Glen Manor Ravine

20 x 20 inches, oil on canvas

This commission is actually a portrait of the client's two sons in a nearby ravine. I love how it is the opposite of a formal, posed children's portrait.

Trudy's Family

48 x 36 inches

This painting is a family portrait -

5 grandchildren, a dog AND a garden!

G is for Giraffe

Snow Day

White Interior I

The Window Seat

Here in the Pool

My Little Corner of the Universe

Another Lucy Maxwell pose!

The Armchair Traveller

Blue Interior

Another try!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Melissa's Baby

A Path in the Forest

A Path in the Forest

22 x 28 inches, oil on canvas

Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest, watercolour

The Letter "T"

"T is for Tights," 8 x 10 inches.

One of the paintings in my alphabet series.

They Decided to Walk

They Decided to Walk, 22 x 28 inches

Moscow River

Moscow River, oil on canvas

New Years Morning

New Years Morning, Moscow (oil on 28 x 22 inch canvas)

Child's Dress

Child's Dress, oil on 14 x 18 canvas.

There is something so evocative about baby clothes ... it may have something to do with how quickly they are outgrown.

Metro 3

"Metro 3," oil on 30 x 24 inch canvas. This is a painting of a station in a subway. It is intended to be dreamlike, to give viewers the feeling that they underground on a dimly-lit train platform.

This is the third subway interior I have painted.

First Blog!

My name is Theresa Maxwell, and I'm a painter living and working in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood. I'm also a mom to two small and very busy little girls, so I've decided to set up a blog to encourage myself to keep painting and also to show people what my work is like. I'll try and post a painting each day.

My style is figurative and traditional, and sometimes verges on impressionistic. I paint a variety of subjects - people, landscapes, interiors and still lifes - whatever catches my eye and looks like fun to paint. Right now I show work at several Toronto-area galleries , including Canvas Gallery, the Redeye Studio Gallery, and XC Art Restoration. For those interested in seeing more of my work, my website www.theresamaxwell.com has lots of examples.