http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells daily 0.75 2025-05-12 http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/500-ywre5 monthly 0.5 2013-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f9adbe124ac5df956fdf900/1335672153315-MUYIMZ0QSS3DAHS2JYFS/4f9adbe224ac5df956fdf94a.jpeg Blog - Five Hundred – For the Win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f9adbe124ac5df956fdf900/1335672154177-H6NWOPX7WZMI7FV99ZTH/4f9adbe224ac5df956fdf94b.jpeg Blog - Five Hundred – For the Win! http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/parker-fitzgerald-7cljy monthly 0.5 2012-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f9adbe124ac5df956fdf900/1335549635316-8DGP14E22ROT3IGULENV/tumblr_lznz58s0tm1qzu15ho1_1280.jpg Blog - Parker Fitzgerald http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/category/Casual+Shoots monthly 0.5 http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/tag/camera monthly 0.5 http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/tag/lunch monthly 0.5 http://mconstable-artist.com/blog-wells/tag/photography monthly 0.5 http://mconstable-artist.com/2013 daily 0.75 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515360575-CU2TOMAZSKKQF8ZZKY4G/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+10.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No 10 30x30, oil $750 First up for the New Year is a continuation of my Blue and Yellow series. Someone asked why I was doing so many in this series. I had two answers. Number one, they continue to interest me in that using only 3 colours is a definate challenge to produce interesting art. Number two, I bought LARGE tubes of blue and yellow paint and I have to use them up. This painting has a definate aquatic feel, the downward streaks of white almost like divers entering the deep blue. What do you see? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515370198-L7B8OEX4I9NGGGAS5CV2/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+11.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No 11 30x30, oil $750 Number 11 is light, very balanced with the two yellow "stalks" complimenting each other. It's not nearly spring yet, but this feels like it in this painting: light, airy and happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515332725-XAF1IFASKOTPA2QM3FET/Blue+and+Yellow+No+12.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No 12 55x22, oil $925 Well, this one was a challenge just to fit on the page. To paint as well, as it is 55 inches across, I had to maintain a flow across a wide canvas that was very narrow. The white section at top is fairly subtle, with white on white cut-outs to create interest. The image does not do justice to it, or to any of my paintings. Come to the Daffodil Gallery or my studio in the Hemingway Centre to see them up close and personal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515344462-DS9KKUI4G8IIOYBENJQJ/Blue+and+Yellow+No+14.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow No 14 30x30, oil SOLD and donated to the Lois Hole Foundation. Back to my "Swedish Series". If you are counting the series I skipped one number of ill repute. My first thought was to call it 14 - 1. This is a delightful confection with yellow and green sprays rising into the white with what might be a sunburst to the left. I used a yellow under colour, let it dry and applied paint over it to give more complexity and colour underneath. Note also, the subtle change in name, now that spring is a possibility I've dropped it from the series. This one was sold through silent auction at Night of Artists and the proceeds donated to the Lois Hole Hospital for Women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515352644-6L6AMRD2KVPPHMC9K0C5/Blue+and+Yellow+No+15.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow No 15 30x30, oil $750 I very much like this one, it's more reminiscent of northern lights, which is coincidental with another artist in our studio doing a northern lights series. I wonder which came first? Again there is an under-colour of yellow, varied from left to right in intensity. Once dry I applied more paint over it. To add interest I dragged the corner of a paint knife through the blue to reveal the yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515302369-T71X3CKWMHS4ES3GZVR0/Blue+and+Yellow+16.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow No 16 30x30, oil $750 Another in my "Swedish" series. I like the bold sweeping marks and the scraped-bare look of the upper corner. The top portion was under painted in blue with white applied over it once dry, then I scraped the white back so that it was barely there. I used an old credit card, they're great being small and flexible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515321700-YHJAHUN56VHDUIREZKW4/Blue+and+Yellow+17.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow No 17 12x12x3, oil Gifted A small and thick work that is a variation on a larger work (No 15). Done for the Art Gallery of St. Albert's Square One sale coming up in June. Be there or be SQUARE! As no one was compelled to buy my work I gifted it to a wonderful cousin from the US. If you snooze you loose! I promote the purchase of art as an act of self-gratification, indulgence and impulse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449515323551-3T15SWC8GVVYC2VOUNWI/Blue+and+Yellow+18.jpg 2013 - Blue and Yellow No 18 12x12x3, oil Gifted A small and thick work. Done for the Art Gallery of St. Albert's Square One sale coming up in June. Be there or be SQUARE! As no one was compelled to buy my work I gifted it to a wonderful cousin. If you snooze you loose! I promote the purchase of art as an act of self-gratification, indulgence and impulse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449519399999-Y3ZJGBZ5ZJ4TKXUVC6MP/symbiotica.jpg 2013 We came up with a concept of a layered "painting" with the front layer being transparent with the words on it. I used plexiglass attached to struts that go through the canvas and into the support underneath. The words of the poem were printed on sticky film and carefully applied to the backside of the plexiglass. I placed letters to spell out the title of the poem up the side of the canvas, then applied a thick layer of black and white acrylic through which I pulled the letters to leave the unpainted canvas, now in the shape of the letters. Application of gold and some black on the title helped to knock back the gold somewhat, and I hit the plexiglass with a bit of gold spraypaint and added touches of gold to the dried acrylic paint. It was fun, and challenging, and gave me a whole new approach to conceptual presentation of ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449519440835-2CV223HNJ2EPY73TIPPF/Forces+2.jpg 2013 - Forces 24x48x6, acrylic on canvas, Plexiglas, wood, brass and written word. $1,150. On loan to the Library in Stoney Plain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520128818-WVK2Y1D9YIUMQX73Q2DC/Testing+Testing+123.jpg 2013 - Testing. Testing. 1 2 3 18x36. Acrylic. SOLD This was my first piece done with pouring medium. I didn't have a concept or plan in mind, I was just putting paint on the canvas and pouring, dripping, drizzling and spattering medium and paint. Layering with pouring medium is really interesting. Different effects can be achieved by pouring medium over the dry paint or wet paint; by drizzling paint into and onto the medium layer. Different acrylic paints behave differently in the medium. This is great stuff, stay tuned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520130568-SDK6LUT2HSZ1W4SUB742/Testing+Testing+234.jpg 2013 - Testing. Testing. 2 3 4 18x36x3. Acrylic. $400 Second piece with the new toys. I laid down streaks of heavy paint and medium and let them dry before working with pouring medium. I'm amazed at the transparency of the pouring medium even with other paint in it. As well, the paints don't actually mix to form new colours when in pouring medium, cool and unexpected. A lot of this seems related to fluid dynamics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449525998626-5KJJLEP4KVXVX1660DDS/image-asset.jpeg 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449519879204-TRJNWPJT5FM62PSPRS4W/Genesis.jpg 2013 - Genesis 36x18x3, acrylic and Mulberry paper $400 I just had to take a break from blue and yellow, I think I was going colour blind. In "Genesis" I return to a long series of imaginative landscapes I have done over the years. I find the size and thickness of the canvas fascinating as they are 3 inches deep and really stand out on a wall. Why "Genesis"? I'm not sure, but it feels very protoplasmic. The start of something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449519878135-PYF9EALEQVIMLFCQDI4T/Sargasso.jpg 2013 - Sargasso 36x18x3, acrylic and Mulberry paper $400 Another imaginative "landscape", although there really isn't anything that even looks like land in "Sargasso". The swirling action in the painting prompted the name. That calm area in the middle of the Atlantic. Other people have seen very different things in "Sargasso", but I won't mention what. You decide for yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520405932-6I6JYVJ16G10F20UOGFS/Bitches+Brew2.jpg 2013 - Bitches Brew 24x36x2. Acrylic. $600 This is my first serious attempt at using the pouring medium and heavy texture achieved with mulberry paper. The photo doesn't really show the almost invisible blobs that show up with high lights and shadows that add interest throughout the red sections. The squiggly gray line ties together the two sections. The title is, of course, "Bitches Brew" after the album of the same name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520417274-EATCUP2G9980RR0INZZ1/Limbo.jpg 2013 - Limbo 12x12x2. Acrylic on wood. SOLD Connie Osgood supplied the wood panel and some glass bead gell for me to try, so I promptly spray painted the panel with gold. Seemed reasonable to me! I kept the following design simple, and yes there is bead gell in it. I have decided to name the following series after song titles from Miles Davis. I absolutely love his music. I think he was the most innovative, imaginative and influential musician since Mozart. And terribly abstract in approach. So, this one is Limbo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520404994-L89PWP5DQ36SZ3RIQEYW/Blue+in+Green.jpg 2013 - Blue in Green 30x30. Acrylic. $600 This painting originally started as part of an earlier series on buildings, but it just didn't come together so I moth-balled it for several years. Not wanting to throw out a good canvas I applied green and then blue mixed with pouring medium over the left side to cover a geometric shape. The gold side stumped me for a long time, but then I decided to simply sweep the same phthalo blue over it, using ... a BBQ brush. The final design came as a way to unify the two sides using gold squiggles. The women in the studio thinks it looks like a sonogram. Cool! Blue in Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520415119-31IXOJJE6LFB7MNSD954/Jehru.jpg 2013 - Jehru 36x36x1. Acrylic. $720 I started with the light yellow/green background, then applied the heavy, funky, swirling lines. This stumped me for some time, so I added little swirly bits in yellow and green and waited for inspiration (hey this ain't easy stuff). It did finally come ... add black. So I did! I pumped up the red with layers of pouring medium, although you can't see it well in the photo. And yes, for you other Miles Davis afficianados I spelled Jeru wrong. This is art, after all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520433569-LTM4GKEWDJHW4JLAKDUF/Spanish+Key.jpg 2013 - Spanish Key 24x36x2 Acrylic. $600 A very bright, silver and green piece. The green reminded me of "Old Man's Beard" lichens from mangrove swamps, so the name, Spanish Key, is reminiscent of hot, wet climates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520435093-7QRFLSAZUC5519JQ4K74/Pfrancing.jpg 2013 - Pfrancing 30x30x1. Acrylic. $600 Yes indeed, that is bright yellow-green. Seems to fit the title, Pfrancing. Prancing? In France? Prancing in France! