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#3034 "Fiddler's Elbow Wildfire Sunset" 24 X 20 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 9:00 am Saturday, August 1st, 2026 Fiddler's Elbow is the sharp turn between the Short and Long Reaches of Red Horse Lake. The images used to depict the unique character of Red Horse Lake in the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) brochures all feature the Short Reach. Our home is even visible at Jim Day…
#3039 "Hazel-eyed Daisy" 8 X 10 (inches) oil on canvas. Started 10:00 am Sunday, August 16th, 2026 I thought I would spend another hour or so with the clump of brown-eyed susans featured in #3038 "Singleton August Bouquet". Every painting will be different, even if the subject is the same. A " hazel-eyed daisy " poetically describes the classic ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Technically,…
#3038 "Singleton August Bouquet" 10 X 8 (inches) oil on canvas. Started 10:30 am Thursday, August 13th, 2026 We had been admiring this clump of brown-eyed susans on the marble ridge all summer. August was starting to cool off. I needed to loosen up en plein air. The sun still got hot, but there was no smoke in the air. Even so, I had to add some finishing highlights in the studio where I could…
#3037 "Wildfire Skies at Singleton" 14 X 11 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 10:30 am Monday, August 10th, 2026 My friend John Verburg took this image after an afternoon of swimming in the beautiful, deep waters of Red Horse Lake. This picture was taken just ten minutes after John composed the inspiration for #3034 "Fiddler's Elbow Wildfire Sunset" just downstream at the entrance to Long Reach.…
3036 "Eastern Towhee Thicket" 10 X 12 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 10:30 am Friday, August 7th, 2026 My friend John Verburg provided an inspiring image of this Eastern Towhee. We enjoy quite a few of them at Singleton. Many details of the Eastern Towhee's natural history still remain poorly known. The towhee spends much of its time near or on the ground in dense habitats. Tough places for…
#3035 "Indigo Blues" 12 X 10 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 9 am on Monday, August 3rd, 2026 Indigo buntings are a favourite songbird of the Singleton Sanctuary. The small, brilliant and very colourful bird prefers brushy areas along forest edges. We have lots of those at Singleton! This little male indigo was quietly enjoying the sunlight. Like most other " blue coloured " birds, including…
#3033 "Loon Run Way" 18 X 24 (inches) oils on canvas. Started 9 am Wednesday, July 29th, 2026. #3033 "Loon Run Way" 18 X 24 (inches) oils on canvas. Started 9 am Wednesday, July 29th, 2026. This image was taken by my friend, John Verburg, a naturalist and terrific photographer. John has a very long lens and captures images of nature that are truly inspirational. John's photographs entice me to…
#3032 "Killbear Lighthouse Smoky Sunrise" 11 X 14 (inches) oils on canvas. Started at 10:30 am Saturday, July 25th, 2026 My friend Cam was cruising at sunrise on Friday, July 24th, 2026. Cam knows what I enjoy interpreting in oils and is always on the lookout for me. I use his suggestions for Studio paintings when conditions encourage me to stay inside. It would be impossible to paint those scenes…
#3031 "Great Blue Rookery" 36 X 24 inches, oils on canvas. Started at 10:00 am Monday, July 20th, 2026 Great Blue Herons and their antics are the stars of the Singleton Sanctuary. A " Big Daddy " Great Blue Heron was on the rocky point when we first visited the location of our future home in the autumn of 2006. Big Daddy lingered while I strolled down to Jim Day Rapids. That memory has been…
#3030 "Clouds Framing Harold’s Point" 20 X 24 inches, oils on canvas. Started at 11:00 am Thursday, July 16th, 2026 These photos were taken by my good friend Cam, whom I have known since 1985 when we moved to Schomberg, Ontario - right after the May 31st Barrie Tornado. One of the tornadoes along the cold front passed a couple of kilometres north of the home we had just purchased on Western…
