Category Archives: En plein air

Reeder’s paint box

Happy New Year! I wanted to start off 2014 with a little post about an easel/paint box I have made. Actually, I built this quite some time ago, it just didn’t make it into my blog until now. As some of you may know I like designing and building my own…well, everything.  My last plein […]

The 5th Annual En Plein Air Painting and Auction

On Thursday July 25th I will be participating in the 5th annual En Plein Air Painting and Auction event in Huntsville Ontario. Come for a chance to bid on my painting! I will be there with 20 other local artists and dignitaries creating paintings live on the streets of downtown Huntsville between 9am-2:30pm. Live auction […]

The Oxtongue river in winter

I feel pretty lucky living in ‘cottage country’. I have the privilege of a different perspective living here, something that I notice even more in the off season.

Studio in the woods

This painting is of the front door of my studio and gallery Spring Lake Studios. I painted most of this outside and finished it up indoors. I have painted this building a few times but this is the first one that I feel accomplished what I was looking to capture. I love plein air painting […]

Build your own plein air easel.

This is a project that I have been looking forward to completing for some time now. I am very happy to have this finished and look forward to getting out and putting it to use. The outside dimensions are 12 x 16 inches and it was built with 1/4 inch plywood with 3/4 inch ripped […]