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  Watching from the Treetops, acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″, $550 framed

  $550.00

  Not everyone appreciates the wild turkey, but I loved having this shy bird unexpectedly visit me every day for one week at the lake. I’m amazed at the beautiful patterned browns, oranges and greys of the feathers, and am surprised at this large bird’s quickness and agility- as it ran and flew away at my slightest movement.

  In Watching from the Treetops, the trees’ lines and their bold, vibrant reds frame and support the turkey, both literally and symbolically. The Wild Turkey is the focus, standing alert atop a branch.  The scene is autumn, leaves having already fallen- a potentially dangerous time for this particular game fowl.

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  Here We Are, acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″, $550 framed

  $550.00

  In Here We Are, the Great Horned Owls mesmerize us with their gaze. Owls are often unseen, being  nocturnal, often silent and well camouflaged. But they are strong and powerful.

  The Great Horned Owl has been particularly adept at adapting to climate change, changing habitats and nesting sites and tolerating disturbances. However, climate change may also be harming the relationships with prey, which could lead to population decline.

  In Here We Are, the owls stare directly at us, protective, yet powerful, letting us know that this force is Their home

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  Snowy Pursuit, acrylic on canvas, 36″x36″, $2000

  Solo Exhibition at Galerie LaFab Oct 17 – Dec 6, 2026   https://lafabsurmill.ca/visual-arts/gallery/

  In Snowy Pursuit, I wanted to map the high-stakes drama of the Arctic skies by exploring the concepts of presence and absence. This square canvas captures a snowy owl in full mid-flight, its sweeping, intricate barred wings extending across the frame as its intense yellow eyes lock onto a trail below. Across the frozen landscape, a clear path of Arctic hare tracks charts a frantic escape over the sea ice. Rather than documenting a simple chase, this scene draws a direct parallel to the exhibition’s core theme: tracing the subtle footsteps left behind by northern life.

  To elevate this pursuit into a statement on presence, I chose to make the landscape itself vibrate with a pulsing energy. I built the expansive sea ice from a meticulous grid of white mosaic tiles, providing a stark, high-contrast backdrop that forces the eye to track those small, detailed blue prints. By framing this aerial vantage point against a jagged mountain range and a sky filled with a dense, colourful field of turquoise and lilac tiles, my goal is to invite you to follow the literal tracks of survival - and contemplate the weight of our own delicate footprint on this frozen sanctuary.

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  Mother, acrylic on canvas, 40″x60″

  Private Collection of the Artist

  Mother is seen in the relationship between the doe and the fawn, between Mother Nature and the deer, the forest, the water, the air … and we human beings.

  Balance and harmony are key in these relationships and within the elements of the painting itself.
  Sky, land and water are balanced in their composition and colour.

  Horizontal lines of blues in sky and water border the warm colours of the land. The birch trees cut through the horizontal sections in both their vertical direction and their bold blacks and whites, holding the overall composition together in its framework.

  The mother deer is protective in her stance, standing guard over her fawn as it safely nourishes itself from the lake.
  The birch trees stand as sentries, providing the deer with their protective cover. They stand straight and tall, holding the land and reaching into the sky, being nourished by and benefiting our environment and, in turn, us.

  “Mother” invites the viewer into the scene. As the doe protectively holds our gaze, the viewer is drawn into the richly textured forest.  What will our relationship be with our wilderness environment?

  For enquiries, please contact Dawn
  dmcartoriginals@gmail.com
  647-233-3848

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