“I am an impressionistic oil and pastel landscape artist who paints ‘en plein air’ and in my studio from reference photos of places I have been and from my imagination. I am the founder of the Ottawa Plein Air Painters (OPAP) where I lead a group of artists through the experience of plein air painting during our 4 seasons. My goal is to share with you what I feel through pastel and through oil paint when I look at the chaotic organization of Nature. My challenge is to use the right combination of colours: the push, pull and vibration of competing colours, the harmony of others and the balance between warm and cool colours. I paint ‘the feeling’ of the scene to spark a memory, a desire or a sense of peace.”
