Copenhagen, Denmark

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

This elegant palace in the centre of Copenhagen is surrounded by a well used garden. I found this to be one of the most relaxing parts of the old town, which in the summer, is crowded with tourists from all over.

It takes little imagination to visualize what the old church in Visby was like. Clearly years of weather and war have taken a certain toll but the framework of the structure is evident and most paintable.

I find the areas around harbours fascinating because so much occurs next to the water. Here the railway and bus depot occupy the first spaces just outside the fences of the dock in Helsinki. I painted this view from the top deck of our ship while on a tour of the Baltic. The white cathedral dominates the skyline.

This painting shows the intense traffic that occupies the broad streets in the old town, Copenhagen. This view is not very far from Tivoli, the midway-style park.

The military band of the Danish Guards shown in this painting performed in Canada in the autumn of 1997. Through that event I was invited to witness their dress parade for the birthday, in April 1998, of Queen Margaretha. The day was, unfortunately, wet, wet, wet. From my vantage point in the guard’s tower on the Amalienborg Square, I was able to witness the warm response of the Danish people to their sovereign. That day was one of the most outstanding of my life.

These obviously decorative cannons face over the walk of the castle and into the harbour. Oslo is a rather severe city and these brightly painted implements added a much needed shot of colour. Tourists as well as locals strolled these heights enjoying the gardens and looking down at the harbour which was crowded with crafts, both pleasure and commercial.