Two New Naive Escapist Folk Art Paintings

I don't know why I have this need for pleasurable things outside my immediate experience right now. I keep picturing beaches, and secret city places, and good food and wine. Perhaps I have a real need for a holiday.

In any case, these are my two latest paintings. Both have some relationship to food, and definitely gave me a warm glow as I painted them.

No explanation for the missing diners in the park. I leave that entirely to your imagination. But it's certain the pigeon is in for a nice little snack.




The End of Summer in this Hemisphere - and My Painting Tribute.

Today I noticed that the light outside was changing, that first little nudge that summer is almost over. We don't get too, too cold here, but people tend to stop going to the beach anyway. In Toronto we would go down to the lake even when it was freezing.

This little painting is just 10 x 8, but - I hope - gives the impression of a full-sized window. I painted much the same thing some  years ago - in Toronto, and in the winter - but it was a huge canvas and really did look as if I had a shutter opening onto my own private beach.

Yet there was no glass of wine in that earlier picture. I wonder what that means?



"Beach Hut"
10 x 8 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas



Happy Autumn!