2000’s Paintings and Drawings
Lake Rousseau Cottage
Back to the Impressionists for one more self-evident aesthetic view. Oil on canvas / 61 cm x 76 cm / 2004 / Sold
Evelyn, A Day to Remember
A festive day for our Granddaughter, (Portrait of Evelyn) that her Grandfather tried to capture. Acrylic on Canvas / 71 cm x 56 cm / 2002 / Gift to her
Early Autumn
Composition of Autumn’s characteristics: leaves and colours, without details. Oil on Canvas / 76 cm x 76 cm / 2003
Dream-Island Habitat
Island, surrounded by water or space to give the impression of seclusion, peaceful or lonely existence. Composition consisting of triangles. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 91 cm / 2005
Distant Promise
Between the presence, facing as it were a landscape, and reflection in our mind, we search for hope on the horizon – far distant. Acrylic on Canvas / 76 cm x 61 cm / 2002
Cosmos X
My imaginary Cosmos farther away than the real one, and not anymore in existence as we see it. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 91 cm / 2004
Kolob Canyon (Utah) USA
Spectacular rock formation. Acrylic on Canvas board / 40.6cm x 50.8 cm / 2002 / sold
Burning Tree
In other words, the orange-red glow of autumn. Acrylic on Canvas / 71.1 x 55.8 cm / 2002
Bluffers Park, Scarborough
Perfect Park for picnics at the lake in Scarborough. At this time peaceful, void of people. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2002
Autumn’s Forest
Difficult to put this painting into a style category. I chose representational because it is the view of a forest seen from above. Acrylic, Canvas, mixed Med. / 45.7 x 55.8 cm / 2002
Lost Civilisation
At Angkor Wat, once again, my fascination of ancient empires as in “Lost Civilisation” at Cambodia of Khmer people, who were followers of Buddhism and ancestor-spirit worship. The monumental architecture with inserted sculptured portraits is most distinctive. Acrylic on Canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2000
Allan (portrait)
Our son, Allan, teacher; in his spare time sportive, bird-watcher. Oil on canvas board / 40.6 x 30.4 cm / 2011 Gifted.
Aftermath
The curtain rises after destruction. Acrylic, mixed media / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 2003
Rugged Mountains
Imaginary mountain landscape after an earlier drawing. Acrylic, mixed media on canvas / 75 cm x 101 cm / 2005
October in Forest
Woods in fall colors rise over a lake under dark sky. Oil on wood panel / 30 cm x 40 cm / 2003
Self Portrait / 2006
My last Self-portrait. Oil on Canvas / 30.4 x 45.7 cm / 2006
See-Hear-Speak Evil
Contrary to the saying those images emphasize the contrary in an ugly way. Oil on canvas / 76 cm x 87 cm / 2004
San Rafael Desert, Utah
This is as far as I would go with Realism. Still painterly. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 91.4 cm / 2004 / not for sale.
River in Woodland
Landscape seen from birds-eye view. Representational in a broad sense. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 91.4 cm / 2005
Ring Nebula
Painted from an image taken through a telescope. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 50.8 cm / 2001 / not for sale
Rain Forest
A number of my paintings may appear abstract but are in fact representational. Seen from a birds-eye view; a wide-ranging landscape. Acrylic on Canvas / 55.8 x 60.9 cm /2000
Pottery
This is a tribute to a friend of mine who worked in the ceramic trade. Acrylic on Canvas / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 2003
Pebble Beach, Cal.
Famous Golf course and beautiful shaped landscape. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 81.2 cm / 2000
Orbits
The Universe is orbiting within and outside of its dimension that gave me the structure and colours, which are foundation of water and earth. Oil on Canvas / 91.4 x 121.9 cm / 2003 / Sold
Dan F. Roitner
Dan, worked as a photographer, has brought also the second version of this website to light. Oil on canvas board / 30 cm x 40 cm / 2011 Gifted.
