ATIM’S TOP 60 MASTERS 2023 25 “Soul Fire 7” Oil on Panel, 20”x20”
MULLIGAN “Essence 6” Oil on Panel, 16”x16”
(especially Tom Thomson); the wonderful color fields of Mark Rothko and the work of talented colorist Wolf Kahn, Canadian watercolorist Toni Onley, the beautiful oils of Prussian-Canadian H.E. Kuckein, American artist, Ken Elliot, Italian painter, Marco Fallani and Dutch-American artist, Luc Leestemaker, all, whose amazing landscapes have had such an impact and influence on my work. I live and paint beside the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. My painting career spans 43 years, 23 years as a watercolorist, and the last 20 years as an oil painter. I paint mainly on wood panels ranging from 10 inches square to 84 inches and beyond. When the painting is completed, I finish the edges of the panels trimmed with kiln-dried birch or Douglas fir, sanding them smooth and sealing the edges with a matte varnish so that the panel may be hung framed or unframed as finished paintings.