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520412906-165BC5FDLG50238W02YC/Boplicity.jpg 2013 - Boplicity 20x26. Acrylic. $460 I created a cool effect, quite by accident, such is the nature of experimentation, by adding swirling lines of tinted pouring medium to a very wet, white canvas. The pouring medium lifted the white paint, which then spread and settled into the swirls. This I am going to work with some more. Too cool to ignore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520429378-TTWT5UT2G8V8F8L1Y7ZJ/Rouge.jpg 2013 - Rouge 16x28x1. Acrylic. $440 A very pink piece using the red flower-like image. Not sure what it's about, but it creeps up on you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520423934-U8H1URD1V05HJQ2BCHCF/Pharaohs+Dance.JPG 2013 - Pharaoh's Dance 30x30 Acrylic. $600 Another, but larger, piece using the swirling effect. The caligraphic and straight lines are added for counterpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449520412993-VVOR4NKD09WQVMJJJLOX/Budo.jpg 2013 - Budo 30x30 Acrylic. $600 A red floral-type motif on bronze. Unlike gold, the bronze makes for a darker image, although one that is still definately metallic. http://mconstable-artist.com/2015 daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928424045-LVNFFA5JAO08NIMM2BAD/Ascension+sm.jpg 2015 Ascension 16x16x2, Acrylic Mixed Media. SOLD I experimented with glass bead gel and metallic spray paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524160373271-6J83OR2FEX2961OZ710R/IMG_4437.JPG 2015 At the Night of Artists show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928542350-T1LT2VVC60UXW73Q4W3A/Emme+sm.jpg 2015 Emme 16x16x2, acrylic $320 This is another small experiment with spray paints and pouring medium. I quite like how bright the backgrounds become with acrylic sprays, coupled with the highly coloured acrylics over the top. Emme seemed very female to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523742188-8AV90MZF17TL7Z4TRJH6/Dust+Storm.jpg 2015 - Dust Storm Coming 24x36x2, acrylic mixed media SOLD The Goop of 7 were again hanging out and we decided to unify our images by choosing a standard size, orientation, horizon line and a colour. My first attempt using spray paints in the sky, acrylic media and Indian Yellow paint. It looks like my wife's uncle's place in SE Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523787267-N26X6JBGGWGW1VNWB0MG/Old+Growth+Shore.jpg 2015 - Old Growth Shore 30x36x2, acrylic $660 Much more goopy than my other pieces from this year. Rather a nod to Emily Carr, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523838644-Q8M95UDISHATEB5887TA/The+Misty+Isle.jpg 2015 - Misty Isle 24x36x2, acrylic SOLD As part of the Goop of 7 challenge we were supposed to use Ultramarine Blue light, a colour I really don't like. However, I must have channeled a remote Scottish island with a fractured, craggy shore. The water is spray paints overlaid with the ultramarine blue colour as playful swirls of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523916898-YF51332KD1Q3SMJEQRMR/Ice+Out.jpg 2015 - Ice Out 24x36x2, acrylic SOLD A Goop of 7 project piece, I must have channeled a cold March day. Spray paints formed the sky elements. I was very pleased with the cold, blustery look. The ice is also paint over spray paint and pouring media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523810361-EB5ULTBB0IOCZIIBA31Q/Squall+Line.jpg 2015 - Squall Line 30x30x2, acrylic mixed media SOLD My heavy application of a thick acrylic medium on the bottom definately reminded me of waves, so I went with a water theme with this painting. I used glass bead gel across the middle raked out into lines and then completed it with multiple applications of blue, white, black and silver spray paint. While I have never been in a storm at sea, and don't wish to be, the title just came to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523856909-N3H9P4HKG3BW8GE4YU2W/WoMangrove.jpg 2015 - WoMangrove 24x36x2, acrylic SOLD Indian yellow and black on top, a mottled red/green/white bottom and two "trees"? Lady Sings the Blues trees? I really don't know where the juju came from to create the busty/butty tree on the left, but she appeared after I left my studio to let the pouring medium set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449523765152-LNUO4DB21FC0D7QWU0DT/Fire+Season.jpg 2015 - Fire Season 24x36x2, acrylic SOLD The raging forest fires in Saskatchewan influenced this piece. It explodes off the board when sunlight or directed light falls on it. It attracted hordes at Taste of Edmonton on a sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1452455022233-BS6ZU18AMCBMBIRSPH1Q/Fire+on+the+Lake.jpg 2015 - Fire on the Lake 24x36x2, acrylic, $600 More raging forest fires in British Columbia. Fires swept up a mountain side as seen from across the lake, at a safe distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449524213391-FBICM8NEQJI28KTMH9YX/Squidgy+VooDoo.jpg 2015 - Squidgy Voodoo 22x34x2, acrylic SOLD My Hallow'een/Samhain treat. Black tentacular elements rise from the bottom towards the surrounding, swirling heights. Squidgy VooDoo to you!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928683346-D52FUS7QBQJDJESZIVBI/waterfalls+at+sunset+sm.jpg 2015 Waterfalls at Sunset 21x28x3, acrylic mixed media SOLD This colourful piece was more of an experimentation and is less "goopy" with acrylic media than many of my recent ones. I used heavy applications of sandblasting grit to provide texture and the impression of rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928844879-4DB4N52BTSA3JUR284QW/Cabin+in+the+Woods+sm.jpg 2015 Cabin in the Woods 16x20x2, acrylic $360 A continuation from Waterfalls at Sunset in that I am pulling back a bit from pure abstraction and presenting very abstracted landscapes from my imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928186193-2VPYCI7BQFHEW5O0UW2J/Hothouse+sm.jpg 2015 Hothouse, 36x36, Acrylic, $720 Hot and steamy, plants grow like mad in hothouses. This one is reminiscent of my few trips into these growing steam baths. Whew, it's hot in here! http://mconstable-artist.com/contact daily 0.75 2015-12-09 http://mconstable-artist.com/2004 daily 0.75 2021-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612046201665-54YEBTW26I07BDZUNLS1/beer+and+a+light+sm.jpg 2004 Beer and a Light. Oil on canvas, 12x20. Collection of the artist. My third painting under Laura’s supervision. It is a self-chosen subject, obviously a favorite one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612046107919-JRCL4Y87NW2RSQZ5351W/Pot+and+Fruit.jpg 2004 Pot and Fruit. Oil on canvas, 10x12. Collection of the artist. My second painting with Laura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612045920905-Z0LQVSOZ1JTLVQXNZMDD/Rose.jpg 2004 First Rose Oil on cavas, 10x12. Private Collection. This is the first painting I produced under the supervision of Laura Watmough. This was largely a study in shading and an introduction to technique in oils. http://mconstable-artist.com/2005 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612049606729-7QYIJNS1NQ41CVH0GICX/Trees+along+the+Sturgeon+River+sm.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612046576958-GMNBPIX2H8DUZ7VRVPCI/Canola+Field+Evening+sm.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612049130656-3E4Q6K056AA9K9CXSBJ5/Self+Portraint+at+48+sm.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612047278638-BW9KOJ5D0QTSL2L2K0R1/Cliffs+Along+the+South+Saskatchewan+River+sm.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612048136886-QPDX5PICIG7DIGOWEC05/Night+Flight+II.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612047842893-6YG4JY91KNV64Q6FDABO/Night+Flight+I.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612048734552-RWRKP37Y275VXT1HVA5U/Early+Spring+Field+sm.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612049355164-0B6KQM1399YAH5VJRJWW/Sunrise+on+the+Way+to+Work.jpg 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/edbd5cd9-2059-4b27-8209-b59c4efc1bdf/Picton+Castle.jpg 2005 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://mconstable-artist.com/2014 daily 0.75 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521243828-7T6IU988K54050MZPJV4/Sivad.jpg 2014 - Sivad 16x16x2, acrylic $320 A pleasing, little purple toned painting. This series keeps the line and swirl motif as much as possible. "Sivad"? Think of Davis, backward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521136792-QKXKGO67M6SY4Y9FO8J2/Ah+Leu+Cha.JPG 2014 - Ah Leu Cha 36x36x2, acrylic $720 Whoa, that's green! I was originally aiming for a darker green but with the almost fluorescent paint that I used it wasn't going that way. Oh well, soldier on! The initial paint swirls I added weren't working, so in a bit of a panic I grabbed a squeegee and wiped off part of the green. I wasn't prepared for the great negative shapes, so I kept them. Now I'm incorporating that design into my creativity. It's great when accidents help the plan to come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521167013-4OFSFKGL6MXKET07FHCB/Solea.JPG 2014 - Solea 40x40x2, acrylic $800 YELLO!!! This one is so loud it's hard to hear yourself think. I love that the yellow is almost fluorescent, and the transparent green comes through like a burst of spring. You need to see this in person to appreciate it. Wear shades and sunscreen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521158927-JFR8DFBC2KP4T5P7HF8C/Cool+Blues.jpg 2014 - Cool Blues 36x36x2, acrylic SOLD Aaahhh! Cool Blues, soothing and mellow, but funky and cool at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521243848-D9OUWIN599IHZ9LPJ787/Rocker.JPG 2014 - Rocker 30x30, acrylic. $600 Yet another strange, red swirly motif. I swear the things are alive and creep out from the edges of the paintings at night. Eep! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521155099-48LE3IX8VTSB79UHKEFT/PeeWeeVonetta.jpg 2014 - Vonetta and Pee Wee each 20x16x2, acrylic. SOLD This is a matched pair of paintings, titled Vonetta (left) and Pee Wee (right). Vonetta is soft, green and welcoming, while Pee Wee is harder, dark and more "in your face". Quite a pair. They come from Miles Davis's album "Sorcerer". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521153482-VO8RNCASYORDLKAZOTCQ/Maiysha.JPG 2014 - Maiysha 30x30x3 diamond hung, acrylic $600 I have kept it simple with this one, the white background works well with the gold and black swirls, but then to mix it up a bit I have hung it as a diamond. It is much more potent in this format. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521146195-6UBT42BT5TUBSCRGM04C/Amandla.jpg 2014 - Amandla 30x30x2, acrylic SOLD Amandla is very, VERY pink. And shiny/sparkly all over, with just a soupcon of gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521307755-0DMCAJUAYL2LL79KKPBV/Moon+Dreams.jpg 2014 - Moon Dreams 24x36xx2, acrylic SOLD Deep purple and silver! Space? Angels? Space angels? Moon Dreams, indeed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522823200-8ASJR7PNKXD3HVAB9KSP/Stags+Horn.jpg 2014 - Stags Horn 36x36x2, acrylic mixed media $720 Following the critical acclaim of "In a Tangle" I resolved to do more organic, botanical abstract pieces. Well, here's the result of one day in the studio. Gotta love that orange! It reminds me of some weird, alien plant-like critter. Are those seeds? Or spores? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522857345-REMPQDVFG60QRIQJS8XM/The+Patch.jpg 2014 - The Patch 27x20, acrylic mixed media SOLD It was near to Hallowe'en, what was I to do? I had just bought a spray can of bright orange paint. Pouring medium, grit, green and black all followed. I'm sure I was influenced by the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521926121-WXD4GGOFRPIL2YHPVDNF/Tangled+Garden.jpg 2014 - In a Tangle 36x36, acrylic SOLD This was my first large format piece using the new very fluid pouring medium that I was introduced to. It has a very organic, leafy feel to it and reminds me greatly of J.E.H. McDonald's painting “Tangled Garden”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521915493-0M5WCMDENRECRCZOPYBT/Beaver+Swamp+after+L+Harris.JPG 2014 - Beaver Swamp 36x36x2, acrylic $720 And this was my first large format piece intentionally working after Lawren Harris's "Beaver Swamp, Algoma". While not a slavish rendition of his work, I see little point in doing that, I think I have captured the look and feel in an updated style. One of my uncles, when seeing a copy of Harris's painting said "Heck, I've got lots of land like that at the bottom of my pasture." I guess Algoma isn't the only place with beavers and swamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521914374-1P3O68HA91PFGLINF9DR/Pine+Island+Storm+Front.JPG 2014 - Pine Island, Storm Front 36x36x2, acrylic $720 This painting was inspired by all of the storm-wracked white pine trees that various members of the Group of Seven painted while up at Georgian Bay. Having re-surveyed their works it isn't a copy of any one, but rather my impressions of these paintings. And yes, that is a very bright magenta background. Go with it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449687850384-P74UNVP56DUBK0HMYNEA/Northern+River.jpg 2014 - Northern River 36x36, acrylic. $720 This is a direct copy of Tom Thomson's masterpiece of the same name, with, or course the use of modern acrylics and media to give it a shiny, rugged appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449521971911-RS2QQE8VOSA03LW8R1GQ/Constable+Snowy+Trees+after+L+Harris.jpg 2014 - Snow and Spruce 30x30x2, acrylic $600 I first saw Harris's great painting "Spruce and Snow Northern Ontario" at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It just gleams, snow sparkling and frosty looking. I just had to attempt my own version. I have found that it is better to paint with only a few peeks at the original, otherwise you can get too slavish about copying it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522023234-SLUR3M7B54RY6F1X155I/After+the+Fire.jpg 2014 - After the Fire 30x30x2, acrylic $600 This painting started life as a total abstract, but I had a block of what to do with the white stringy lines and the blue. So, when I started my Goop of Seven series I repurposed the initial painting. This one is influenced by Tom Thomson's "Burnt Land at Sunset" and "Burnt Country". