My most viewed paintings

These are the most looked-at of my paintings by visitors on my Fine Art America site (link to the right).
I paint them but have no idea how well or not-so-well they are received. All I can do is report that "Palauea Beach" and "Nefertiti" are the second-most and third-most visited works - what about number one?
Well it's a pencil drawing of a bald eagle. See if you can find it on my FAA site. No prizes, only surprises....

I paint 'em, you rate 'em.

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"Cattle Point Splash" acrylic, knife work 11x14

Cattle Point is my favourite painting spot. I used a palette knife to convey the mish-mash of stone, cracks, seaweed and water with small and big islands in view. I get moody (good) just looking at it all......

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"Garry Oak Junior" acrylic 9x12

Plein Air on Mount Tolmie - this is the second time I have painted this teenage Garry oak, the first was many years ago and the work is in the offices of the Garry Oak Society in Victoria BC.

I am learning how to handle acrylic paint 'cos I'm an oil painter by habit.

The above painting is not for sale. Colleen owns it.

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"Leaden sky, buoyant boat" oil 5x7

Despite the ominous sky and the choppy sea, the boat remains buoyant. That's life I hope.

Email my new Microsoft address and make an offer kyknoord@outlook.com

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"Squalls a-comin' " oil 5x7

The weather changes at anytime where I live in the Pacific (!) Northwest.

Email kyknoord@outlook.com and make an offer. This is my new Microsoft email address that I've set up for your enquiry should you want this miniature painting.

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"Wee Rooster" miniature oil 3x5

The rooster may be small but he sure does make a big noise.

Email kyknoord@outlook on my new Microsoft email address and make me a wee offer.....

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"Jesi in pastel" 9x12

Goward House Portrait Painters are at it on a Tuesday afternoon. We have three hours to complete a portrait then the sitter (who poses for free) is able to take home the portrait of her/his choice.

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Tony Bounsall and Ron Wilson art collaboration

Tony Bounsall and I have collaborated on a piece - I did the oil painting and Tony supplied the graphic overlay thereby creating a new work. To see more of Tony's magic go to www.tonybounsall.com and if you want a reproduction of our colloration just email me, Ron, at my Microsoft email address kyknoord@outlook.com

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"Little Squirter" oil 5 x 7

Or it could be titled "Have Gun - will unravel!"

I spied this little person playing on the beach with Grammy. I suspect that Grandma got wet soon after this obliging pose.

Want it? Make an offer - I'll give you a clue, try anything between 100 and 200 and it's yours. I won't necessarily take the highest bid, only the most amusing one.....email me at kyknoord@outlook.com Microsoft's new email service.

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Sweet Retreat -- nostalgia

Forgive for this indulgence but this morning Colleen and I were wandering around Friday Harbor (very early morning) looking for a bite to eat. Then we came across Sweet Retreat -- I remembered creating a graphic for them a decade ago. Son Dave has bought the place established by his Mum 14 years ago and I was flattered to see that the family still uses my drawing emblazoned upon a variety of stuff, t-shirts, drinking glasses, advertisements and more.
I found it very touching. Not only that, Dave's breakfast burrito was yummy!

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"Crystal" oil 10x14

Crystal sat for the Portrait Group this week. I had prepared my canvas with a red-brown under-painting to help me find the various tones and values to follow. I figured that the darker base might show me the lights immediately, instead of starting with a white canvas, I like experimenting.

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"Pansy Posy" approx. 3x5 inches

After painting my "Pansies" 6x8 (a previous posting) I found that I had more than enough paint squeezed on my palette so I scraped the paint and applied it to a 3x5-inch piece of canvas board, using my imagination.
Want it? Going cheep-cheep - email me at kyknoord@outlook.com (Microsoft's new email carrier) and make an offer. Anything, don't be reticent......it's my experiment to see what's going and what's not.
It's got to dry first because it's thick and juicy, and it'll look great on one of those one-dollar mini wooden easels from the Dollar Shop placed in your kitchen or bathroom, or in a cabin I'm thinking.

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"Pansies" 6x6 oil

Colleen often picks little posies for her bathroom - she has a good eye. These pansies appealed to me too, so with palette knife and a big brush I painted this scene on a 6 x 8-inch canvas board.

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"Sun Ducks" oil 6x8

My camera couldn't cope with the contrast in this scene but my EYE made the value adjustment seem natural so I painted "Sun Ducks" exactly like it.

Want it? Put the title of the painting in the SUBJECT line and make an offer at kyknoord@outlook.com

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Sidney Fine Arts - Oct 17, 18, 19 -- 2014

My two paintings on exhibition at Sidney Fine Arts October 16, 17 and 18 Mary Winspear Theatre in Sidney BC.

"Copper Kettle" and Museum of Man - Totem"

'Just learned that "Copper Kettle" was awarded an Honourable Mention at the show. We are thrilled.

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Thanks, Ron

"Carolyn with great hair" oil 10x16

Such wonderful hair - I admire folk who allow themselves to grow grey naturally. Carolyn sat for the Goward House Portrait Painters today.

Following Sargent, I painted Carolyn's face without overt blending, gradually moving from value to value with definite brushstrokes of adjacent colour. He said, search for the semi-tones. I did.

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"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.

"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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"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!

Want it? Put the title of the painting in the SUBJECT line and make an offer at kyknoord@outlook.com

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"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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