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High Park Fountains.jpeg

Fountains and Rainbows pastel on paper.  This plein air pastel painting was influenced by a Bahá'í Prayer.

02.Morning on the Queensway.jpg

Morning on the Queensway, 2014, 36 x 48 inches, plein air acrylic on canvas. Note the Go Train in green and the streetcars below.  Two trolleys are heading West and one is heading East. There is a bus on the right and a blue smart car, centre.

 

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Swan on the Nest with Trolley, 2012, plein air oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches.

Little Dog at Runnymede Library.jpg

Little Dog waiting outside the door at Runnymede Library, plein air mixed media on paper. Hilary read every book she could find to do with Emily Carr. 

0181 Waterlilies at Dusk, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 36 inches, 118 x 91 cm.jpg

Waterlilies at Dusk ,1981, about 46 x 32 inches, plein air acrylic on canvas.   As the sun set, the water got darker and darker. 

Forsythia and Snow.jpg

Forsythia and Snow, 2010, acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 inches. 

03 Color Field .jpg

Color Field 2013 plein air acrylic and oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches.  Enquire.

 

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That Couple with the Beaver, 2020, plein air pastel on orange paper.  The Bahá'í year 177 follows the signature on this pastel. 

 

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Napping Trumpeter Swan, 2020 plein air oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches. Canadian painter Helen McNicoll has been a tremendous influence.  
   
    

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Snowy Hay Field with Plane, 2014 plein air oil on canvas, Private collection. Mr. Claude Monet has been a tremendous influence.  
   
    

De-icing the Plane, 2014 pastel on orange paper. Hilary realized that in the 21st Century, many things are new and different to what Mr. Monet would have seen.  Instead of steam trains, she painted plane de-icing which looks like steam. 

#6821 The Afghan Carpet , oil on canvas board, 20 x 16 inches, sub. to M D'Orsay.jpg

Flowers with the Afghan Carpet, 2021, 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas board. 

 

Swan, Trolley and Photographers, 2012 pastel on black paper.JPG

Swan, Trolley and Photographers, 2012 plein air pastel on black paper.
This is an important work early in the Swansea series.  

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