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522052890-NNKEFNOXUT5HPIT9MLJU/Isle+of+Jura.jpg 2014 - Isle of Jura 48x36x2, acrylic $840 I was on the Scottish island of Islay in 2012 and saw Jura across a narrow, yet treacherous, stretch of water. It has a pair of hills that are visible from all parts of Islay. Anyways, here is my take on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522658246-84B5W5K3B5BJRZM7ITM9/Les+danseurs.jpg 2014 - Les Danseurs 20x16x2, acrylic SOLD The Goop of Seven were hanging out one day and decided to use a Lawren Harris painting for inspiration. So, I grabbed a small canvas and went to it. Nope! I missed the mark. Dejected I put it aside for a week or so. Looking at it again I discovered the dancers: Les danseurs (everything sounds fancy in French!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449522143416-UXMQOABGO96DICO31WD0/North+Woods.jpg 2014 - North Woods 18x24x2, acrylic mixed media SOLD Attempt 2 at a Lawren Harris inspired work, this time I hit it solidly. The smokey blues, yellows and oranges were right from Harris's work of the north woods in autumn. I added the long side pieces as a device to improve the vertical nature of the piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/d03d29c0-7ac4-4324-99f6-3887a045e0fe/Mutation+into+Equus+sm.jpg 2014 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524160300292-Z962P731ADBPD78QELUH/2015+NoA.jpg 2014 In my kilt at the Night of Artists show. http://mconstable-artist.com/2011 daily 0.75 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449631418201-I12U7ET77HC10R248OSV/Daffodil+logo+2+sm.jpg 2011 Great news came in October, I applied to Daffodil Gallery at 10412 - 124 St. and was accepted for a one year term. They are now my sole Edmonton representative. Come on by and check out Edmonton's newest, coolest gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383228047-E6BO44GU930COBQYBT7P/Red+2.jpg 2011 - Red 2 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD I am still influenced by my interest in city scapes but now I think they are becoming very minimalist. In Red 2 one can see skyscraper-like shapes, but they have been suppressed into the red shapes at the bottom. Black and white textural elements form a counter-point to the red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383183955-ZJ1E7MSHK389XPOW20CY/black1.jpg 2011 - Black 1 30x30, oil on canvas. $750 While not being a city scape influenced piece it is very urban, looking much like asphalt with lines. The challenge with a black background is getting the other colours to come alive, as the black tends to suck light out of the paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383177227-BCF6TEBB2YCXJP1ARVYB/Blue+2.jpg 2011 - Blue 2 30x30, oil on canvas $750 Blue 2 is more of a departure from city scapes, while it has vertical elements they are much less apparently building images. I am experimenting more with heavy layers of paint and dragging it out or removing the centre to give depth and texture. The black and white checker was heavily influenced by Dan Naminga, a Hopi artist that I am particularly impressed with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383202382-N1W58CXX0M33RMUJ4APR/gold2.jpg 2011 - Gold 2 30x30, oil on canvas. $750 This is another fairly free form gold painting, I've used some of my previous shapes and techniques but in a more freeform style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383212342-SZWZ1FKJ8O6SHX50MZ1V/gold3.jpg 2011 - Gold 3 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD This was quite a departure from my current series, although still sticking with the black, white and gold format. I thought this was particularly successful, having a sort-of space feel with a yawning void in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383222904-H1JKZMDD6TCDDF2LNXS3/Purple+2.jpg 2011 - Purple 2 30x30, oil on canvas. $750 This was a bit of a return to a city scape abstracted feel. Rather than a single colour of purple I made shades of purple with red and blue, giving me more leeway to add blue and red tones. It took me quite a while after I finished this piece to decide where in my subconscious it had come from. I believe it is the ancient structures across the river from the Taj Mahal, at least according to the program I saw on TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383219205-TZ3CGY9WER7VZL0TJ4OU/green2.jpg 2011 - Green 2 30x30, oil on canvas. $750 Green 2 has a more forest feek than an urban one. This is something that I tried to enhance with diagonal lines and the layered stripes in the corner. I can smell the fir trees and feel the wet shrubs around my feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383268618-KU1XJ0VRBQ9TE4YVTQLK/silver1.jpg 2011 - Silver 1 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD Silver 1 is sleek, hard, and urban. Not sure where it came from or what it represents, but I like it's minimalist structure and sleek silver sheen. Ooohh, shiny! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383192203-VPDY9NLHJJZPJ05A32E5/copper1.jpg 2011 - Copper 1 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD Here I am sticking with the metals, this is copper. I was coating the canvas with the copper paint and swirling it on with a brush. I stopped and looked over the marks and was inspired to continue with them. They give the minimalist structure of the painting needed texture. I cannot say this is urban inspired, I still harken back to Dan Naminga and his themes on Hopi culture, but obviously I cannot follow his path as I do not have his background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383274558-8LDFV05ZNQU7C1YTGX48/yellow2.jpg 2011 - Yellow 2 30x30, oil on canvas. $750   This was largely a pure, non-representational piece using yellow, white and black. Some of my previously used structures are visible, with thick layers, drag-outs, etc. with a unifying layer of white, that was then partially removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383231360-RBB9KA0L740J0JPNVZ5G/Red+3.jpg 2011 - Red 3 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD This painting painted itself, really! Three colours, alizarin crimson (a great, clear blood colour), black and white. I really liked this series, being limited to three colours it was challenging to get diversity, and design on the canvas. After it sold one of my artist friends liked it so much that I did a smaller version for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383255870-6K7SAF6VYQD46U5DDQUP/red4.jpg 2011 - Red 4 30x30, oil on canvas. $750 Facing another morning in the studio I decided on red. Okay, progress! Then I decided I wanted to do a very watery effect using lots of walnut oil and solvent. Great, more progress! Then I selected my tube of alizarin crimson, mixed it all up and applied it, added a bit of black for another tone and applied it, then a bit more black and applied it. Then I was faced with the eternal question: "What to do with white"? In a fit of inspiration I used a wide spatula and ran a thick stripe of white down the canvas, then another. Then I stared, had coffee, chocolate, put on some fast jazz, more coffee (my recipe for frenetic, subconsious, inspiration) and returned to apply the subtle white squares. They, amazing, bled slightly into the red for the effect. I'm still impressed with what my subconscious can do! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383238648-2QENCWWCY1ZALNF4ZUGJ/indigo1.jpg 2011 - Indigo 1 30x30, oil on canvas. SOLD Well hey, I've used a lot of other colours, why not indigo? It's a curious colour, applied heavily it is almost black, applied light it is almost purple, but not quite either. Again, my initial strokes to colour the canvas gave way to a major theme in the painting and I left the swirls where they were. This one is, while harder to see, back to geometric, urban inspired shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383247303-RX17QIA2MVYD7PGU4VTB/Rise+Up.jpg 2011 - Rise Up 22 x 55, oil on canvas. SOLD This painting is not at all in the current series that I did as a personal project. We were at the Whyte Avenue Art Walk and were really impressed with a large, flat glass piece that had a glue/green tone with gold flecks and highlights. However, as beautiful as it was we didn't have the necessary cash, so I was determined to attempt a simulation of the feeling of the other artist's work (my apologies for not buying your work). I think this is successful, especially as I sold it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449383170239-PYFB5U9MUR961ULE9M3H/Approaching+Storm%2C+Prairies.jpg 2011 - Approaching Storm, Prairies 12x24x2 Paper collage on canvas. SOLD This was a very unusual, experimental piece for me, using only papers that I had collected. I liked the outcome, but wasn't sufficiently stimulated to continue. http://mconstable-artist.com/2008 daily 0.75 2015-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380528828-XWNS5ZS4OC2WTH4HIXU5/4.jpg 2008 - Tears of Red Buffalo 18x36x3 Mixed media on canvas $740 I started on this painting because I wanted to do an animal portrait for an upcoming Guild show, and a buffalo is a powerful figure. I also wanted to continue experimenting with paper on canvas and wanted to do something with heavy watercolour paper that I could fix to the canvas as a second layer that would immediately form depth. The original design came about quickly as I sketched ideas on newsprint. The skull design came from a postcard I picked up at Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump, and the buffalo is done on a heavy watercolour paper that I fixed to the canvas with a lot of acrylic medium. The concept I had was a tribute to the buffalo, and the plains Indian culture that depended on it. But the culture is being lost under the sands of time and the buffalo is barely keeping up. The tears stream down from the lemon yellow sky. The stripes near the bottom are part of the plains Indian habit of dividing objects with primary colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380537112-64CXXFVW322X7CP9ODRJ/1.jpg 2008 - City Blue, Rain 24x24x1 Acrylic on canvas $360 With 6 hours in the Studio Gallery it is best to have at least two paintings to work on, so I started this one without any real concept of what I wanted to do. I squeezed a pile of blue paint onto my palette, picked up a medium putty knife and simply smeared it down the middle of the painting. Liking the heavy presence of the blue form I added more, and then scraped some orange across the corner. With some inspection and time I formed a concept and proceeded to add horizontal bits, and then found that I had to fill in the white with green paint, as I hadn't toned the canvas. As it turned out the blue over white comes through brilliant, blue over the green is very dark. I think it evokes a city scape under muted light, with rain and slick roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380771456-JO4Y3ML4Q82RFGD473IP/Golden+Wave.jpg 2008 - Golden Wave 12x12x3, Acrylic on canvas Gifted This is a continuation of my series of small, thick paintings with a predominant gold theme. I chose waves as a sub-theme that prompted me to put in blue above and the semi-transparent greens below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380537548-HTNIEFK0UQ45ZDX6UQCD/Acid+Landscape.jpg 2008 - Acid Landscape 36x18x3 Mixed Media on canvas SOLD I really like the format of these canvases and I wanted to continue working in the funky silk-threaded paper that can be used for such a heavy texture on the canvas. The horizontal nature of this painting immediately suggested a landscape, so I allowed myself to follow that as a theme. I had a concept of a marsh, logs fallen, others standing and live trees. What followed was not necessarily what I had envisioned, however, I have learned to go with the flow and see where the current takes me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380552735-E0EJIN172YPKWRCR99BE/5.jpg 2008 - The Far Shore 36x18x3 Mixed Media on canvas In the collection of the artist's family. I am still liking the format of these canvases and I continue to work in the funky silk-threaded paper that can be used for such a heavy texture on the canvas. This started life as a vertical painting while I was at the Whyte Avenue Art Walk, but I decided it worked much better as a horizontal landscape. I decided not to envisage anything until I worked in the paper and filled in some of the gaps. Once I added the blue and let it bleed out I found my "lake" and the rest came together quite nicely. This I have found is a good technique, just have fun, be open to the pattern and see where the current takes me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380630063-E3O28VRIY4K1Y8714U7K/strife.jpg 2008 - Strife 16x20x2 Acrylic on canvas SOLD This painting started life simply with three swooshes of primary red, yellow and blue. I looked at these swooshes for a long time and wondered what the heck to do with them. I put the canvas behind some others and went on with other work. Finally one day I decided to do something, anything, with those darned swooshes. I added gold, and red and black and white and I scratched it and etched it about. Finally it was starting to happen, then I added black around the edges and was appalled at it, so I grabbed a pointy palette knife and dragged the paint into the center. I liked these tooth-like features so I put in more and then filled them in with gold. The title took a while to come to me, but it does remind me of strife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380646887-02EXPPE0XJCLPMDB88VU/Winter+Escape.jpg 2008 - Winter Escape 24x24 Acrylic on canvas $300 This was to be another in my series of two dimensional, minimalist, city-scapes but when I first painted in the streaky blue of the background it just said "water" to me. This halted progress for a bit as I wasn't sure where to go with this painting-to-be, but I eventually added the greens, yellows and red-oranges. Sand, surf and sun; Winter Escape! Sure wish I could! