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| Wilderness Expedition Art |
| 24"x 34" acrylic (Collection of the Bennington Center for the Arts ) |
| Missinaibi River south of James Bay, dawn September 11, 2001 24"x 36" acrylic (private collection) . |
| "River's End" Missinaibi River confluence with the Mattagami, sunset September 11, 2001 18"x 24" acrylic (private collection) I did a field painting of this scene while my dinner cooked from which this studio painting was made. I heard of the terrorist attacks two days later in the Cree village of Moose River |
| Missinaibi River, September 6, 2001 (private collection available for resale) I spent much of this day painting and after finishing the long portage, paddled back up into the gorge to see Conjuring House Rock from the water. It is an ancient Cree and Ojibwa religious site named for its resemblance to a Shaman's tent. It was rather bittersweet to be alone in such a place. Despite the constant roar of the falls, it seemed oddly silent. |
| 18"x 24" acrylic (private collection) This cold wet and windy day started out with being nearly trodden on by a bull moose (within 3 ft of the tent) and finished with a frightening brush with hypothermia. In between was this surreal encounter. As I approached a small rapid I saw a rock on the shore approaching the rapid from river right. It took several seconds for me to realize that it was moving too fast for a rock. I spun into an eddy and photographed as this enormous black bear crossed the river. He didn't swim; he walked - the current piling up around his muscular bulk. He then noticed me and approached to within 50 yards by which time I had put away my camera and started to consider my options if he continued to approach. Unarmed and getting a bit apprehensive, I spun out of the eddy at which point he turned up the bank and disappeared. |
| Both 6"x 8" acrylic (private collections) One of the most striking characteristics of animals along the George River was how often it seemed that they had never seen a human before. This squirrel was a case in point. He scolded me as I walked along a ridge near the Nutilillik River and when I sat down to watch him, he just about went nuts. He repeatedly raced up and sniffed my ankles before darting back to a rock or tree to stare at me from as many perspectives as he could manage. The rest of the crew was getting ready to depart so I finally left as he would have kept at the game indefinitely. |
| 24"x 48" acrylic (available) "Matashu" is the Innu word for a giant "Red Bear" that roamed the Labrador Peninsula until the early 20th Century |
| Labrador Caribou Moon is available; 7"x 16" acrylic (moon being refined some) |
