Young African Elephant oil 11x14 inches

Young African Elephant

Many people like their wildlife realistic.

other art-minded people like the impressionist style. It's a matter of good taste.

Contact me for this one, It should be appreciated by wildlife collectors.

 

Carla grown up, pencil and pastel 10 x 12 inches

Carla is the daughter of my friend Colin Griffiths in South Africa.

Over the years he has sent me successive pics of his beautiful baby growing up.

 

"Vase" 16x 20 inches oil on stretched canvas

Painted in one shot in the American style of Ben Fenske.

Enlarged, it looks quite nice. Click it to see a bigger pic. 

"Pompano Fish" oil on board 8x10

We saw Pompano at the deepfreeze of our local store - highly recommended for eating.

Great colours for an artist. Great for painting loosely.

 

"Sossies" (sausages) oil on board 8x10

I painted these sausages with a single battered brush.

Oil on reclaimed hardboard, coated with gesso.

 

Cooked!

"Sossies" (with a pork chop)

(South African slang for sausages)

I have always wanted to paint like this. But afraid 'cos I know many won't like the style. Loose.

Still, as the song says, I gotta be me...this is tonight's braai (barbecue).

"Scarlet Macaw" free image postcard size, gouache

 

I saw this cutie on one of those free image sites.

"Dallas Road Cliff, Rail Fence" oil on stretched canvas 16" x 20"

Oil sketch  above, actual photo below.

 This scene is most visited by local Victorians in BC. A lot of dog owners let their pets run hassle-free, and artists love it for the many scenes to paint in the area.

My family says my painting isn't finished but I know it is because when artists have realized their intentions - it's DONE!

"Rocks & bush, Cattle Point" gouache postcard size

 

"Rocks & bush, Cattle Point"

My current fav place to paint. I'm borrowing styles from Carol Marine and the redoubtable ken Faulks

while trying to sustain my own way of working. (Better artists always help me by just being there...)

Sketch from TV "Ball Kid, Madrid 2017" watercolour postcard size

 "Ball Kid, Madrid 2017"

TV gives one endless subjects for sketching - instead of Federer

 or other greats I chose this  this ball kid.

"Daffodils and Red arrangement" gouache postcard size

"Dafs and Red flower"

Coll picked some home grown daffodils and added a red flower

 from a bouquet given to her by Tim and Karla.

"House in the Fraser Valley" postcard size, gouache

"House in the Fraser Valley"

 Gouache is like watercolour but has more body, giving a nice flat opaque appearance. I am doing well with it now after a few first tentative attempts.

And this image comes from my own visit to this exciting part of British Columbia. I hope you enjoy the vision before you.

"Coco" gouache postcard size 2021

Beloved pet of the Ingbritsons, Coco was quite a character - almost a mensch, one could say...

Painted with my new set of gouache paints. I'm getting used to the new medium now. 

 

"Passing Parade" postcard size

Our blue bird is perched on a rock as he surveys the ducks in a row.  Gouache with my new colours purchased from Amazon.ca - what quick service! Simply amazing.
 

"BMW 3-Wheeler" postcard size

These babies are TINY and you have to open the front in order tp get in, in fact the steering wheel collapses to one side to help you...gouache on watercolour paper postcard size.
 

"Alongside" oil 24 x 30

 Neighbours at anchor in the Pacific Northwest. The weather is good, the winds are calm for good sailing. We are out of the shallows and we are safely in the bay, flags flying.

"Blue VW" gouache

 Experimenting with my brand-new gouache paint I did this Blue Volksie today - I like the matt finish of this paint, it looks as though it was done with chalk - such is the opacity of the paint.

 I like it. Postcard size. 

Push Colour exercise

"Push Colour"

Gouache postcard size.

Gail Sibley posted in How to Pastel a technique to change a boring image into something a lot more vibrant.

 I followed her suggestion using my new gouache paints although it would work well in any medium.