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380581221-OV3XX3PDB2QVSBFGPKKR/Diamond+Divide+Angled.jpg 2008 - Diamond Divide 12x12x3 Acrylic on canvas SOLD This is another in my series of small, thick canvases with a predominant gold tone, although this time I have turned it into a diamond. Using a brush and not a palette knife enabled me to make finer directional strokes in the paint, so that the alizarin crimson appears to recede into the gold, and the purple vertical grounds in the crimson layer. This painting sold in 2012, never say never! Keep showing your work; you never know when it will sell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380573425-A8WMEKFXIAD3QQJRH7W8/City+Dark+Red.jpg 2008 - City Dark Red 18X24 Acrylic on canvas Gifted to a good friend. Continuing with a city theme I wanted to do something simple, yet bold, with a black stripe across it. I taped off the rectangular areas and started with the black stripe. From there I added the blue swirling line and the gray-blue one. I like the colour of alizarin crimson but in keeping with a darker tone I added a touch of black and painted the background quickly to give the sketchy look. It is a city, simplified to a few forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380576626-HNU1JNPXYYSKR8BMNWFL/City+Sun+Rise.jpg 2008 - City Sun Rise 24X24 Acrylic on canvas In the collection of the artist's family. Driving to work in the spring I spotted a scene with the sun coming up behind the towers downtown. It stuck in my mind so I developed this roughly textured painting in acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380600791-ULZCQEVGDEWS43D1KVGK/On+the+Queensway.jpg 2008 - On the Queensway 18X24X2 Oil on canvas $200 Several years ago I was sitting in a car on Toronto's Queensway going nowhere. Not unusual at rush hour. I spotted this underpass painted bright purple with the partial word "SUCKS" on it. That's all I could see. What sucked wasn't apparent, although sitting there certainly did. I had so long that I took out a sketch pad and captured the concept. I finally got around to doing it in thin oils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380554614-C2J6CLAQ7PHFAJFKU7DL/Beach+Edge.jpg 2008 - Beach Edge 12x12x3 Oil on canvas Gifted to a good friend. In my series of small paintings I seem to have developed a beach/water theme. This just reminded me of little waves on a beach, ergo the name. It's done in thick oils, definitely fun to apply and work, but messy and slow to dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380601078-5DBDKC1A1TIVSFODM5NP/On+Deck.jpg 2008 - On Deck 12x12x3 Acrylic on canvas SOLD Another water theme. After completing this one I thought for some time before I realized what it reminded me of. Watching water swirling along side a boat, with a view of the railing and deck. Not that I've ever had the opportunity to see that, but one can dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380581061-JETTZGHXY6DUMOZV3BXD/City+Cold+Rain.jpg 2008 - City, Cold Rain 36x36x2 Acrylic on canvas SOLD I am continuing with an urban theme, in this case a cold-looking city landscape under a threatening sky. Someone said it looked like Regina in a snowstorm. Odd, considering that I grew up in Regina. Perhaps my sub-conscious is dredging up images. http://mconstable-artist.com/2012 daily 0.75 2018-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384749218-D7WHH4UEXAI0LPP2NJIP/Palm+Trees+Windy+Day.jpg 2012 - Palm Trees Windy Day 24 x 36, mixed media $400 Diane Way suggested in December that our January show should be fun and sun, how about "Palm Trees" (she had just returned from Mexico)? So it was on, a Palm Tree exhibit for the new year. I was standing around one day wondering what to do and wearing blue nitrile gloves. I held my arm up and flexed my hand, it looked like ... a "Palm" Tree. I laughed to myself and said "why not?". So here it is, a series of "Palm Trees" on a windy day on a beach. Could even be Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384193205-ZU564N2YNCJXU1E1H1OD/Charcoal+Sketch+Palm+Tree.jpg 2012 - Palm Tree 24 x 36, mixed media $400 We were a few pieces short of a full house so I scrambled to do something a tad more serious than my previous painting of "Palm Trees". As I had only a day to produce it I went with charcoal, sketched directly onto canvas and set between layers of fixative. I really got into the charcoal and how it worked into the surface of the canvas and developing lines to simulate palm leaves. Somehow I even worked in a crucifix motif, perhaps it was a subliminal message about palm leaves. Hard to tell, my subconscious rarely talks to me in a clear voice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384203703-MMQK2IABO9E23BP7RUTH/overpass.jpg 2012 - Overpass 30x30 oil and charcoal $750 I was walking to the studio one flat, misty, chilly, gray day in February and I came upon the local overpass. It struck me that this strong horizontal feature that was supported by strong verticals in the landscape could make a good subject for a painting. Following on from my charcoal on canvas work I decided to experiment with charcoal in oil paint. So, I used a fair bit of charcoal in with the wet oil paint to create gray tones. I was impressed that the charcoal held it's own in the painting as long as it didn't get coated with paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384174214-V65PSTHV0Y7IT5L1R645/blue2+bedding+planes.jpg 2012 - Blue 2: Bedding Planes 30x30, oil $750 In this piece I moved back to my angular forms to continue my series from before Christmas. I was trying to get away from the horizontal and vertical forms I had been creating so I approached this one with a strong diagonal format. For some reason the geological term "Bedding Planes" came to mind, so I tacked that onto the end of the rather prosaic "Blue 2". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384177297-2X85LOU0QYGLXPOHM5XK/bronze1b.jpg 2012 - Bronze 1 30x30 oil $750 Here I have returned to my series of strong geometric shapes to reflect imaginary urban landscape elements. The simplified structures are eerily reminiscent of tall buildings with a moon rising in the darkening landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384197578-06OUDVH9YNSX4S0Y4XHV/bronze2b.jpg 2012 - Bronze 2 30x30 oil $750 The second painting in bronze; I liked the first so much I wanted to pursue some ideas for another bronze painting. Actually in this piece I used only two colours, bronze and black. The light tones are the result of scraping back paint to allow the canvas to show through thereby creating light tones of bronze and black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449384058072-AZTHM1SYN6JDDLQQKWKO/Blue+3.jpg 2012 - Blue 3 30x30 oil and charcoal $750 I continued the geometric urban theme but added the charcoal in the tall form on the left and to darken much of the horizontal surface. I rather like the muted blue colour, the wispy "clouds" were formed by removing paint, while the white "buildings" were done with white paint. The drippy sort-of trees were an interesting touch I created by using a fair bit of solvent in the paint and letting it flow just a little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621906127-NG9PTI6DHK9MHHFM14RN/Show+invitation+sm.jpg 2012 In September I had my first solo art show at The Daffodil Gallery called "Winter To Spring To Summer". It was awesome seeing my Blue and Yellow series lining one wall and my urban geometric series on the other. And the really good news is that the sales keep happening! The folks at Daffodil Gallery are just great, thanks to Karen and Marilynn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621948799-RHRZL8RJHP1KIS1K6UA6/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+1.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 1 30x30 oil $600 Spring was upon me and I was feeling very bouncy and energetic when I got into the studio. Still in keeping with a minimalist palette I attacked this canvas with a lot of intense yellow and white, and then poured phthalo blue paint into the white. As I watched the blue paint moving I noticed that it was moving under the wet white paint and forming an incredible textured surface. Awesome to watch. Then I moved on to adding blue to the yellow and watched again a similar interaction between the paints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621944590-1KKKPILUPGJ2T2HGBH44/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+2.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 2 30x30 oil $600 Spring series, painting number 2. Oddly enough I couldn't quite duplicate the interactions between the blue and the white paints, the blue refused to flow under the white, so in mild despiration I added raw solvent to the blue and watched it flow all over. Wow! Not what I expected, so I tipped it back and forth to get an interesting running/drippy effect in the blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621962424-TM1D4LW8EYHO05H2KUCR/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+3.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 3 30x30 oil SOLD Spring series, painting number 3. And it all slid sideways on me. The white I had in the middle really wasn't working, so again in despiration (I seem to do a lot of work in this mode) I grabbed a putty knife and pulled it through the middle. And again, then did that with a wide brush, and added white, and pushed it around and around and started to remove paint with a squeegee. Finally it was looking pretty cool, all it needed was the final splash of white, et voila! And it sold in no time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621976303-L2B80LOSKC9H78XDQFC9/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+4.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 4 30x30 oil SOLD Spring series, painting number 4. Following the success of number 3 I realized that a series based on number 3 could form a solid, and new, basis for my upcoming September show at Daffodil Gallery. The next paintings are variations on a theme. One I had a lot of fun with, although I got a lot of paint on my new studio floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621989288-EX8P6K7UB8WOU5BEWV87/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+5.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 5 30x30 oil $600 Spring series, painting number 5. I particularly like the rising/jumping quality of the greens in this painting. Not too much white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449621997314-CV1J67A2YPAZBYUUNSWJ/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+6.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 6 30x30 oil $600 Spring series, painting number 6. This is much more than number 3 with a strong diagonal movement, very aquatic in feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1538588949716-9DUKHW8OFNSS7FI2II4V/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+7.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No 7 36 x 36, $720 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449622006609-XSODPFXQY6KVN91K3WB5/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+7.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 7 Small 20x16x2 oil $360 An artist who shall remain anonymous called this my "Swedish Series". Well, it is sort of blue and yellow, like the Swedish flag. This is painting number 7, a relatively small piece done for the VASA small works show in December. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449622019709-UNMH4DB9KXHTQ7LO5LXR/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+8.