Web of Light
The summer air is moving the light in landscape. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 2003
Tsunami Waves
One of the dozens of drawings I did, after having produced mostly abstract art for eight years. At this point, those drawings are a new beginning for the next twenty years of my visual art. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2005
Trevor
Our grandson is four years old when his world unfolds with colourful toys, trains and a teddy bear. Portrait, Oil on wood panel / 40.4 x 30.4 cm / 2008 /Gifted
Trevor with Frog
Trevor is befriending a frog in his first biology lesson. Portrait, Pencil on paper / 35.5 x 28 cm / 2010
The Eye
A center point that receives shapes and colours as a human’s brain is able to transmit to the Self. Yes, what is the eye, we take usually for granted? Oil on canvas / 91.4 x 91.4 cm / 2007
TURRACH / 50TH Anniversary / 2006
That year, my wife, Jeanine, and I commemorated 50 years since we met in the Austrian mountain village of Turrach. We celebrated with champagne and roses that I put to canvas. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 91.4 cm / 2006
TSUNAMI / 2005
To commemorate the devastating tsunami at Thailand in 2004, with another wave approaching. Symbolically only one person between the rubble is visible in front. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2005
TRIO INTERMISSION
Piano, Violin and Cello have a rest during the concert hall Intermission. They contemplate opinions of which the audience is not aware. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2003
Trevor / 2010
Dressed for the winter, visiting the countryside with his dad, going for a sleigh ride. Portrait, Pencil on paper / 35.5 x 28 cm / 2010
Trevor / 2010
Our grandson is almost six years old and looking forward to his school year. Portrait, Oil on Canvas / 40.4 x 30.4 cm / 2010 /Gifted
The Elements
My concept in showing Air, Water, Earth and Fire, making up the elements that helped shape us and surround us. Oil on canvas / 91.4 x 121.9 cm / 2003
The Ancient Cycle
Human existence varies constantly between war and peace. This painting shows peace between wars that seems more optimistic. In the end, it may even out but it is by no means a consolation. Acrylic on canvas / 55.8 x 91.4 cm / 2002
Susan R.
My present for our daughter’s Birthday in 2010, and the painter is glad she liked his effort. Oil on canvas / 45.7 x 35.5 cm / 2010 /Gifted
Summer Reflection
A landscape with vague growth and objects filled with warm and misty light. Oil on canvas / 76.2 x 76.2 cm / 2003
Summer Morning
In abstract terms, trying to catch with colours the coolness of an early summer morning. Oil on canvas / 76.2 x 76.2 cm / 2003
Little Artist at Work
Our granddaughter Evelyn, seven years old, is showing her early interest and dedication toward visual art. Acrylic on canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 2001
Landscape / 2003
A different take of an imaginary field with bushes and forest. Acrylic on canvas / 55.8 x 91.4 cm / 2003
La Quinta, California
Following golf on television, this view came to my attention. I never envisioned painting a golf course, but this layout with the mountains as a contrast in the background changed my mind. Acrylic on canvas / 71.1 x 81.2 cm / 2000
Jeanine Remembered
My wife gave me most of my life the means and opportunity to follow my artistic path and inspired my creative side until 2007. This portrait, although painted two years later, done to console myself but more so out of gratitude. Oil on canvas / 45.5 x 35.5 cm / 2009
Jeanine and Joseph
To some extent an old style Self-portrait with pallet + brush, yet with a living room setting and a window facing the garden. A strange choice was to have my wife behind me in a picture on the wall, as if it was someone not anymore around. Indeed, like a premonition, a year later she […]
Galaxy of Antares
A recreation of one of the many Galaxies that over a telescope have come to us. And what a firework with an amazing blue-sky ions of light-years away! Acrylic on canvas / 76.2 x 60.9 cm / 2004 .
Galaxy Formation
A huge, ghostly and snakelike towering formation of stars and nebulae in our Universe. Acrylic on canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2002
Leo’s Airplane
This is my late brother Leo Roitner’s third airplane that he built from a kit in 2000 in Surrey, BC. He flew it with his friend Jerry, over Canada to Toronto in 2005. For a small craft it was a big undertaking. On their return they paid first a visit to an airshow in the US. Through early interest in […]