Cranberries in a blue pottery bowl on a blue and white gingham cloth. Cranberries evoke warm memories of the festivies of Thanksgiving and Christmas when they are prepared as a condiment to be served with roast turkey. SIZE: 5.25" X 12" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART...
Groups of vegetables that can be planted in yearly succession in order to avoid depleting the soil. SIZE: 6.5" X 9" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR GICLÉE: $75 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
An overabundant crop of apples and pears can be sliced and dried for use over winter. The border is dried flower petals. SIZE: 13.5" X 5.5" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT: $75 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
Sow seeds in 4” pots and place them in a bright window in January for planting out when the fear of frost has passed. The window is in London. SIZE: 13.5" X 5.5" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT: $75 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
A flock of sheep surrounds a bottle of New Zealand wine with sheep on the label. In London the first thing that came to the artist’s mind about New Zealand was New Zealand lamb. SIZE: 8" X 8" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT: $75 DIGITAL LICENSE...
Painted after returning to London from the countryside. It describes the sensation of being plunged into different surroundings then returning to a formerly familiar environment that now feels foreign. SIZE: 20" X 14" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT: $330 DIGITAL...
Based on an old photograph taken by Beken of Cowes on a postcard bought in the Beken shop in Cowes, Isle of Wight. The boats may have looked like this on an overcast day SIZE: 6" X 8" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR ORIGINAL SOLD FINE ART PRINT $75 DIGITAL LICENSE...
The man sitting on the toilet is sucking in the real world through his mouth and blowing bubbles out of the top of his head. It’s a commentary on how the obvious can be elusive because of all the distractions and pretensions present in our culture. SIZE: 14" X 21"...
The apartment on Broadview Avenue, which had a turret facing the street was a bit like stepping into an earlier age since it was furnished with grandparents' belongings, but the telephone on the bookcase was actually contemporary at the time of this drawing. SIZE:...
Painted in 1982 at Challoner Mansions, a flat in Kensington. The painting was sold at a gallery show in Toronto. In 1985 it was accepted as an exhibit at the Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Monaco but since the purchaser of the painting was...
The artist’s garden in Toronto in 2009 as it looked near the end of the summer with morning glories and sedum in bloom. SIZE: 22" X 20" MEDIUM: OIL PAINTING FINE ART PRINT $450 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
A Valentine’s Day bouquet in a decorative earthenware vase on the mantel in the Dining Room at West End Lane. The photograph of the sailboat in the postcard at the right side of the painting was taken by Beken of Cowes. SIZE: 21" X 14" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR ORIGINAL...
Red Gladioli in an earthenware jug in front of shutters and a barometer. At night the shutters close over the window and a metal bar slots in to repel burglars and insure privacy. The contrast between the vertical and horizontal elements of the picture makes the...
Yellow Chrysanthemums in a bowl made by Guelph potter, Goldie Sherman. The striped material in the painting belonged to Laura’s paternal grandmother, an accomplished seamstress. The painting is a watercolour of a scene in Tuscany from the beginning of the 20th...
Carnations in a vase made by Guelph potter, Goldie Sherman. The painting was used by Gibson Greetings International for a Mothers’ Day card. SIZE: 21" X 17" MEDIUM: OIL PAINTING ORIGINAL SOLD FINE ART PRINT: $330 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
Carnations in a large Dartington crystal vase beside Freesias in a smaller glass vase. The shadows on the wall are cast by two lights stacked vertically on a pole. SIZE: 30" X 31" MEDIUM: OIL PAINTING FINE ART PRINT: $540 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
A tuberous begonia in a pot on the dining room table at St. John’s Wood. The dark fuzzy leaves, the fleshy stems and the barely formed flower bud make the begonia seem almost more fauna than flora. SIZE: 19" X 16" MEDIUM: OIL PAINTING FINE ART PRINT: $330 DIGITAL...
A bouquet of Alstroemaria in a crystal Dartington vase on the dining room table at West End Lane. Laura bought these particular flowers at the flower market in Kilburn High Road, but she also grew alstroemaria in her garden. SIZE: 20" X 13.5" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE...
The sitting room at West End Lane with an English woman and a North American man having a polite conversation, keeping their true feelings to themselves. The painting illustrates the role politics plays in social interaction. SIZE: 22" X 14" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR...
In 1899 Rupert and Frances Simpson commissioned architect Charles Gibson to design this Richardsonian Romanesque style house at 2 Wellesley Place in Toronto. Having recently inherited the Toronto Knitting and Yarn Factory, they built what one historian has dubbed “The...
When the owners of this unique house bought the original log cabin in Shelburne, Ontario and moved it to Caledon they were told that zoning reqirements demanded structures with more square footage. They decided to buy two additional buildings and join them all...
A row of Late nineteenth century traditional Toronto Bay and Gable houses with decorative wood and masonry details in Cabbagetown. SIZE: 12" X 8" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT $250 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
The artist showed her work at the John Denham Gallery in Mill Lane in the 1990s. Mr. Denham asked her to paint a picture of the gallery for use as a post card. She sat on a camping chair on the north side of Mill Lane to paint this picture. SIZE: 16" X 12" MEDIUM:...
St. John’s Wood High Street from the flat above the bank. Around the time this watercolour was painted, the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher did a walkabout in St. John’s Wood High Street. The artist watched her walkabout at close range from the same window. The...
