"Sunbeams under the Sea and ship's wheel" acrylic 36" x 48"

Looking for a home, my painting, my wheel and my float. Together or separate.

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"Young bird" charcoal sketch

Still exercising to keep my hands active, I did this charcoal sketch using vine charcoal and a white pencil on grey paper.

Chicken portrait oil on canvas original available for sale - oil 5x7

>This resting fowl (Rooster Resting?) has proved very popular among my family so I am posting on my blog,

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Getting back into painting again

Recovering from a back injury I have been getting back (!) into painting again by producing these smallies, mostly 3x4 inches.

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Painting again

Happy that I am starting to paint again after a couple months' lay-off due to a soreness of my hands. This is a little 3" x 4" miniature done in a very rough style. It is the West Mitten, part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park from a photograph...although my rendering is crude, it suits the limited movement of my crampy hands which are slowly getting better..

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Stonehenge

Sore back notwithstanding, I limped around the stones a month ago. Fascinating, and to think it was erected about 4500 years ago - nobody really knows how or why.

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Gicleé of "The Gatehouse Store" orders being taken

Pelindaba Farm the lavender grower on San Juan Island is making a gicleé available of my painting. Let me know if you want one. ronjbw@gmail.com

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"Markt Strasse, Spandau, Berlin" plein air sketch

June in Berlin, Spandau district. I had the sore back but managed to draw this conté sketch en plein air.

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"Yewtree Farm" watercolour sketch

Many artists who travel to other countries really try to get some painting done, but life gets in the way. Nonetheless I managed this little watercolour sketch in England.

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"Macauley Point Path" 9 x 12

Who said "simplicity is the measure of sophistication?" Was it Leonardo da Vinci or Robbie Koenig?

Under a muted Canadian sky we came to Macauley Point on Vancouver Island this morning. I had left my tripod in the car, so a half stump in the field served the purpose, removing me a few yards from where I really wanted to be, hey ho, Sargent used to plonk himself anywhere and still paint a good 'un. I aimed for simplicity this morning, not looking for the REAL but for the TRUTH. Press the image for a bigger view.

"Proud Leo" acrylic sketch 8x10

I was born in Africa and wildlife is dear to my heart. Proud Leo is my mane man, and a lion is fun to sketch. We call these flowers red hot pokers, albeit out of focus here.

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"Lady Lowtide" acrylic 8x10

'Tis a Peep Show - every 12 hours, sweet Lady Lowtide lifts her frothy hem to reveal the discreet delights of her undersea treasures to this artist. Yes it's Mount Doug Beach revisited.

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"William the Goat" oil 11x14

Wow - while I was painting en plein air out at Metchosin, a billy goat hopped onto the roof of this shack! How good is that? One of my fellow artists said that the goat's name must be William.....

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"Mt.Doug Beach Contré Jour" acrylic 9x12

Slash, slop, swipe - frenzied application brought forth calm agitation on this acrylic painting done en plein air this morning.

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"Gyro Beach" prep sketch

I gave a talk at the AGM of the Oak Bay Art Club on painting en plein air, and I've been scoping likely spots here in Victoria BC for the actual paint-out which will follow the talk May 4th.

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Clover Point - "Olympic Mountains, Windlines & Rocks"

Clover Point in Victoria BC. Original oil (painted en plein air) canvas mounted on board...10" x 12" $200 email me ronjbw@gmail.com

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"Rhino and Calf" watercolour

Throwback Thursday. Nothing seems to prevent the poachers from their grisly task. I painted this wayyy back when I lived in South Africa and was actually charged by a rhino once, no harm though.

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"Ferry Tale" oil 8x10

Passengers on the Washington State Ferries look at the passing scenes between the islands here in the Pacific Northwest, or, if they are regulars and have seen it all, they may pass the time by reading.
I keep this painting very near to me so that I can study every single day. Each time I learn something.
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"Finnerty Gardens Hole" oil 9x12

The 'hole' is the center of interest and it was the first thing that stopped me when looking for a scene in the Finnerty Gardens of UVic this morning. Heavily overcast. Believe me - heavily.....I used lot of paint and got the big areas done first, with a big brush. I cannot tell you how much this helps to nail a plein air painting in a short time.

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Devastation of Rhinos in South Afrca

Last night CBC presented a video report on the endangered Rhinos in South Africa, a rhino being slaughtered every 8 hours in the Kruger National Park. The horn can fetch up to $100,000.00

 Recently in Victoria BC an ancient rhino horn went on auction legally and sold for fourteen thousand dollars. Here's my monochrome of a rhino emerging from the bush in South Africa where I was born. Horns that pre-date the ban apart, I too am saddened by the reported incidents of current poaching there. Voice of America reports that poison is being used to protect the rhinos - Game farm owners have been hiring armed security guards to patrol their reserves, which can be a dangerous job. Now, they are trying a new tactic: they poison the rhinos' horns or ship the animals to a "safe House" at $40, 000 a time.

"Rhino Emerging" by Ron Wilson (oil painting framed 6 x 8). Click the image for a bigger picture. Your COMMENT is encouraged.