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Painting

Painted images, narrative studies and commissioned work developed across traditional and hybrid approaches.

Final painting of Peaches in a luminous landscape environment
TRANSFORMATIONAL OBSERVATION™ · PCH-TO-001

Peaches: From Observation to Environment

A seven-stage case study moving from documentary photograph through drawing, color, atmosphere and final value resolution.

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Narrative figure painting from the Saint John archive
PAINTING · ARCHIVE

Narrative Figure Study

A painted figure and landscape composition from the working archive, presented without assigning it a historical category.

CAT-006 Found Form chicken painting case study

Found Form Series: It Was Already There

CAT-006 — an accidental stain becomes the visual clue for a finished chicken painting through observation and interpretation.

CAT-007 The Chicken and the Stain painting case study

The Chicken and the Stain

CAT-007 — the original mark and the finished painting shown together as a Transformational Observation™ study.

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CAT-009 First Painting First Inspiration

First Painting, First Inspiration

CAT-009 — the early oil painting that opened the door to a lifetime of making and learning to see.

CAT-001 The Lighthouse Keeper

The Lighthouse Keeper

CAT-001 — a narrative painting built around atmosphere, light and the enduring figure of the keeper.

CAT-003 The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

CAT-003 — a landscape narrative exploring distance, memory and the journey back.