Spectacle Lake

This is a well known local lake up on the Malahat

not far from Victoria. Because of the elevation

it has a very different feel to it compared to many

of the lakes I usually get to. I didn't get set up

until quite late in the afternoon and so this piece

was done quickly keeping details to a minimum.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Sweet September **SOLD**

Ah sweet September, that time of year when, if

we are lucky, the end of summer and the first hints of

fall mingle creating a magical window of glorious

warmth, light and colour. Lake swims are still part

of the plan and early morning light is fantastic.

That was Victoria's September this time around.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments are always appreciated and encouraged.

Jeffrey

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"Nature which governs the whole will soon change

all things which you see, and out of their substance

will make other things and again other things

...in order that the world may be ever new."

(Marcus Aurelius)

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SOLD

Forest Trail **SOLD**

This is a place I never get enough of, and go as

often as I can. You can reconnect to nature, breath

deeply and smell the soul syrup. Sometimes you

even feel the spirits that surely inhabit the

shadows and the secret places that surround you.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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SOLD to a collector

in Toronto, Ontario

Turkeys Over Bentick Island

What I affectionately refer to as Turkeys are

more properly called Turkey Vultures, a close relative to

the Condors. Here in my area they are in the midst

of the annual migration. It is an amazing spectacle

to see these huge birds as they form up into

large circling groups or 'kettles' as they rise on

thermals. The kettles can be just a few birds or large

groups in the hundreds. As they soar in the warm updrafts

they slowly start to peel off as they head south.

We always keep an eye out at this time of year

for what I call the "Turkey Parade", when on those

special days hundreds of birds will glide past, all using

the same route, often just at tree top height. One after

another for hours at a time.

This painting depicts a large kettle forming over

Bentick Island in Race Passage.

Oil on board 10 x 8.

Your comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $200 CAD,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to purchase using PayPal.

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**IMPORTANT NOTICE**

Hello everyone,

For your information, though some may have noticed

already, my "PayPal Buy Now" buttons are not working.

However I have been able to use the PayPal invoice

email system with no problem. So that is how any

purchases will be arranged at this time.

It is the same PayPal system but it is all

done through email.

Sorry for any inconvenience and

thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

Sunrise on Lyall St. **SOLD**

We have had some really great sunrises lately and

I decided I needed to try a painting of the way my

street looks in September just as the sun starts to

come up. I took a few photos on my morning walk

the other day and used them for reference.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"The substance of a painting is light"

(Andre Derain)

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SOLD

September Dawn

A very cool and overcast fall day greeted our

gang of outsiders today at Beaver Lake.

I had gone hoping for colour and didn't let reality

get in the way. For the past few weeks we

have had the most glorious light just before

sunrise and it seems to have found its

way into today's plein air painting.

Oil on board 10 x 8.

Your comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $200 CDN,

plus the cost of shipping.

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Ah Salal

Here in my area we are at the end of the Salal berry

season. One of my cherished summer rituals is gorging

on salal berries in late summer.

Salal berries were an important food resource for

the first peoples of the west coast of North America.

As well, the leaves of the salal shrub contain

many medicinal properties.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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plus the cost of shipping.

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September - Maple Point

This well know site on Victoria's Gorge Inlet has many

historical aspects to it, one of which is that the school

house here is the oldest public building in all of

British Columbia. It was originally called the

Maple Point School, for obvious reasons.

It is now an official historic site and operated

as a museum of school life in the early days.

This is one of the larger pieces that will be in my

upcoming October show at the Morris Gallery.

Acrylic on canvas 24 x 30.

Comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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this painting.

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Small Craft Warning

This is the view leaving the Fleming Beach boat

launch here in Esquimalt.

We start fishing for salmon not far from here.

That was the plan the morning I took the photo

this piece was painted from. It did blow up about an hour

later and finished that day of fishing.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is availiable for $135 CDN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me for more details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Summer Clouds

I painted this one in the studio using a recent small

plein air piece as reference. It is part of a series of

paintings I have been doing this summer of

various spots in Esquimalt Harbour.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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on acquiring this painting.

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September Hedgerow

This was done en plein air this morning on an old

farm property in Metchosin. It is now being restored

and operated by the Metchosin Boys & Girls Club with

assistance from other like groups. The large area

is filled with potential painting sites so that for me

proved to be the toughest test, to pick one of them.

The old hay field dotted with Queens Anne Lace

bordered with a very colourful mix of

Hawthorne and Blackberry won me over.

Oil on board 10 x 8.

Comments always appreciated.

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"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment,

put your head down and plow ahead."

(Les Brown)

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This painting is available for $200 CDN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me for more details.

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Shoaling Waters

The title I chose for this piece is also the translation

for the name of the town where I live, Esquimalt.

It boast an incredibly picturesque waterfront that

never seems to grow old on the viewer.

I painted this en plein air yesterday morning from

a beach in Saxe Point park, however I did a bit of

fine tuning on it back in the studio as well.

We are having some of the best weather of the year

right now...have to try and get out again this week!

Oil on board 11 x 14.

Comments are always welcomed and appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"How wonderful it is when that moment of true seeing comes

and I'm transported to that point when

eyes, hand and mind work

as the child in all of us."

(Alan Feltus)

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Pilkey Point-Thetis Island

I painted this from a photo that I took while visiting

Thetis Island a few years back. Often at this time in late

May we get those below minimum tides that I find so

intriguing. The area is full of wonderful

painting opportunities.

Oil on canvas 8 x 10.

Comments are always welcomed.

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"In the right light,

at the right time,

everything is extraordinary."

(Aaron Rose)

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This painting is available for $200 CDN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Email me for more details.

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Saxe Point Shoreline

This was done en plein air this morning. The weather was

nothing short of stellar! Saxe Point is gem of a park here

in Esquimalt. The point faces South and the veiws from

almost anywhere near the shore are spectacular.

I am so fortunate that I have a veiw of these rocks and the

west side of the point from my studio, though of course they

are further away than in this painting. Transient Orcas, more

commonly known as Killer Whales, will sometimes hunt for

seals in close to the point.

Last week we were lucky to watch a pod of

three Orcas do just that, right from our studio window, wow!

Oil on board 11 x 14.

Comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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"The warmth of the sun,

the cooling aspect of the breeze,

the smell of salt from the sea...

It's heaven on earth to have these comforting

embraces of nature that simply plead

to be released on canvas."

(Vicki Esingwood)

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Afternoon Clouds-Inskip Island

My fascination with clouds continues.

I was able to get out painting again on Sunday afternoon

and once again the cloud formations were fantastic!

This piece was painted on primed and

gessoed masonite and I really enjoyed the different

feel of the way the paint went on.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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-letter to Emily Carr...

"Sometimes, indeed often, we work on a theme

with an unformed idea and, when it has passed through

the process, its final result is something we could never

have predicted when we commenced."

(Lawren Harris)

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This painting is available for $200 CDN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Pleaes email me for more information.

jjboronart@shaw.ca