I painted this commissioned piece for Maple Lane Dairy, a company owned for over thirty years by my family. This is a most personal work as not only did my father drive a horse-drawn wagon but also as a child I spent time as a runner on just such a vehicle. This neighbourhood is created and does not really exist.
Subscribed Reproduction 12″ x 16″
This autumnal view of a corporate picnic displays the sense of family that is felt by employees of the company. Developed for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the ecological engineering corporation, this piece celebrates the success of their business. This is the most complex painting that I have ever done on commission.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police wanted a commissioned painting to celebrate Canada 125 that would show some of their various activities across Canada. Every detachment, almost 800 across the country, now is home to one of these reproductions.
Marking the initial public offering of stock by Sentry Select Capital Corp., this painting was commissioned by the underwriters. The setting is the electronic trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
I was commissioned by an insurance company to create a painting as a thank-you for their retiring general manager. For many years this man had raised standardbred horses so the subject for this work was obvious. It did require some subterfuge to get the photos from which to work, but in commission work, that is not unusual.
Commissioned by a landscaping company, this piece was designed to show an attractive neighbourhood with well-tended gardens.
Commissioned by a company for their founder, this piece shows his cottage retreat in Muskoka. I included the man himself, Wes Graham, as well as his grandchildren playing in the water.
This montage was created to celebrate teachers, both past and present. The commissioner is an organization dealing specifically with teachers.
I designed this painting to show various aspects of teaching in Ontario, both in the Public sector and the Catholic system, from the past into the future. Archival photos along with present-day material were combined to create an image that culminates in the graduation of a student. Much attention was given to the multicultural aspect of education today and to the many areas of pedagogy, so as to fairly represent and acknowledge the changing role of teachers.
The boys in the foreground watching the traditional harvesting scene represent the contemporary looking at the past. This painting was commissioned by Lutherwood and shows a location directly across Benjamin Road from their facility. This farm owned by George Martin is a picture-book Mennonite farmstead near the St. Jacobs Farmers Market.
