This 8x10 oil was painted on a grey day at the Scarborough Bluffs Marina on Lake Ontario in June this summer.

Quietly flows the Don

This is a view of the Don River here in Toronto that was painted on a very hot day in early June. I remember that I set up on the river bank on some rocks in the shade and painted for about one and a half to two hours and when I finished I suddenly felt how hot it was; I hadn't noticed it while I was painting.

This has a drawing and sort of a block-in in red, which I don't usually do, but I tried it here. I think it adds an extra feeling of the hot weather.

This painting sold at my studio tour (Beach Studio Tour) in October.

Rouge River

This was painted as part of a paint-out sponsored by the Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS) held annually in the Rouge River Valley which is part of a large park in Scarborough on the eastern edge of Toronto.

It is 9 by 12 inches on a MDF panel primed with orange shellac.

Below is the painting in progress on my easel.