Summer season, summer work. This is a new collection from a June 25’ visit to both Arrowhead and Algonquin Provincial parks. Although tiny by Algonquin standards, Peck Lake offers a fantastic, water-level trail that circumnavigates the entire lake. It affords some vantage points that many of the lakes do not. I’m happy with the result here.

‘Before the people’ (Peck Lake, Algonquin Park) 2025

30” x 40”

Acrylic gouache/acrylic pen on birch panel

Both the original and reproductions are available at Crown & Press Gallery

The following 6 sketches are also a part of the same excursion. I wanted these works to be completed faster, looser and feel more like sketches than small paintings. It’s been some time since I’ve worked on red oxide, but I think it feels well-suited for this collection. These sketches are now on display at Crown & Press Gallery in Hamilton.