With very few exceptions, all of the large paintings have their beginnings outside, either through an on the site oil sketch, or if that isn't possible, with a pencil drawing with some colour notations. These on site works then either can work as stand alone pieces, or might be worked into oil studies (based on pencil drawings) or larger canvases. Below are some basic examples of various processes and examples of the iterative process that some of the works can take.

Pencil sketch of the far side of Lake Louise, evening

SKETCH - Panorama Ridge over Garibaldi Lake, 12x15 - sketch on site

SKETCH - WINTER, TOWER BEACH - 12x15, done in the field

SKETCH - ALOUETTE LAKE, 12x15 done on site

Oil Study of based on pencil sketch, 12x15 oil on board

LARGE WORK - Garibaldi Lake from Panorama Ridge, oil on canvas, 40x50

CANVAS - 30x40, large work done in studio based on field sketch