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 8 36x36 oil $720 With this painting I started with a bright yellow background to see what I could do to vary the feel of the series. I think I will continue with this technique as it shows promise, although this one is VERY yellow. People may need sunglasses to look at it for long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449622023093-T0851N7C9CXX4N6YYQSD/Blue+and+Yellow+Spring+No+9.jpg 2012 - Blue and Yellow = Spring No. 9 20x16x2 oil $360 My last painting of the year, and perhaps one of the best. More subtle than the previous two, with definate movement to the upper right, yet balanced by the left side movement. Subtle hints of green through the movement add interest. Have a Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks for looking. http://mconstable-artist.com/2009 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381716491-11S4KJONPQHAQNDN4QVK/Urban+Views+1.jpg 2009 - Urban Views 1 24x24 Acrylic on canvas SOLD I am continuing my series of abstracted city views in a square format, similar in some ways to "Winter Escape", but also quite different. In that series I am trying to encapsulate fundamental colours and patterns of a landscape without reference to each other. In this series the shapes have a reference to each other and are not encapsulated so that the city is more visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381720989-YWBNQQW12X8GL8MIWFVQ/Urban+Views+II.jpg 2009 - Urban View II 24x24 Acrylic on canvas $200 The third of my series under development (two paintings is a series), this is a very fragmented and abstracted city view with only enough information to give you the feeling of a city. Certainly not much more. I use a lot of green tape in masking off these paintings, costs keep rising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381651977-BB2HFDU5COLCGZ3DSW4Q/Gloriana.jpg 2009 - Gloriana 18x36x3 Acrylic and paper on canvas. SOLD This is another painting on the thick canvases that I so like. It started solely as a desire to use the coolest paper I have found to date, it looks all the world like boiled leather, in this case it surrounds the bottom 1/3 of the painting. Once I had applied the paper and I studied it for a while the paper came out as a highly textured landscape, perhaps a planetary surface. With that I was off, although it was not simple. I overpainted several designs until in frustration I added a heavy purple colour up against the paper. This provided the appropriate tonal difference and I could finish the painting in a better frame of mind. This painting really challenged me with the question "How do you know when it's done?" The title? Gloriana was a name given to Queen Elizabeth I by her troops on the defeat of the Spanish Armada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381634287-VDQRWOYHRGGMC66QPMTR/Deep+n+Delicious+vertical.jpg 2009 - Deep n Delicious 36x24 Acrylic, paper and leaves on canvas SOLD Deep 'n' Delicious resulted from two disparate events; the first I was in an art store and found the coolest paper made from paper pulp and the skeletons of willow leaves. I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but it was too cool to leave in the store. Second an artist in the VASA studio and gallery was painting an image of apples, another thought she'd like to do her own take on the image, so four of us decided to do our own variations. Of course, mine was pretty abstract. The red and green stripes form a solid background for the lacy leaves and floating apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381748441-7GD1O6O4N6D8QH83P1ZZ/Water+Lillies.jpg 2009 - Water Lillies 24x24 Acrylic on canvas SOLD Water Lillies came about as an attempt to salvage a canvas as I had totally botched the painting. I overpainted the canvas with gesso with yellow paint in it. A big mistake, I generated the ugliest yellow ever. I put it behind all of my other canvases for months until one day I resolved to do something with the ugly yellow duckling. Monet came to mind. Of course, water lillies. So I started with a watery blue over the yellow to develop a green base and it just rolled off of my brushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381645985-0JU0GI354Y0VJRR3X55B/Event+Horizon.jpg 2009 - Event Horizon 24x24 Acrylic on canvas $200 I started this last June 21 for a Solstice celebration on Perron Street in St. Albert. I got part way into it and just lost my way, not knowing how to get out of it. I left it for 9 or more months behind my easel until finally I resolved to finish it. I added black, white, more gold and a few other extras that improved it considerably. Event Horizon, the point of no return for entering a black hole. I think I pulled out just in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381670170-1SMVJYZ8UZC7352J98HU/Nishikigoi.jpg 2009 - Nishikigoi 18x36x3 Acrylic on canvas SOLD "Where did this come from? I asked myself." I started with bright yellow streaks across the canvas and on the top I thinly layered magenta. It wasn't really doing anything for me so in a bit of a panic I grabbed a little squeegee and removed some of the magenta. "Oh cool!, I says, "I like that." So I left the bits of yellow peaking out. This is often how my paintings progress, through experimentation and panic. I wish I could say it was carefully thought out, but so far the best haven't been. Not sure of what to do next I decided that the yellow on the bottom would actually be good as green under a thin layer of blue, so that's where I went. I got the feeling of water and, as orange works well with blue I added blobs of orange and suddenly koi started jumping, so I added yellow and speckles. The title? According to Wikipedia Nishikigoi is the formal Japanese word for koi. At the Whyte Avenue Art Walk I mentioned this to a Japanese exchange student. She was simply puzzled. Perhaps it was my accent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381667337-DVZYVU6QYFEDFG1I2S2A/Passione.jpg 2009 - Passione 18x36x3 Acrylic and paper on canvas SOLD!!! Pronounce the "e", it's Italian. Why? I'm not really sure if this is spring passion or hot growth or a fire racing up a mountain side. I really wanted to use this cool green grass-like paper I got in Ottawa and then there's the cool "boiled leather earth" paper at the bottom. This is what happens when I paint and listen to Jesse Cook up loud. Very rhythmic and primal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381747907-6VJM5TCJJ9XCN4FQN9IZ/wedgat.jpg 2009 - Wedgat 18x36x3 Acrylic and paper on canvas LOST!!! Yet another thick and long canvas. This I started last year and got to putting something on the top "stone" and stopped. Dead-in-my-tracks! I tried all sorts of symbols, sayings, Japanese, Arabic, Wickan. All sorts. Finally I just decided I have to finish it, so I looked up this Egyptian symbol, which they called "wedgat" better known as "The Eye of Horus". It was said to ward off evil and was used in the ceremonial tombs of pharohs on their way to the after-life, cause even they needed to ward off evil. It was derived from the eye markings on a Peregrin Falcon as Horus was the sun god, and what flew closest to the sun? Falcons. This one has been LOST by the artist! Indeed, I have no idea where it is. If anyone has it, or finds it let me know. I'd just like to know where it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381625371-8GDA4Y21ZLV7KG52CBQJ/Brightsand.jpg 2009 - Brightsand 24x24 Acrylic on canvas SOLD I have continued with my series of abstracting essential elements of landscape, namely patterns, textures and colours. This painting I call Brightsand after a lake and regional park in Saskatchewan that is familiar to me and my kin. Sand, water, trees, roads (both wet and frozen) and other elements of what I see in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381624390-GMAEXRRZBHLEKMMRNX8M/City+Foggy+Sunrise.jpg 2009 - City, Foggy Sunrise 36x36x2 Acrylic on canvas $700 Another series under development, 3ft by 3ft canvases of vague, abstracted city scapes. This I used a lot of silver and pearlesence to simulate early morning fog in backlit city streets, with a sunrise and tall buildings. What city? What sunrise? I can't tell, although someone thought it was Toronto. Could be! Both of our kids live there. That subconscious will come through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449381690674-CJLOALHUHZCISVRAERAZ/Southland+Saskatchewan.jpg 2009 - Southland: Saskatchewan 24x24x2 Acrylic on canvas $300 The third of my series under development (two paintings is a series), this is a very fragmented and abstracted landscape with only enough information to give you the feeling of a landscape. My current issue is whether to give them a title that gives the viewer a hint of my intentions, or to give it a non-title and let the viewer develop their own perspectives of what the painting is about. Many people see mountains or the west coast. Oh well, my inspiration was southern Saskatchewan. http://mconstable-artist.com/home daily 1.0 2015-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449176657618-SET968X8VZX0YT0XDAN4/image-asset.jpeg Miles Constable Artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449176382747-XVOUZSXQ4L4DGEMFQC9X/miles3.jpg Miles Constable Artist http://mconstable-artist.com/2007 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728932660541-D3018IYNVLZ2F55VBRM5/Plaid+Harvest+sm.jpg 2007 - Plaid Harvest 24x24, acrylic on canvas. SOLD I continued with the format that I learned with Erik and produced this painting. I had the original concept of fields at harvest, but the painting slid sideways from my control and I finished with this. I rather like the result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728932736810-CVWJEPVSNNZRUTN6YQB4/IED+sm.jpg 2007 - IED 24x24, acrylic on canvas. $260.00 With the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq I was motivated to put my energies into portraying the energy and violence in a roadside bomb (Improvised Explosive Device, hence the title). Does this look like an IED explosion? No, they are much dirtier and blacker than this, but it is my expression of the inherent violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449379225300-SMF21FYPPG1TB592JMSJ/texture+in+yellow+red+and+purple.jpg 2007 - Texture in Red, Yellow and Purple 24x24, acrylic on canvas. $260.00 This painting took over 3 months to finish, as I was never sure where it was going. After the gray and purple I decided to develop it into an exploration of texture. I'd wait and let my subconscious work on it and the next step would be revealed in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728932480259-JUR965IMWBJ4PNJSNJ5Y/Wave+Rider+sm.jpg 2007 - Wave Rider 18x24, oil on canvas. $180.00 This painting started life as a sunset over waves using oil paints. However, I wasn't happy with it so I shelved it for 8 months. With my use of palette knives I brought it out and started working it with more oils in a freer approach. The green sweep in the middle reminds me of a wave riding dolphin with the black mass behind it the ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728932954504-LP0B6GESPQVJHHK31FPC/Earthscape+III+Urbania+sm.jpg 2007 - Earthscape III. Urbania 24x24, acrylic on hardboard. $360.00 The third in my Earthscape series, Urbania is symbolic of the metropolis. I have produced an overall feel of a city on the ocean as seen from the air. All that can be discerned are colours arranged in patterns, with several "mega-patterns" of super highways. Surrounding the humanity of the city is the wild and untamable ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728933174117-AZT4OD1WLYMHZV4ACAMD/Portrait+of+the+Artist+at+50+sm.jpg 2007 - Portrait of the Artist at 50 20x20x1.5, acrylic on canvas. NFS. This I felt was a successful self portrait in a very loose style. Can you spot the rooster? