I am launching into the world of Canvas and Paper Prints! They are called Giclees. This is an affordable alternative for customers who may want to purchase a favourite image. Embellished Giclees are high quality canvas prints using archival inks. They are prints that I have hand embellished for beautiful texture and a hand-painted effect and then varnished. They are stretched on a gallery frame. Giclees on Canvas are the same as above but come [...]
I am so happy to announce the publication of my first book! Look At Those Cows! I always wanted to create a children's book and now I can cross this off my bucket list! My daughter Rachel Cuthill wrote the whimsical verses that accompany my bright original paintings of Cattle. This first edition is in cooperation with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. They sponsored the book with very little requirements. You will find the six [...]
Whew! The Artist Project 2013 at the Better Living Center in Toronto is over! Thank you so much to those who visited me and purchased work. I had a very interesting experience with a particular client. Jennifer and her husband Bill bought a piece called "The Red Door". It was the story as well as the image that caught their attention. I had painted the image from a photo I had taken of a home [...]
Some times I am asked what my technique entails. I thought I would walk you through the stages of a painting! Stage one is the preparation of a canvas. I usually paint the canvas red, although you could use any colour. I then draw on with chalk my image and then "ink" it in with a paynes grey or purple paint. Stage two is colour blocking. I start to fill in the positive, or "foreground" [...]
