerias de arte al aire libre. Al hacer este cuadro y copiar algunos de estos grafitis , tengo que decir que les tengo un gran respeto por el trabajo que estos artistas hacen.

QUEEN WEST, TORONTO

Oil on canvas 10"x8" PRICE: Not for sell.
One more painting of Queen St. west. there is not one without two, I always like to get a second painting of the same subject, perhaps so I don't forget how I made the first one.
Un cuadro mas de la calle Queen west, no hay una sin dos, siempre me gusta pintar un segundo cuadro del mismo sujeto, quizás que así no me olvido de como hice el primero.

SUNDAY EARLY MORNING, TORONTO

Oil on canvas 10"x8" PRICE: $350
I continue with this fascinating city,Toronto, the mix of old and modern  buildings, this painting is located on Spadina st and Queen west. The sun entrance the city through the big  buildings, taken over the big streets, and slowly getting  his first lights into the old buildings , there are more coming.
Continuo con esta ciudad tan fascinante, Toronto, la mezcla de viejos y modernos edificios, este cuadro se localiza entre La calle Spadina y Queen west, El sol entra en la ciudad a traves de los rascacielos, tomando las grandes calles y lentamente colocando sus primeras luces en los edificios antiguos. veremos mas cuadros de Toronto en un futuro proximo

SANDBANKS, LAKE ONTARIO 2

Oil on canvas 6"x12"Sold / Vendido
One more painting of the sand dunes, it is impossible to paint only one painting and trying to catch all the feeling of this place. Also, since a lot of these subjects are new for me, I like to give a second try  so I understand better what is going on in the painting  aspect.
Un cuadro mas de las dunas del lago Ontario, es imposible hacer solo un cuadro e intentar plasmar todo el espiritu de este lugar. Tambien, ya que muchos de estos sujetos son nuevos para mi, me gusta darles un segundo intento para asi entender mejor lo que pasa en el aspecto pictorico.

FARM WITH COWS

Oil on canvas 20"x10" PRICE: $375
In the fields around this area there are a lot of farms and they usually have cows. In this painting I did my first approach to cows, I think that I will paint some more this summer.
En los campos de los alrededores de esta area hay muchas granjas y normalmente suelen tener vacas. En este cuadro he hecho mi primer intento con vacas, pienso que pintare algunas mas este verano.

NOEL DOYLE

Oil on canvas 10"x8"
An old friend from Ottawa University, we studied together and we had some good time together as well, it has been time I wanted to do a portrait of him, finally I did it.
Un viejo amigo de la Universidad de Ottawa, estudiamos juntos y tambien pasamos buenos momentos juntos, hace tiempo que queria hacer un retrato suyo, finalmente lo hice 

SANDBANKS, LAKE ONTARIO

Oil on canvas 8"x16" Sold / vendido
Giant sand dunes and golden beaches form two of the largest freshwater baymouth sandbars in the world here, on the shores of Lake Ontario. This place is only 20 minutes away from where i live, and I had to paint it , I love this place, I forgot that was there, so i will do a few more paintings, it is a very special place.
Gigantes dunas de arena y playas doradas forman dos de los bancos de arena más grande baymouth de agua dulce en el mundo aquí, a orillas del Lago Ontario. Este lugar esta a solo 20 minutos de donde vivo, y tenia que pintarlo, me encanta este lugar , habia olvidado que estaba aqui, asi que hare algunos cuadros mas , es un sitio muy especial.

LAW OFFICE, COMMISSION

Oil on canvas 16"x20" Sold / Vendido
This painting is a commission , and is located on Front st., Belleville.
Este cuadro es un encargo, y se encuentra en Front st., Belleville

TORONTO, YOUNG ST & MAITLAND ST

Oil on canvas 20"x16" PRICE: Sold/ vendido.
This is a painting of downtown Toronto, we can see the combination of old buildings with the new ones
Este es un cuadro del centro de Toronto, aqui podemos ver la combinacion de los edificios antiguos y de los nuevos al fondo.

MURAL AT THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL

COMMISSION CHURCH 2

Oil on canvas 12"x 9" Sold / Vendido
This church has been reproduce twice , I thanks the clients for their trust and I hope they can enjoy the meaning this church has for them.
Esta iglesia ha sido reproducida dos veces, le doy las gracias a los clientes por su confianza y espero que disfruten del significado que esta iglesia tiene para ellos.

STREET CAR TORONTO, QUEENS ST.

Oil on canvas 12"x9" Sold/Vendido
These vehicles are in a process of extinction, only a few cities still use them, the truth is that they are very clean for the environment.This painting shows a bit of Toronto night  in one of its busy streets, Queen.
Estos vehiculos estan en proceso de extincion, ya quedan pocas ciudades que usan estos vehiculos , aunque la verdad es que son muy buenos para el medio ambiente. Este cuadro nos muestra un poco de Toronto de noche, en una calle muy transitada, La calle Queen.

FRUITS WITH BRANDY

Oil on cancas 9"x12" PRICE: $395
I was thinking so much on doing a still live, finally the moment arrived, this one is very dramatic, strong shadows and strong lights. Also the components are very warm, the apple, the red pears, the peaches and the brandy.
Hacia tiempo que me moria de ganas de pintar una naturaleza muerta, finalmente el momento llego, esta es muy dramatica,sombras muy oscuras y luces muy intensas.Tambien los componentes son todos muy calidos. la manzana, pas peras rojas, los melocotones y el brandy.

