Monday, December 11, 2017
"old PE steam"
Friday, November 24, 2017
"Government House 2017" urban sketch
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
"Faith" oil 9x12
Friday, November 03, 2017
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Megan en route - pastel 10x12
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Sketch on Cheerios Box
Saturday, September 30, 2017
"Peonies" oil 6x8
Saturday, July 22, 2017
"Trio VW" w/c 6x8
Saturday, July 08, 2017
"Sun Top VW" oil 8x10
Monday, June 26, 2017
"Harbour Ferry" traditional hull, oil 11x14
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Canadian Whisky Painters" w/c 4x6
Saturday, June 17, 2017
"VW three" 6x8 w/c
Friday, May 26, 2017
Friday, May 19, 2017
"Dinghy - Oak Bay Marina" acrylic 6x8
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Tennis Madrid 2017
Friday, May 05, 2017
"Mount Baker - late afternoon" oil 11x14
I think the mountain is more than a geographical phenomenon - I'm sure she impacts us in many ways, some of them undefinable.
Friday, April 28, 2017
"Mount Doug Path" oil 8x10
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
"Craigdarroch Castle" 6x8 oil
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
"Glass of Flowers" w/c 3.5 x 4.5
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Monday, April 10, 2017
"Spring Flowers" 3.5 x 7 w/c
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
"Dafs and Hyacinths" pastel 9x9
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
"My Getaway Farm" oil 11x14
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
"Hut" chopstick and w/c 4x6 inches
Monday, February 20, 2017
"Chestnut, the brown horse" acrylic 8x10
I love this style of painting - sort of impressionist, it's my home style even though I enjoy realism too.
I photographed this Chestnut on Island View Beach on Vancouver Island. If you recognize this mare please alert the owners, It'll be great if they can see this work too.
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Friday, February 17, 2017
"Three-barn Farm" pastel 7x10
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Monday, February 13, 2017
"The Beacon in the Mohave Desert" w/c crayons and pencils
I used the new watercolour crayons, picked out with watercolour pencils.
Friday, February 10, 2017
"Black Cat Saloon" oil 6x8
Twenty-odd years ago my son Tim helped Frank and Lorna Sanford build a saloon on their desert property some 75 miles from Las Vegas.
No water or electricity but Tim and the Dominguez brothers cheerfully built Lorna's saloon using four-by-eight sheets of plywood.
Of course I loved painting the desert, being careful not to disturb the rattlers under the creosote bushes sheltering from the heat. When we went walking Frank carried a shotgun.
Fortunately he didn't have a problem 'cos the critters knew how to stay out of the way.
I did oils and watercolors, many of them sold but now I have the red 6x8 study that you see above.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
"Russian Girl" oil 6x8
The brush is one of those very soft Langnickel Royal sable brushes, one can only just caress the canvas with them. Nice and romantic I think.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2017
"Yellow VW" pastel 6x 8 1/4
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Roger, the Aussie Championships 2017
Sunday, January 08, 2017
"Pensive" under 6x8 inches
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