Athabasca Glacier
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The Athabasca Glacier is part of the Columbia Icefields which are on the Icefields Parkway, approximately half way between Lake Louise and Jasper.
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I painted oil on board in the early years, small, 8” x 10”. I now call them my practice paintings. I painted 1000 of these in 6 months. Then one day, I saw something come together. It was the beginning of a style.
I eventually graduated to painting acrylic on canvas, which are as large as 3’ x 6’. I use my camera to capture the scenes for these larger paintings as it allows me time to put the detail needed to create real value.
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Black Spruce
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I did this painting from a photograph I took just outside Fort McMurray many years ago.
Peyto Lake
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Peyto Lake is on the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper.
Columbia Icefields
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The Columbia Icefields are a marvel. On the left is Mount Athabasca. In the center is the Athabasca Glacier, and on the right is the Snow Dome.
Storm, Maligne Lake, AB
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I spent so many years travelling through the Rockies and camping. However I had never been to Maligne Lake, so I decided to take a trip see it.
Bylot Island, NWT
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In the mid-seventies, I flew to the Arctic to photograph for a series of paintings I was to do for Panarctic Oil. I was based out of Resolute Bay.
Mount Chephren
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Mt. Chephren is one of the most impressive mountains you can see while driving up the Icefield Parkway. It rises 1600 vertical meters above Waterfowl Lake.
Northern Sunset, Whitehorse, YT
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I lived and travelled in the Yukon off and on from the late 60’s to the mid 80’s. The Yukon has probably some of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen anywhere.
Chinaman’s Peak
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Chinaman’s Peak can be seen in Canmore, Alberta.
It is part of a chain of mountains that run from Exshaw through Canmore and end up in Banff.
Lake Louise
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Breathtakingly beautiful and pristine. Lake Louise is one of the most exquisite I have ever seen.
The Three Sisters
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The Three Sisters can be seen in Canmore, Alberta.
It is part of a chain of mountains that run from Exshaw through Canmore and end up in Banff.
River Mist
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I lived in this beautiful little town in the mid-nineties called Canmore, in Alberta.
There seemed to be a warm area in the river where the ducks would stay all winter.
Peyto Glacier
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Driving from Lake Louise to Jasper on the Icefields Parkway, just past Bow Lake and up a hill, you will see a sign which says, “The Bow Summit”.
Autumn, Atlin, BC
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Back in the day – the early 70’s I travelled to the Yukon a fair bit and worked for a company called Midwest Diamond Drilling as an expeditor.
Chancellor Peak
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Chancellor Peak is in Yoho National Park, B.C. It can be seen from Highway One, across from the Chancellor Peak Campground.
Cathedral Mountain
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Cathedral Mountain is located 6 kilometres northwest of Lake O’Hara in Yoho National Park.
Evening Snowfall
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Evening Snowfall was done from a photograph of the Cottonwood River in North Central British Columbia.
Castle Mountain, AB
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Castle Mountain is almost halfway between Banff and Lake Louise. Viewed at a certain angle, it has the look of a castle.
Sunset and Sunrays, Melfort, SK
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Bill and I met in 2005 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. We fell in love and decided to visit his mother, Margaret, at Christmas, in Star City, Saskatchewan.
Hoarfrost
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In my early 20’s, I worked in the kitchens for a catering company in a camp in Gillam, northern Manitoba. It was a fly-in and out as Gillam was very remote.
Mount Assiniboine
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Mount Assiniboine is in the southeast corner of B.C. There is a lake at the base of the mountain called Lake Magog.
Mount Lougheed
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Mount Lougheed can be seen just east of Canmore, Alberta. It is part of a chain of mountains that run from Exshaw through to Canmore and end up in Banff.
Hector Lake
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Hector Lake is on the left side of the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper.
Prairie Skies
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On one of my trips to Grande Prairie, I saw this scene. I very much liked the sunrays and the gold of the wheat crops…
Storm, Bow Lake
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Bow Lake is approximately 30 minutes north of Lake Louise, off the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93) and a half-mile north of the Crowfoot Glacier.
Temple Mountain
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Lake Louise was a must for me to visit when I was on my photographic trips looking for new scenes to paint.
The Rundle Range
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The Rundle Range can be seen in Canmore, Alberta. It is part of a chain of mountains that run from Exshaw to Canmore and end up in Banff.
Waterfowl Lake
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Waterfowl Lake is seen from the Icefields Parkway running from Lake Louise to Jasper.
Emerald Lake
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Emerald Lake is located in Yoho National Park. Access to the lake is just a few kilometres off the TransCanada Highway, which many people miss.
Sunburst Mountain, Mount Assiniboine Valley
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You are here: Home about this painting Sunburst Mountain is in the Mount Assiniboine Valley in southeast B.C. The Mountain is immediately southeast of Sunburst Lake, west of Lake Magog at the base of Mount Assiniboine, and south of Cerulean Lake. In the painting, Mount Assiniboine is to the immediate left of Sunburst Mountain. I…
Mount Stephen, Yoho National Park, B.C.
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Mount Stephen is located in the Kicking Horse Valley of Yoho National Park, one and a half kilometers east of Field, British Columbia, and can be seen along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Mount Rundle, Banff National Park, AB
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Mount Rundle can be seen in Banff, Alberta. It is the last part of a chain of mountains that runs from Exshaw to Canmore and ends up in Banff.