SPRING FLOWERS

Oil on canvas 14"x14" PRICE: $300
The Spring finally arrived flowers are starting to grow every where , a sense of freshness in the air , It was a bout 2 years I didn't paint flowers, and I had to give it a try, i hope you like them.
la Primavera ha llegado , flores empiezan a crecer por todos los lugares, una sensacion de frescura en el aire, hacia mas de dos anos que no pintaba flores, asi que tenia que hacer un intento, espero que os guste.

CHURCH COMMISSION

Oil on canvas 12 "x"9 Sold-Vendido
This Church was a painting commission , it is in small hamlet call Read near Belleville
Esta Iglesia es un encargo, esta en un pequeno pueblo llamado Read cerca de Belleville

MY LOVE, MY WIFE

Oil on canvas 14"x14"Sold/Vendido
This is a portrait of my wife, Erin, The love of my life, a beautiful woman and also a beautiful person. I consider myself very lucky
Este es un retrato de mi mujer, Erin, el amor de mi vida, una mujer hermosa y tambien una bella persona. Me considero muy afortunado.

VANILLA ICE-CREAM

Oil on canvas 14"x14" PRICE: $375
This painting is my first portrait of this year, the figure is done on back lit , and she is my favorite model " my English teacher".
Este cuadro es my primer retrato de esta temporada, la figura esta expuesta al contraluz, y esta nina es mi modelo favorita," mi profesora de ingles".

SUNNY DAY ON BRIDGE ST. BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 12"x9"Sold/vendido
This painting is going to be my last snow painting from this year, it has been a good year to paint snow, I had as much as I wanted, even tonight is suppose to snow,
Este cuadro va a ser el ultimo cuadro de nieve de este invierno, ha sido un buen invierno para pintar nieve,he tenido tanta como he querido, incluso esta noche se supone que va a nevar.

JOHN ST. BACK YARD

Oil on canvas 10"x8" PRICE: $225
One more painting with snow, I am finishing one more , and that will be the last painting of snow for this winter. Here the snow is finish for now, although you never know
Un cuadro mas de casas con nieve, estoy terminando uno mas y este sera el ultimo cuadro de nieve que hare por este invierno. Aqui la nieve se ha terminadode momento, aunque nunca se sabe 

DOLL'S HOUSE, BRIDGE ST. BELLEVILLE

Oil on Canvas11"x14" PRICE: $Soldé Vendido
Each time I pass through Bridge st, I admire this house, pink roof and Victorian windows, a young girl would probably love to live there
Cada vez que paso por la calle Bridge, me quedo admirado de esta casa, techo rosa y ventanas Victorianas, a una nina probablemente le encantaria vivir alli

ANN ST. BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 8"x10" PRICE: $200
I this painting i continue with my favorite theme, snow and houses, here is snowing almost every day, so i will keep doing them until stop snowing, after that I will pass to do some portraits and still lives .
En este cuadro sigo con mi tema favorito, nieve y casas, aqui esta nevando casi que a diario, asi que continuare haciendo hasta que pare de nevar, despues pasaremos a retratos y bodegones.

PATH UNDER THE TRAIN'S RAIL

Oil on canvas 6"x8" PRICE: $180
After having done a few paintings at dusk and night, I have decided to continue with day light, this is the first one,
Despues de haber hecho unos cuantos cuadros al anochecer, he decidido continuar con cuadros a la luz del dia , este es el primero que he terminado.

THE LADY WITH THE BICYCLE

Oil on canvas 12"x16" Sold / Vendido
One more painting at dusk, playing with night and day, this lady is using the bike to carry her grocery. God bless her
Un cuadro mas del atardecer, jugando con la noche y el dia, esta mujer utiliza su bicicleta para trasnsportar la compra. Dios la bendiga 

THE BRIDAL SHOP

Oil on canvas 12"x9" Sold/Vendido
I enjoy doing these paintings, always a challenge, but i kind of need these challenges. keep me interested.
Estoy disfrutando  haciendo estos cuadros , siempre un desafio, aunque de alguna manera necesito estos desafios. me mantienen interesado.  

FRONT ST, SNOWED

Oil on canvas 8"x 6"
I continued with snow themes, every painting i do of the snow,some how it becomes a challenge,there is a mystery i am willing to unveil about the snow , to me makes the winter beautiful.

Sold/ Vendido
Continuo con temas de nieve, cada cuadro de nieve que hago, de alguna manera se convierte en un desafio, hay algo  misterioso que estoy dispuesto a desvelar, para mi hace del invierno belleza.

SNOW IN FRONT ST,BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 8"x10"Sold/Vendido
Before the night, at dusk with big lines of snow, here I am having the light of the windows of the stores that make the snow warm, and in the shadow part i have a very cool snow.
Antes de anochecer, con grandes montones de nieve, las luces de los escaparates de las tiendas que me hacen una nieve calida, y las sombras que me dan una nieve muy  fria.

FARM IN WINTER

Oil on canvas 12"x9"Sold / Vendido
Sunday afternoon of a very gray day, I always paints the farms in summer, In this case I did it in the middle of winter
Domingo por la tarde de un dia muy gris. siempre pinto las granjas en el verano, en este caso la he pintado en medio del invierno.

BALLET DANCER AT THE QUINTE BALLET SCHOOL

Oil on canvas 10"x8"Sold,Vendido
I have been in the Quinte Ballet School of Canada, and this painting is the first one of a series of them That I am planning to do
He estado en Quinte Ballet School de Canada, y este cuadro es el primero de una serie que tengo planeado hacer.

SNOW STORM, FRONT ST, BELLEVILLE

Oil on canvas 16"x8" Sold/Vendido
 We had some snow storms these days, some time it gets so gray that the buildings desapear
Hemos tenido tormentas de nieve estos dias , hay momentos en que se hace tan gris que los edificios desaparecen