The East End Garden Centre opened its doors for business in 1981 on Queen Street East in an old two bedroomed cottage that had been moved from the nearby Ashbridge Estate. In 1992 the recently widowed owner, Theresa Tate, affectionately called “Mother Tate” by the...
Masonry figurehead and shield on either side of the grand late Victorian main entrance. MEDIUM: carbon PENCIL DRAWING DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
Decorative brick work of flowers and leaves underneath the brass letterbox. MEDIUM: carbon PENCIL DRAWING DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
Mirror and Clock at the landing of the main stairway which leads to a gallery. MEDIUM: PENCIL DRAWING DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
"Boys and Elephants" is based on a photograph a friend supplied when she returned from a trip to India. The boys are washing the elephants in the river. SIZE: 7.5" X 10" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT $250 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
“Jai Mahal” is based on a photograph a friend supplied when she returned from a trip to India. The name means water palace. The palace, built in the Indo-Saracenic style dates back to 1745. It was once the residence of Hargovind Natani, a military commander and Prime...
Spectators watch the races during Cowes Week. The artist painted from the Island Yacht Club dinghy park which is situated in the middle of Cowes along the sea front. SIZE: 12" X 16" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT $250 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
“Les Dents Du Midi” was painted in Villars, Switzerland. The stay in Villars was the first of Laura’s annual trips to the mountains to paint. The journey from London began after work on a Friday when a small group of friends from London set out for Dover to board the...
The town in the painting is Zermatt, in the German speaking part of the Swiss Alps at the southern end of the Matter Valley among some of Switzerland’s highest peaks, including Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn. At the left side of the painting is the spire of the parish...
The view of Falmouth Harbour from the parlour of Mrs. Hoskin’s guest house on one of the streets that rise steeply from the harbour in the town centre. Falmouth is a navy town with the third deepest harbour in the world. It is home to the Pendennis shipyard, named...
The painting is named after the red book on the left. The turquoise colour of the dresser, in the embroidered cloth and in the covers of some of the books combined with the red in the books, the apples and some of the embroidery in the cloth makes this a striking and...
The five dolls were an intrinsic part of Laura’s early life. Her older brother Danny invented stories using the dolls as characters. One of the dolls was placed in the linen closet, supposedly on its way to Boston by train. Strangely, it stayed in Boston. SIZE: 18" X...
Preparatory pencil sketch for the oil painting of the same name. It's interesting that despite the fact the subject matter is identical, the feel of the painting is so different to the drawing because of the painting's intense colours. SIZE: 13" X 10.5” MEDIUM: PENCIL...
This creepy doll was rented from the fascinating vintage shop, “Gadabout” in Queen Street E. Toronto, hence the name of the painting. SIZE: 15" X 12" MEDIUM: oil ORIGINAL SOLD
The plastic parrot was the subject of several paintings. Where it once must have had legs, only holes were left, so the artist used pencils in the holes to compensate for the lost legs to enable it to stand. The silver “Connaught Rangers Bowl” was a sailing trophy won...
Laura’s Belgian friends grew these pumpkins in their garden at Elversele and brought them as a gift when they came to stay in West End Lane. Once the painting was finished they did a second tour of duty as an element of a meal. SIZE: 9" X 11.5" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR...
An old valve radio on a dresser with a brass coffee pot, plants, a bottle of gone but not forgotten wine and a postcard in the bedroom at St. John’s Wood. A fish eye mirror in a brass frame reflects the window and ceiling light. SIZE: 20" X 16" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR...
A Delft shoe and trinket box that always stood on the artist’s mother’s dresser holding bits of jewelery, safety pins and buttons. The desk belonged to Laura's father. The exaggerated perspective of the window reflected in the mirror gives the image a sense of other...
A collection of fruit on a plate on a Turkish tablecloth from Istanbul. The twisted perspectives, the reflection of the cloth on the underside of the plate, the mounted swordsmen around the border of the cloth and the appearance of the plate hovering over the cloth...
Volver is the name of a Tango Cancion written by Carlos Gardel in 1935. The song is about the poignant return of a man to his childhood home in the hope and the fear that he may find his first love still there. Laura learned this song during her mother’s last illness....
The cabinet originally contained an old valve radio that belonged to the Marks family. When Laura returned to Canada from England she found it upside down in a garage with one leg broken and the veneer lifting. It cleaned up pretty well. The yellow vase came from The...
Painting of a green Volkswagen Beetle parked in Sackville Street, Cabbagetown, Toronto. The painting was purchased by the Agent General of Ontario House, England. Ontario House ceased to exist in 1993. Last heard of, the painting was hanging in the Royal Institute of...
This view of the couch and the window out into the garden from the sitting room of the annex at Mornington is the counterpart to the painting, “Outside In.” SIZE: 16" X 12" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR ORIGINAL SOLD
A view across the Solent from inside the Seaview Yacht Club to Portsmouth in the distance. Pennants from different clubs are hung over the window. SIZE: 16" X 11" MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR ORIGINAL SOLD DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE
A view out of the window from a bedroom in the annex at Mornington looking up the hill in Cowes, Isle of Wight. The annex was a newer (newer than 1842) two storey portion of the building that contained a kitchen with one of the oldest gas ovens on the Isle of Wight...
The car, a bright red Volkswagen convertible was named after Ragnar, one of the most popular Viking heroes among the Norse themselves. He was a ninth century pirate and raider who was the scourge of England and France. By the time of this painting, Ragnar, the...