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728933055410-BICG8I3RBD7ZURNHS2O6/Red+Madonna+sm.jpg 2007 - Red Madonna 24x24, acrylic on canvas. $260.00 What started as swirls on the canvas quickly gelled into a woman on a grassy field at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728933315820-LW6WGHGCS8EBW3MPGP8I/Dans+le+Jardin+de+Lumiere+sm.jpg 2007 - Dans le Jardine de Lumiere 18x36x3, mixed media. SOLD The local art shops in Edmonton contributed much to this painting. Delta Arts brought in 3 inch thick canvases that are more like pieces of furniture, and The Paint Spot has a supply of cool, silk papers. I combined these with acrylic and oil paints and came up with this work. It really needs to be seen as it has a notable presence on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449379214374-AVIVKKJJIFIDZZ26775D/Smiling+Geisha.jpg 2007 - Smiling Geisha 10x10x3, acrylic on canvas. Gifted to a good friend. This is the first painting in a small yet thick format and must be seen to be appreciated fully. The Smiling Geisha did not appear to me for several days after I finished the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449379194321-VUI96WTV16HWH8P5056V/Proof+of+Gravity.jpg 2007 - Proof of Gravity 10x10x3, acrylic on canvas. Painted over This was a doodle during my first Whyte Ave Art Walk. I didn't like it, so in 2013 I applied a black coating to it, and then wiped some of it off, et voila. See below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380033535-FVII4PP8ZDCWTKT0LRQM/Revised+version+Drips.jpg 2007 - Drips 10x10x3, acrylic on canvas. $145.00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449379199744-SIYGW1JPK8EADJABF60H/Race+Day.jpg 2007 - Race Day 18x24x1.5, acrylic on canvas.Gifted to a good friend. I toned the canvas of "Race Day" with a copper-coloured acrylic using sweeping movements. On inspection the sweeps intersected and made sail-shapes all over the canvas that prompted me to continue in somewhat of a yachting theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449380363525-81IU8BYLX7NVNQ8J8GFR/golden+field+2.jpg 2007 - Golden Field II 12x12x3, acrylic on canvas.Gifted I did this painting for my cousin's 65th birthday. She described her reaction to it: "Golden wheat and sun in the corner. Circle is the world with dot being where we live." Yes! That's exactly what I meant. Thanks, Gina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449379152855-F8UBVM2F8DJCNU8EN39M/A+Day+at+the+Beach.jpg 2007 - A Day at the Beach 36x18x3, mixed media on canvas. SOLD This started as a public display of painting during the local Solstice Festival. I wasn't very happy with my progress on my original design so I left it for several weeks. In a burst of energy I grabbed a wide putty knife, squirted yellow and white onto it and hit the painting all over and left the room. After several days I looked it over and liked what I saw so I continued with the theme, adding the stringy bits of paper and using very dilute blues and purples they came to life as sort-of rain clouds. It is about the feel of a beach. Being 3 feet long and 3 inches thick it has a real presence on a wall. http://mconstable-artist.com/2010 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382372259-PK6M4SVQPUKYF5GOXMKP/Borning+2.jpg 2010 - Borning 18x24x2. Oil on canvas. This is an experimental piece when I decided to use oils for abstract pieces, I worked up this to re-aquaint myself with oil paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382378202-1DM6EEO494X2U0OSIC22/Cityscape+5.jpg 2010 - Cityscape #3 36x18x3, acrylic on canvas.$400 This work is in a format that I have used for my imaginary landscapes and other abstract and symbolic works. It uses a rather heavy application of paint for buildings, that might, be along a waterfront, with perhaps mountains, or other buildings, in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382351842-21NV9Z8RSPZGR8POJV4K/City+Scape+3.jpg 2010 - Cityscape #4 30x30x2, acrylic on canvas.$450 You notice that this piece is numbered 4, I have presented them in the order that I finished them, but when it came to naming I got the order messed up. Oh well! A hundred years from now no one will know the difference. This piece was NOT inspired by Vancouver, it is simply a rather somber piece of cityscape, as cities often are. I had to work like heck to pull this one together, the linear "streets" just didn't cooperate until I attacked them with a reddish-brown over the silver that I had first applied. Go figure! Silver streets? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382361514-TDBZ56HEW3RS8LWR46T3/City+Scape+4.jpg 2010 - Cityscape #5 36x36x2, Acrylic on canvas. $600 This is part of my continuing series on the city and it's relationship with the surrounding land. My inspiration for this piece and the next several was flying into Vancouver one evening. We must have come past the airport towards False Creek with it's monster condo-towers, for in the evening the translucent white/blue/green towers rose by and masked the mountains of North Vancouver. It was stunning! This particular piece is more about the spread of cities into valleys, encroaching on wildlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382371206-G9ECG2WX1J64LS9N33FF/City+Scape+6.jpg 2010 - Cityscape #6 50x30, acrylic. $620 The latest in my continuing series of cityscapes in which I explore the nature of a big city bordering on natural areas. I'm using a high vantage point, there is no hint of ground close to the viewer. I wanted to build an inner glow from the buildings against a dark sky and forest as night falls. This painting is a lot bigger than it appears, it's more than 4 feet across, a good size for a big wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382399848-W3NSLD90UYRPGQQ4CUQX/Precambrian+revised.jpg 2010 - Precambrian 36x18x3, acrylic and paper on canvas In the collection of the artist's family. I have no idea what this is a painting of, however, it feels very Precambrian to me. The depths of a shallow sea, night stars, waving fronds of primitive kelp. Or, something totally different, that's the beauty of abstract work. Don't let my take on the painting influence you. What do you see? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382396160-QSHJIPZNJNBW752TFVYA/Red+1b.jpg 2010 - Red 1 24x24x1, Oil. SOLD A new series start! I decided to go back to my roots, as shallow as they are, and try abstract painting in oils (I have a lot of oil paint and I thought to use it up). This is my first in a series that I expect to be 12 long. Not only am I using oils, I am also using only one colour with black and white. Just for a challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382400495-6ZLKLM4VGVBUHFJQCIOI/Yellow+1.jpg 2010 - Yellow 1 24x24x1, Oil. SOLD Continuing my new series I moved to another primary colour, yellow. I tried to avoid making egg yolk-yellow by not combining the white with the yellow, rather letting them sit on top or beside each other as pure colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382725295-C1WM2SRGWQR6E7UDV8PS/Blue+1.jpg 2010 - Blue 1 24x24x1, Oil. SOLD In keeping with the first two of the series I painted this one in the last primary colour, blue. I like the fractured landscape feel with what might be rain coming down. Very cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382387652-9GJ8ALQTIYHEKZAKIG8R/Green+1b.jpg 2010 - Green 1 30x30, Oil. $380 I think I'm getting back to a groove here, more organic and put together. As always I'm not sure what it is, there are suggestions in the horizontal and vertical strokes, but I'm open to suggestions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382391188-HN0WK4K8KW2G4JWQXO6E/Orange+1b.jpg 2010 - Orange 1 30x30, Oil. SOLD The major shift here was to use a toned canvas using a grayed orange and a light brush. I had some horizontal lines that was really starting to look like a landscape so I promptly brushed over them with a light, smudgy black. Then added the diagonal and circular movements for counter balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449382377200-K7H17QAXGFA9ZGVV7S6D/Gold+1b.jpg 2010 - Gold 1 30x30, Oil. $380 The latest in the series using gold, black and white. After painting most of it I started to rotate it 90 degrees to see how it looked. I liked this orientation best, although I didn't paint it this way. http://mconstable-artist.com/2006 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728930743836-VI8MRULHDGBJPDDU2LT6/Canola+Field+North+Edmonton.jpg 2006 - Canola Field North Edmonton 10x12, oil on canvas board. SOLD This is a small field study that I did in July, 2006. It is not remarkable for much other than it prompted me to start thinking about abstract representations of landscapes. Just how abstract could a landscape become before it was not longer recognizable as such? This lead to further investigations along this plane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728930952592-1WHFCM0BBR10O994VDX6/Angel+Glacier.jpg 2006 - Angel Glacier 20x26, oil on canvas. NFS. This is a fairly realistic depiction of Angel Glacier, Jasper National Park that I completed in October using only palette knives. I tried to do watercolour sketches on site, but the continual drizzle foiled me, so I took photos and then did a small oil sketch with a palette knife in the studio. I worked up the initial stage of the painting in public at the St. Albert Art Walk and completed it in the studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449178493286-V7GJ0I1F532M1KC841P1/experimental+landscape1.jpg 2006 - Experimental Landscape I. Red Beach 20x24, oil on canvas. $80.00 unframed. This painting followed as a result of my thinking on abstracting landscape. There is a defined horizontal with the areas above and below it in gradations of colours that are not natural. There is a random triangle bisecting the horizontal and a vertical series of colours on the left. Most people recognised this as a landscape, despite the abstraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449178495146-ZEUD387CMHM4ZL463JK8/experimental+landscape2.jpg 2006 - Experimental Landscape II. Yellow Beach 20x24, oil on canvas. $80.00 unframed. This is my second painting exploring abstract landscape, but in a vertical format with a change of colours. Again, most people had little problems with recognising it as a landscape. I had intended to continue the series, but got distracted by other things, somewhat more momentous in my artistic development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931366475-M7UQIUTHUOE9CVE33O9P/Earth+Scape+I+Prairies.jpg 2006 - Earthscape I, Prairies 24x24, acrylic and oil on hardboard. $360.00 During the spring and summer I also began a series of abstract aerial landscapes. I have always been fascinated with landforms as seen from the air, and began to express this interest in an abstract genre. From reading on abstract theory, I adopted a square format to avoid any implications of a horizontal versus vertical format, using hardboard to support the layers of acrylic. Using symbology I depict some of the landforms seen on the Canadian Prairies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931421150-9W8W61L4IO7XCCF9MIXJ/Earth+Scape+II+Near+Fort+St+John.jpg 2006 - Earthscape II. Near Ft St John 24x24, acrylic and oil on hardboard. $360.00 Following "Prairies" I did this painting from memories of flying over Fort St. John and being amazed at the amount of human intervention into the forests of the area. There were roads, cutlines, oil wells, fields, burned areas and some forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931295599-FT2IMZU20TEHANKYH28E/The+Sleeper.jpg 2006 - The Sleeper 8x24, oil on canvas. NFS. This is a fairly abstract depiction of my wife's side profile while sleeping. It took several months as I was continually frustrated by the shadows on the pillows. I was not pleased with the final effect, but it was time to move on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931496330-ILKAXGT97GS9E6B0TG19/Kind+of+Blue.jpg 2006 - Kind of Blue 18x24, oil on canvas. SOLD The theme for the October St. Albert Painter's Guild art show was "The Colour of Music", so I attempted to capture the swirl and tones of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. A doctoral student from the Netherlands requested permission to use the image for the front cover of his PhD dissertation. I agreed. After finishing his PhD in medicine he purchased the work and sent me a copy of his thesis. Tres cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931550317-4H7UYRJ9TG7B6FILNVUT/Red+Michelle.jpg 2006 - Red Michelle 11x14, oil on canvas. NFS. I snapped a photo of our eldest daughter Michelle in the summer and worked it into a portrait over the winter. I think I captured the startling red/black hair quite well. I was pleased with the results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1728931733911-XTHF0NR8MHQ3X398PL7B/Polar+Contemplation.jpg 2006 - Polar Contemplation 11x14, oil on canvas. NFS The motivation for this simple "portrait" was a photo from the local paper. The bear is obviously aware of the viewer, but is simply curious, for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449524704027-N0YAVACL2JNTWGQ51EMF/Wabamun.jpg 2006 - Wabamun 24x24, acrylic on canvas. $260.00 This was my first painting with Eric and so I actually had a concept when I started of a lake, or marsh. People at my office thought it looked like Lake Wabamun after an oil spill, ergo, the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449524690309-W6WWK0QMZ1RT8E5K2D3N/blue+monday.jpg 2006 - Blue Monday 24x24, acrylic on canvas. SOLD. Again the folks in my office thought up the concept of what this looked like, a very bad day driving in winter. So, it had to be a "Blue Monday". The white line through it helps to push everything else to the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449524690895-JTRXK3XMSAQTPUHYD6K0/butterfly+nubula.jpg 2006 - Butterfly Nebula 24x24, acrylic on canvas. SOLD The final painting in Erik's course, I was experimenting with heavy texture when he suggesting simply wiping the palette knife through a bunch of the built up textures with a swirling movement. Again, the white spatter across it pushes the rest further back into the painting. Amazing results! Some people see an Indian in a head dress, others butterflies, I see a nebula. I liked how the white and yellow spatters pushed the other paints into the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449524702745-USP4T4JJ71NQO6V6QB1M/florid.jpg 2006 - Florid 24x24, acrylic on canvas. Gifted to a wonderful co-worker. This was the third painting with Erik, he encouraged us to use everything we had available to move the paint, including banging it on the floor. Not having a preconceived concept of the painting prior to starting makes it somewhat difficult to name them. However, the people in my office insisted this looked like a flower garden, so I provided a name reminiscent of flowers, but not quite. http://mconstable-artist.com/read-me daily 0.75 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1449636052715-33XZ2ADVT6UPLU7KX4PW/image-asset.jpeg About Me http://mconstable-artist.com/2016 daily 0.75 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1476146448550-68QM742NMSQC2WRQ1SW8/image-asset.jpeg 2016 Spring Growth Acrylic, 20x30 $500 Part of a series for a group show in May on a botanical theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929498061-2STRSC40EF6CW63IOIP5/Bred+in+the+Dirt+sm.jpg 2016 Bred in the Dirt. 24x30, $540. Acrylic mixed media. A very mixed media painting, including raffia. The ultimate basis for botanical works, the dirt! How many people paint dirt? