Cats on Mats was a series of works, in both Masonite panels and watercolours, inspired by a three-legged family cat who learned to roll herself up in the family’s antique hooked rugs. The entire series was first exhibited at Studio 21 in Halifax and then at various other commercial galleries.
Untitled #1
Oil on masonite panels 35" x 25"
Untitled #2
Oil on masonite panels 38" x 23"
Untitled #3
Oil on masonite panels 28" x 56"
Untitled
Watercolour 21" x 16"
1983 Primary Flowers
Primary Flowers, a body of thirty-four works, opened at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery in 1983. Twelve of the works were large ‘cut-outs’, executed in oil on epoxy-coated Masonite panels, while the others were watercolours. Many of these works were sold and as a consequence the visual record is somewhat skimpy.
Sunflower
Cutout, oil on masonite with epoxy back 45" x 47"
Sunflower
Watercolour Size unknown
Sunflower #6
Watercolour 22" x 30"
Sunflower #2
Cutout, oil on masonite with epoxy back 45" x 47"
Sunflower #5
Watercolour 22" x 30"
Amaryllis
Cut-out, oil on masonite with epoxy back 39" x 47"
Amaryllis Bud
Cut-out, oil on masonite with epoxy back 14" x 32"
Amaryllis #2
Cut-out, oil on masonite with epoxy back Size unknown
Amaryllis
Cut-out, oil on masonite with epoxy back 43" x 32"
Amaryllis Bud #1
Watercolour 22" x 30"
Iris #1
Cutout, oil on masonite with epoxy back Size unknown
Iris #2
Cutout, oil on masonite with epoxy back 35" x 52"
Iris #3
Cutout, oil on masonite with epoxy back 41" x 56"
Iris #3
Watercolour 22" x 30"
1981 Land and Sea
Land and Sea was a collaboration with Felicity Redgrave, where both artists, after touring PEI together, created works for the exhibition, which opened at Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, in 1981, before traveling to University College of Cape Breton Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery and University of Waterloo Art Gallery.
Fallow Field
Oil on canvas 72" x 57"
Diamond Field
Oil on canvas 72" x 56"
Red Road
Oil on canavas 71" x 57"
Field #4
Oil on canvas 38" x 34"
1979 Male Nudes
The seven works shown here, part of a larger series of male nudes, were all exhibited at Dalhousie Art Gallery in 1979 as part of a group show, The 4th Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition. Other artists in the exhibition were Alex Colville, Graham Metson, Brian Porter, Roger Savage and Ruth Wainright.
Gord (#8)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 22" x 30"
Bill (#9)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 22" x 30"
David (#10)
Bryce (#11)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 22" x 30"
Frank (#12)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 22" x 30"
Roger (#13)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 32" x 40"
Ted (#14)
Conté, sanguine and sepia 22" x 30"
1977-78 Clam Harbour Collection
The Clam Harbour Collection, a body of eighteen large works, opened at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery in 1977 and was then exhibited at Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown and Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's. Many of these works were sold and as a consequence the visual record is somewhat skimpy.
Beach Grass
Oil on canvas 72" x 108"
Fog on Clam Flats
Oil on canvas 64" x 80"
Sunset Field
Oil on canvas 108" x 72"
1975 Arrival
The six works shown here are part of a larger series started in 1968 with some of the works first exhibited at the Aggregation Gallery (now Wynick/Tuck), Toronto, in 1969, and then at Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, in 1975, as Arrival, after the artist moved from Toronto to Clam Harbour in 1971.
