Hi Friends & Art Lovers,

Looks like I haven't made any posts since last August. Shame on me! I have been quite busy though. Sorry it didn't all get noted on my blog and web site. I have been painting a couple of series, one based on photographs I took when I was in Haiti in February 2011. I took about 1800 photographs in just over three weeks, mostly in Haiti, but some in DR on the way in and out. I did a little painting in Haiti, but my access was very limited. We didn't have the luxury of spending too much time setting up an easel and painting the scenes I would have liked. But I could take photos and shoot video. So I did that and will be posting a few of my paintings based on that experience shortly.

I am continuing a series based on the Portlands in Toronto. I have one of these on display with the Don Valley Art Club at Todmorden Mills this up-coming weekend, from May 11 through to May 20, 2012. It is one of Keating Channel at the mouth of the Don River, which I painted in November on location.

I have wanted to start painting an evening series - and have the first of this series also on display at Todmorden Mills for the next two weekends. This is based on a photograph I took in Montreal last November, which I painted during the winter of 2012.

Stay tuned - I will be adding some new paintings to the site shortly.

Cheers,

Charles