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524160690937-0QM0VJOQCESKLGWA679A/Miles+2016+b+sm.jpg 2016 At the Night of Artists show. Thanks to Memory Roth for the wonderful photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929386736-WG5FH1AXVA9OBHU7NLIA/image-asset.jpeg 2016 Regeneration Acrylic, 18x18 $360 This is a partner piece to Burnt Hillside, together they are $600. Inspired by the wildfires in Alberta this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1456979518116-MAYZ5ZS3PD6E19WK3BMG/April+Come+She+Will+sm.jpg 2016 July Evening 36x24x2 Acrylic. SOLD A distinctly prairie scene as evening approaches over the fields, the distance darkens while it is still sunny overhead. A tree line in the distance gives some feeling of proportion, of the wide open spaces of the Canadian prairies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929455241-2YYL11PKUGMM5021ZXIU/Tangled+up+in+Green+sm.jpg 2016 Tangled Up in Green, 30x30, $600. Acrylic. I was working on paintings for a 2017 show at VASA with Cathy BIble and Janet Sutanto. I went with a botanical/organic theme for my part of the show. This was inspired by JEH McDonald's Tangled Garden and Bob Dylan's Tangled Up in Blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929413349-B2QNR56PJ2OKYYKPIFFX/image-asset.jpeg 2016 Burnt Hillside Acrylic, 18x18 $360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1476146536815-2YFMIG6WD9G9FMKY1NHK/image-asset.jpeg 2016 Sunset, South Shore Acrylic, 36x55 NFS. Artists collection. Inspired by a memory of a sunset on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. http://mconstable-artist.com/2017-1 daily 0.75 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929040159-6PCQKKWO0P3FSAHR5TWO/Molten+Silver+Leaves+sm.jpg 2017 Molten Silver Leaves, acrylic, 24x30, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1575256816074-XKEE1N5KVJZACJKS3CTE/August+Sky+sm.jpg 2017 Autumnal Sky, 22x28, acrylic. REWORKED SEE 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1509644699184-VNLZJCOOHYGQXW7344MX/Homage+2+3+sm.jpg 2017 Homage 2 3. 9x23, acrylic mixed media on three cradled panels. $320 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1516747165217-810LIL6H6UM7B2ZJ97A7/Duo+sm.jpg 2017 Duo, acrylic on cradled panel. 5x5. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929117269-OTQ4RUAB7WHVSF7RIYUZ/image-asset.jpeg 2017 Tendrils, 24x30, acrylic, $540. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929266777-OOW582J1YM96NNOXVE1Z/image-asset.jpeg 2017 Will O, acrylic, 24x30, $540. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929071228-HD3TOIV0UMXMO9I2XGT3/Swampland+sm.jpg 2017 Swampland, 30x30, acrylic, $600. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1498351271076-QWAJEP1LIYHAYWHHW2L2/image-asset.jpeg 2017 X Section, 36x36, stretched and framed with pine boards, SOLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929176518-L7WO6NVGX5320Q2OMBX3/image-asset.jpeg 2017 The Eternal Battle, acrylic mixed media, 36x36, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524159812132-6KRJ3TNFDX1UCZDAYBCS/DIY+sm.jpg 2017 DIY. 24x36 Spray paint, acrylic and mixed media on cradled boards. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526928981256-K38JSML95S2NZ6MO2MB0/image-asset.jpeg 2017 Alone in the Wilderness. 24x30, acrylic, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1507415596300-KXONP6ZNXX2UUGNFDT9Y/Angularium+sm.jpg 2017 Angularium, 30x43, acrylic on cradled panels. $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929215741-23SFGP1JT47Y5T9QS70G/image-asset.jpeg 2017 The Fence, 24x30, acrylic, $540. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524159790358-4EZKGLQN8U0KAFNHMJNY/Homage+2+2+sm.jpg 2017 Homage 2 2. 24x14. Acrylic on boards. $380 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1510250151475-IE5EFN8GINWF51FSA5RG/Under+the+Midnight+Sun+sm.jpg 2017 Under the Midnight Sun, 30x30, acrylic mixed media, stretched and framed with pine boards, $600. http://mconstable-artist.com/2018 daily 0.75 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542050446298-0N9CA3CQC9PYL306915E/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Fields and Thunder Showers, 24x30, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542824511880-N9146D3VLLLRNSD11QMU/Efflorescence+3+sm.jpg 2018 Efflorescence 3, 16x24, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548355956689-4RGRFBH7VINO72JFR5UK/The+Side+Yard+sm.jpg 2018 The Side Yard 30x30, Acrylic, SOLD Very soft and floral, this one is. The title harkens back to my Grandmother's side yard in the hot, B.C. sunshine. It was always shaded and cool, full of peonies and roses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542049079618-POV2550QZ9W4QNN41PDQ/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Hot Times, 24x24, $480 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542824383368-ZLYVTSKJ3OIGL0PRHLZA/Efflorescence+2+sm.jpg 2018 Efflorescence 2, 16x20, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542047582073-H27YRUBIT6FGO1J23ZWS/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Solitary White and Red, 12x12, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542824302134-G5KFOA86N9ETOMX29N7W/Efflorescence+1+sm.jpg 2018 Efflorescence 1, 16x30, $460 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542049809292-DDIG2GDHX8MGFHFPG0YD/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Breathless, 30x30, $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929633942-DMM1VK4IMAQHY0KJZAO6/Homage+2+1+sm.jpg 2018 Homage 2 1 24x40, acrylic on board with brass rods, $640. I have done a small series of paintings as homages to the American abstract painters of the 1950s and 1960s. This is intended to evoke the work of Mark Rothko, one of the founders of color field painting, although this isn't a field of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524156949928-01JV7N8QP5B6SFRUH1NY/Panel+Discussion+1+sm.jpg 2018 Invitation to the Goop of 7 show Panel Discussion, June at VASA in St. Albert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542046498447-QP6SN9EGO4LIU5T0OFJE/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Sunny Meadow, 36x36, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542047425533-T2AOK6F00VRQWSYEZG6J/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Orange Solitary, 10x10, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729260545-DAMQ8A02SQTWAHDI4Y92/Orange+Dragons+sm.jpg 2018 Orange Dragons, 12x16, $280 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1524157011839-JT7L6A6FAI298YPXCT4N/Panel+Discussion+2+sm.jpg 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548730189855-7IA0U91W170M1Z01OH2S/Lavender+Drops+sm.jpg 2018 Lavender Drops, 30x30, $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542047495171-699AIU7AAHO8Z02I40B0/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Pink Solitary, 10x10, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542050330157-ZC94HOPTD1MCUVWWS9AR/Orange+Blossoms+sm.jpg 2018 Orange Blossoms, 30x30, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526930388464-ED84AZ7HIOGDDFLFWE3Z/Untitled+Thuree+sm.jpg 2018 Untitled Thuree 24x30, Acrylic, $540 I started with a strong swirling vertical mark, and then was faced with what to do after that. Blue-y bits on top might be sky, light and dark yellow sides for contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542823113708-S5ZU7HW4G5D1D9QKU887/Magenta+Blossoms+sm.jpg 2018 Magenta Blossoms, 16x16, $320 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570559733022-LYB9MQ4QBVM9930A878K/Garden+Sunset+sm.jpg 2018 Garden Sunset, 30x30, $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542823371250-WVSK0RN0JXJ1QASH78BM/Magenta+Bells+sm.jpg 2018 Meadow Bells, 12x16, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1568655769566-1NY018H5L3W69E176NFK/Orange+Drops+sm.jpg 2018 Orange Vines 2, 12x16, $280 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542823299567-CBH6OTFXAS7YTX5OLSNH/Orange+Drops+2+sm.jpg 2018 Orange Drops, 12x12, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729325881-21YOZ5VWATAHBVNLL0QI/Molten+Daffs+sm.jpg 2018 Molten Daffs, 12x12, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542050599455-PVQ2IHE5GRSFLUP8XQV3/image-asset.jpeg 2018 The Beach, 36x36, $720 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542048291164-N57C6OUQY38QTTUMOUPW/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Judy’s Blooms, 10x10, SOLD Ah the problems of success, here I am trying to build an inventory for a show and people keep buying them. Judy bought this one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542047178766-G06DOTP8746PVCPFNTFN/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Blue Blossoms, 10x10, $200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542049872323-OSQDJT6V5P3YJ1W62BK1/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Orange Vines, 24x30, $540 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1526929855056-PHFY9UTMG8UFRVA17T8V/Prussian+Blue+on+Orange+sm.jpg 2018 Prussian Blue on Orange, 16x20, Acrylic mixed media on board. SOLD This is the last of my Panel Discussion pieces. We were to use Prussian Blue on a smallish board, so I did. I also used strips of Yupo and canvas threads covered in a vibrant yellow-orange. The heavy lines are grit, somehow I got the blue to be sparkly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1542049701622-SEAJBOJUK3C0DHWSU1CE/image-asset.jpeg 2018 Blues and Reds, 36x36, acrylic, DONATED TO AMY’s HOUSE Cancer Patient Accommodations | Amy's House Edmonton (amyshouse.ca) http://mconstable-artist.com/2019 daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/c05e2967-10f5-4166-ba2f-ed49c6eb2ce3/semi+colon+sm.jpg 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564245209-0ITKLNB5PREQTED1W7WE/Solitary+Rose+sm.jpg 2019 Solitary Rose, 10x10, $200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564097929-UMNAU6CNGBCPWZNLPCO1/Red+Dancers+sm.jpg 2019 Red Dancers, 12x12, $240 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729978180-NFT834GXQGARNR8EWI0M/Yellow+Globes+sm.jpg 2019 Yellow Globes, 30x30, $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464424838-T5317BD6FPKXNF79K4TS/What+is+the+Key+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 What is the key? Copper, photo transfer, Yupo and acrylic on birch panel. 12x48. $600. How about Morse Code? Can you read that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1551392450939-1A7N9X52P7Q7AUSR35EF/Sundown+Storm+Coming+sm.jpg 2019 Sundown Storm Coming, 72x40 inches COMMISSION SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564431223-KB33FEYZSAWPTVS99UDR/Snow+Drops+sm.jpg 2019 Snow Drops, 12x16, $280 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1551391989724-K8EPKIZYMEX30S1XWBX4/Dark+Meadow+sm.jpg 2019 Dark Meadow 36x36, SOLD A companion piece to Sunny Meadow and Four O’clock in the Meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464069194-Z5FXB1R89IM9T321ADDL/Etre+2+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 Etre, Copper wire, Yupo and acrylic on birch panel. 12x18. $300 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464326811-M6SO2CCLGDPMUF558LGS/Cleopatra+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 Cleopatra. Copper photo transfer, and acrylic on birch panel. 