A Maenad
encaustic on wood 2003
30" x 30"
The men of Greece feared the Maenads, some of whom tore Orpheus apart. This one is from a black figured pottery design by the Brygos painter of the 5th Century BC.

Fishing the Nile
encaustic on wood 2003
26" x 26"
In tomb art, the deceased, in the afterlife, spears fish from a papyrus boat, and hunts birds with a throw-stick. This piece is built up from layers of plywood, then painted.

Cape St Mary
encaustic on wood 2006
26" x 13"
On the Fundy shore of Nova Scotia. The artist has sailed past, and harboured in, this comfortable port.

Depths in Fathoms
encaustic on wood 2004
23" x 13"
An old chart (when depths were shown in fathoms) showing St. Croix Island and the shores of New Brunswick and Maine.

Five Counties
encaustic on wood 2006
14" x 17"
The hinterland of Nova Scotia - Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens and Annapolis Counties. It's an old map, but there still aren't any roads through there!

Legacy
encaustic on wood 2008
13" x 13"
One of a series of eleven interpretations of handmade lace. Here, a drawnwork corner, much enlarged.

Roberts Island
encaustic on wood 2005
18" x 15"
From a tattered old map of southwest Nova Scotia, when the Canadian National Railroad came through Argyle Head.

Lichen
encaustic on wood 2007
26" x 11"
One of a series of eleven interpretations of handmade lace. This one shows a fillet lace runner.