Wolfville, Nova Scotia lies in the heart of the Annapolis Valley agricultural region on the Bay of Fundy. Acrylic and watercolor on Arches.

An impression of the Scottish countryside from the Jacobite Steam train as it heads from Mallaig to Fort William.
Acrylic on Arches.

An abandoned house adrift on a sea of green near the Westfjords, Iceland
Inspired by the photography of Sigurgeir Sigurjonsson.
Acrylic on Arches.

Driving east on the way to Fludir to visit the thermal "secret lagoon".
Acrylic, watercolor on Arches.

A farm on the road to Fludir, a thermal lagoon. Acrylic, gouache on Arches

Bergen, Norway, a medieval wharf with colorful Hanseatic League wooden commercial buildings. This view is from a high street above and behind the wharf.
Watercolor and gouache on Arches.

A barn near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia pairs well, I think,
with Frank Stella's graphic, hard-edged color.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Fabriano.

Inspired by Richard Diebenkorn and with thanks to Shepard Fairey.
Watercolor on Fabriano.

Colors, shapes and shadows rendered in stark relief by an unrelenting sun.
Acrylic and watercolor on Fabriano.

Early evening light, a fish shack in the tiny village of Blue Rocks. Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

The same scene in different light.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

A sere landscape of dry grasses and pale colors.
Acrylic and gouache on Fabriano mounted to board.

This work painted in admiration of the wonderful Stuart Davis retrospective at The National Gallery. "Composition" is in the Smithsonian American Art collection and the row house is in Halifax, NS. Watercolor and gouache on 300# Arches.

A study in geometry and texture, sunlight and shadow in an old neighborhood. Acrylic on 300# Arches.

One of the great color field painters of the Washington school, I've paired this work with a barn near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Blue Rocks, a tiny self-sustaining fishing village near Lunenburg.
Acrylic, gouache and watercolor on Arches.

The painting on the barn doors is after Kenneth Noland's "Circle" paintings.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

A timepiece which still speaks to us from another era.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

An iconic grain elevator in Carlton, Oregon and maybe an American Gothic.
Acrylic, gouache and watercolor on Arches.

An homage to one of the leading Canadian color field painters. I'm using a favorite barn in Ellsworth, Maine. acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches

A founding member of the Washington School , Noland favored shaped canvases, particularly triangles and circles. This house is near Sedgwick, Maine. Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

Once a home, now empty, yet still with traces of it's past life. Acrylic, gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Continuing the exploration of geometric form. Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

This intricate barn in Brooksville, Maine seems to share common geometric ground with Albers.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Descended from the American painter John Trumbull, Mason painted in a non-objective abstract style almost her entire career. Her work fits quite nicely with this barn in Deer Isle, Maine. Acrylic, gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Kelly's geometric color field painting seems very much in unison with the vernacular architecture of rural Maine. Acrylic, gouache and watercolor on Arches.

A Maine barn with a rich and well worn patina.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Showing its character and age, this barn has weathered many harsh Canadian winters. Gouache and watercolor on Arches.

Dramatic light and clouds illuminate this small and beautiful fishing village on the south coast of Nova Scotia. Pastel and gouache on board.

Uniform and with a simple formality these structures complement the moody and overcast skies.
Pastel and gouache on board,

The sun is just setting along the coast at Port Clyde, Maine, the village from where one takes a ferry to Monhegan Island.
Pastel on board.

Once a powerful center of trade, now silence and shadows inhabit this medieval city of canals in Belgium.
Pastel on La Carte stock
Available at Davis and Company Fine Art, Spring, TX