Tuesday, September 30, 2014

"Marianne" oil on paper 12 x 15

Marianne sat for the Goward House Portrait Painters today. I used oil paper and conventional oils find that they sank a lot into the paper, but is was a nice change from canvas - I responded by using as few colours as possible and tried to exploit the sinking paint. Anyways, Marianne liked the result! Press the image for a bigger view.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

"Barry" pastel portrait 10 x 14

Barry sat for the Goward House Portrait painters today. He's retired but collects scrap metal of very kind. So far he has raised over six-thousand dollars for some camp for kids I think.

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

"Saxe Point inlet" oil 8x10

You know this is an outdoors painting 'cos of the appearance of a tiny critter which flew onto my wet canvas and got stuck there, it's the badge of the plein air painter and just about every oil-painting artist gets 'em. If you form imaginary cross hairs from corner to corner of my painting it's just about in the center!

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Monday, September 08, 2014

"Fall comes to the Marina" oil 6x8

Nature hits back at Fall by giving us a shower vibrant autumn leaves, soon it'll be cold but winter has it's own share of fun. Bring it on!

See it at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Christmas Small Works exhibition.

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Friday, September 05, 2014

"Cadboro Bay Beach" oil 8x10 en plein air

Not wanting to place the legs of my aluminum tripod in the sand I looked around and found this inverted log, so I stuck my paint box on it - it happened to be situated in a good spot!
Then I looked for a centre of interest, and a lone sailor obligingly hauled his yellow boat up on the beach, just where I needed it!

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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

"Museum of Man Totem" acrylic 12x18

Believe me when I say that the original painting has subtleties that a JPG cannot express. Somehow it's softer and less brash if you know what I mean. Anyhow, here it is, a realistic rendering of which my family approves.

This painting was shown at Sidney Fine Arts 2014 and is now on view at the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board.

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