12x24. SOLD Can you read Egyptian hieroglyphs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729814428-AT5K9COMN6T34C11K3CP/Snow+Caps+sm.jpg 2019 Snow Caps, 36x24, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572457133704-MC2TCPXQHL1BE6MLLDUM/Goop+at+NAESS.jpg 2019 “Read Between the Lines” by the Goop of 7 at NAESS Gallery in The Paint Spot, Edmonton, November 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464777152-GI15INVH8YFKQYVRWL2H/Copper+Rain+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 Copper Rain. Copper and acrylic on reversed birch panel. 18x24. $420. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729682257-IJC6FANOYPWQ3DJPE09V/Sing+the+Song+of+Spring+sm.jpg 2019 Sing of the Sun, 20x30, $500 Definitely something in the cherry family! I was inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpieces of cherry blossoms against a china blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464171374-WG8DCBNPLTV0SJ7SSA53/Binary+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 Binary. Copper, glass beads and acrylic on birch panel. 12x24. $360. Can you read binary? What does it say? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570563832170-XPK6M8D3U487T9JH8EG1/Blue+Sunrise+sm.jpg 2019 Blue Sunrise, 10x10, SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548355386303-CZXD8Z3S9TODPMFAZI76/FloralRiffs+front+sm.jpg 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564036019-YH63OB1FQ98QX4TTW9AM/Purple+Dancers+sm.jpg 2019 Purple Dancers, 12x12 SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548355440778-DUCCWQTCI34IKV3MLF6B/FloralRiffs+back+sm.jpg 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1548729546137-OO4I89QPMNN7BAG8DLZ7/Regeneration+sm.jpg 2019 Regeneration, 24x24, $480. I was inspired by Fireweed, perhaps from a bug’s eye view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564496187-2ESDH2FM6G6MFM5E7V7J/Soft+Spikes+sm.jpg 2019 Soft Spikes, 12x12, $240 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570564170476-VL1V3ZTQMDK1N71C400O/Trillia+sm.jpg 2019 Trillia, 12x12, $240 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1570563897264-PSN2Q2X7DHE2ONQB6EFH/Orange+Trio+sm.jpg 2019 Orange Trio, 10x10, $200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572464267588-DD3KMUPDGMAPB1UEFRKD/All+Seeing+gray+outline+sm.jpg 2019 All Seeing. Copper photo transfer, and acrylic on birch panel. 12x12. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1569870212361-1TD0OE8ZKR2UQ580KGN5/Four%252BO%252527Clock%252Bin%252Bthe%252BMeadow%252Bsm.jpg 2019 Four O'clock in the Meadow, 36x36, SOLD A companion piece to Sunny Meadow and Dark Meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1572457645156-K7RP07HP1QVEKA1D2Q7G/Goop+at+The+Works+sm.jpg 2019 http://mconstable-artist.com/2020 daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1586032243447-OQ9LMO7INKAMRJCS6FML/Eye+of+Odin+sm.jpg 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1612732458425-A0CY8QZ3TG3D8S4D2CN3/New+Moon+Rising+sm.jpg 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1615316101859-4N31N2CCJ01ORK0NM50H/Diagonal+sm.jpg 2020 http://mconstable-artist.com/2021 daily 0.75 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/1624037124524-WQ1VZB9DAN39DUVPZSP5/4_Constable_M_Summerfallow.jpg 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/db961256-3032-4175-a03a-062e98b72036/Still+Standing+sm.jpg 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/0712ffa0-0f1d-4077-baad-d943bba03b81/Intersection+of+Ideas+sm.jpg 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://mconstable-artist.com/2022 daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/9355eccd-13a4-41f4-b330-74ae21a82671/High+Meadow+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out High Meadow, 36x24, acrylic, SOLD A cool palette produces, perhaps, a cool morning in a high meadow, but the rising sun will burn off the mist with the promise of a glorious day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/89aaedb3-028d-4397-b41f-6615a5590875/The+Crossing+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/52f1b68f-e773-4785-80a0-c53358d1a3f5/Slava+Ukrayini+sm.JPG 2022 - Make it stand out Slava Ukrayini, 24x24, acrylic, $480 In the national colours of Ukraine, Glory to Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/131692c1-0b07-4f68-a14d-f9205ab8ec16/Submerged+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Submerged, acrylic, copper and Yupo. SOLD Copper mesh submerged beneath a deep layer of resin, Yupo and a block of wood floating above it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/93c4228c-e5b7-402a-8f3c-1a5336859662/Spring+Meadow+sm.JPG 2022 - Make it stand out Spring Meadow, 24x18, acrylic, $420 A brighter, happier meadow image. Some people see meadow sprites dancing under the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/c2757191-9678-4836-b58c-cf89860b9db6/Think+of+One+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/85af9086-1d47-4899-b583-c884b8c33515/No+Z+sm.JPG 2022 - Make it stand out No Z. 12x12, copper and acrylic, $240 Sickened by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia I produced several pieces that were visceral and from my subconscious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/45240e05-f51c-43eb-83c7-b74e56ddf942/Familiar+to+Oden+Huginn+and+Muninn+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/7a9726bf-5e5f-47d8-8c70-6d47232c33c1/Fringes+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/54472e03-bbf2-441e-8d6f-a045d29356f0/Sundown+on+the+Prairies+sm.jpg 2022 - Make it stand out Sundown on the Prairies. Acrylic, copper and Yupo. 10x12. SOLD Sun, clouds, sky, sunset and pale earth on the Prairies. http://mconstable-artist.com/2023 daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/5246a18b-4478-48f9-a8b5-09f56ab2e099/Freyas+Katts+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Freya’s Katts, 24x20, Oil, copper on reversed birch panel, NFS. Another in my now Norse Series: According to Norse mythology the goddess Freya was gifted by Thor two blue cats as a wedding present when she married Odin. Her cats are presented here as blue European Lynx. They pulled her chariot. Unfortunately, being cats, they told no one their names. She also had a cape made of falcon feathers that enabled her to fly, hence the copper feathers, and a necklace that allowed her to do seidr (magic). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/ada34ed5-9079-4699-980d-296c0af75e7c/Purple+Pop+Ups+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Periwinkle Morning 18x24, acrylic, SOLD “What are those flowers’?, people ask. “Whatever you would like them to be”, is my answer. They come from my mind, if they are familiar to you, so much the better, but I don’t know what they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/bce9ba63-b868-4afc-b090-e9a48e873005/Orange+Pops+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out In the Wind 11x14, acrylic, $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/5c7ab999-f77f-4a0c-bdb2-5e353c8ec050/Razzles+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Razzles 16x16, acrylic, $320 July, raspberries (aka razzleberries) are ripe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/f9e86c06-752d-4394-9bb7-5ca10bc47b87/Meadow+in+Flames+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Meadow in Flames 24x36, acrylic, $600 A subset of my “floral” pieces are ones of forest fires, such as this. The dry summers in Canada have, unfortunately, produced some stunning images. I store these away mentally and then synthesize what I have seen onto a canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/ca5e6ecf-909b-41ba-b6f0-9cac2b6c1f5d/Fall+Breezes+sm.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Fall Breezes 24x24, acrylic, $480 A cool, breezy fall day. Winter approaches but the sun is still bright and the sky is glorious blue. http://mconstable-artist.com/2024 daily 0.75 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/7823a6f8-02c3-4cee-a52c-71e490b0c012/Petite+Orange+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Petite Orange, 12x8, acrylic, $200 It’s small, it’s orange, it sounds better in French! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/f64a1682-f6a4-402b-b28f-8632a72b9967/L+Automne+en+Rose+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out L’Automne en Rose, 30x30, acrylic, $600 Everything sounds classier in French! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/170aac50-0aa2-44db-9f04-e07cae6c3915/Siver+Clouds+Over+Silver+Snow+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Silver Clouds Over Silver Snow, 12x12, acrylic, $240 I really think that’s snow, not water. Think snow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/64ffda8c-bc93-40bf-9f4d-54ac78a3bbee/Crowning+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Crowning, 24x36, acrylic, $600 When the forest fire becomes so hot that it leaps from tree top to tree top, that’s crowning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/e172c0ef-dc0a-4865-ac1c-7e6354bc7ee6/Cactus+Colours+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Cactus Colours, 12x8, acrylic, SOLD Honestly, it looks like a cactus in bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/5404064a-6d7b-4b35-922e-1dd12d8d1fac/Hot+Time+in+the+Garden.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Hot Time in the Garden, 30x30, $600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/957f4e97-06f5-4dc5-aafd-65fb98323a1c/Reds+and+Pinks+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Reds and Pinks, 18x30, acrylic, $480 They might be snapdragons, or something else. What do you think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/224d6440-0ccf-4c92-869b-5388c4dadf99/Autumnal+Harvest+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Autumnal Harvest, 18x24, acrylic, $420 A gentle reworking of Autumanl Sky from 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/811805b3-5ab5-4cb7-8755-7a5e575530ed/The+Old+and+the+New+sm.JPG 2024 - Make it stand out The Old and the New, 18x18, acrylic, $360 New flowers, old flowers. The Circle of Life! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/8d053fa8-e92d-478b-b898-9432b30fe745/Pink+Droops+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Pink Droops, 14x6, acrylic. SOLD Yes Droops. There is a type of flower structure called a droop, I have no idea if they look like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/becd39ec-db2d-45c4-a1fb-32b794095d4d/Towards+the+Sun+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Leaning into the Light, 30x30, acrylic, $600 My granddaughter loves the pink, you will too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/f5abc349-b31f-4b1c-8934-ca2f231aea9a/Burn+Out+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Burn Out, 24x24, acrylic, $480 One of my forest fire series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/d504ab33-b5c0-4c67-a943-1f7b4c6e134b/Flutterby+Spring+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Flutterby Spring, 40x40, acrylic, SOLD No really, they are properly called Flutterbys, cause that’s what they do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/b3abce5d-8a8e-43a7-96b1-c247c1e7fa92/Purple+Sundowners+sm.jpg 2024 - Make it stand out Purple Sundowners, 30x30, acrylic, $600 The sun is going down on … lilacs? Sundowners! http://mconstable-artist.com/2025 daily 0.75 2025-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/983af573-6b19-4328-a9e4-8925beebe218/Yggdrasil+and+Mimisbrunnr+sm.JPG 2025 - Make it stand out Yggdrasil and Mimisbrunnr. Acrylic, oil and copper on a round panel. 24 across. NFS. In Norse mythology Yggdrasil is the World Tree supporting the earth and all things in it, while Mimisbrunnr is the Well of Knowledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/69a27727-cd7d-4487-8778-53e303a18650/Renewal+Alberta+Rose+sm.jpg 2025 - Make it stand out Renewal Alberta Rose. Acrylic. 24x24. $480 This was created as a commission for: Healing After Wildfire (HAW), a greeting card project by Tearoots.org in collaboration with the Edmonton’s 10th Poet Laureate (2023) and Layton Prize winner (2022), Shima Robinson. The pink Alberta Rose provides spiritual cleansing and protection for People of the First Nations in the flat central plains and Rocky Mountains of Canada. Rose hips provide jams, jellies and tea, with more vitamin C, calcium, phosphorous and iron than oranges. The petals, buds, young leaves and hose hips are also eaten by the local animals and birds. The rose essence closes skin pores and improves skin tone, boosts immune systems, relieves cold/flu symptoms, and is an aphrodisiac. The digital version was commissioned by Tearoots.org a non-profit in San Francisco, USA. Check them out: tearoots.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/ef7ec164-19b8-4f5d-baa1-e9f0fb9f576b/Yggdrasil+and+Mimisbrunnr+side+sm.jpg 2025 - Make it stand out Yggdrasil and Mimisbrunnr, side view to show the copper edging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5660ac0ce4b0af25425c881c/225b8767-b81f-405f-8ecc-bdaec6555514/Thor+%28copy%29+sm.jpg 2025 - Make it stand out Thor 20x20 Acrylic, copper and aluminum.