Light Snow

A group of "outsiders" met at historic Fort

Rodd Hill park this morning for some

plein air action. Though our area has been

without snow for several weeks now I

put reality on hold for this mornings paint out.

Oil on board 10 x 8.

Comments always welcomed and appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $350 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal's

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

Highrock #12

A break in the weather yesterday afternoon saw me

back at Highrock Park. I've become fascinated

with the undulating surface of the moss covered rock

interspersed with the native firs and Garry oaks.

Our relatively mild wet winter weather makes

for perfect moss growing conditions and right

now the moss at Highrock is flourishing.

Oil on board 11 x 14.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $635 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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I would like to draw every one's attention to a new

on-line gallery that I have joined that has

a decidedly green focus.

Please check it out.

The Green Palette

Gorge Light

This is a view from a footbridge over the

upper end of the Gorge. The water is mostly

brackish at this point. Restoration work on

the salmon run here has been on going for

some time and has had some success.

I found this to be a fairly complex subject for

a small format. Part of the water is in

full light and has cast shadows across its

surface with the bottom colour showing, the other

area of water has a reflection

of the far shore. The high contrast values of the

trees in the shoreline added yet another

challenge, perhaps to much... =;-))

I hope to do a larger version

of this soon.
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'Gorge Light'
oil on board 
8 x 6.
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Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

High Rock #11

It was quite cool on Friday for plein air painting

but the sun was shining and that made

for a wonderful paint out for two of us.

Once again the shadows and that lovely moss

that blankets so much of the rocky outcroppings

of High Rock Park was my main focus.

I'm really enjoying painting here and look

forward to the next time!

Oil on board 10 x 8.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $350 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal's

secure on-line invoicing system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,

to front only the essential facts of life,

and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,

and not,

when I came to die,

discover that I had not lived."

Henry David Thoreau (Walden)

Cowichan Lake Summer

When ever I think of Cowichan Lake in the

summer time, this is the spot that usually I

see in my minds eye. 
If you like lake swimming

in the heat of high summer it doesn't get

better than this little cove.

This is yet another example of the 
wonderful variations in colour
 that show up in this lakes water.

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'Cowichan Lake Summer'

oil on canvas 
11 x 14.
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Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

Highrock #10

A stellar day for plein air painting today and I

was able to take advantage of it! Another one

from my park and in finding this spot I saw many

more painting sites to come...stay tuned.

(My apologies for the poor photo!)

Oil on board 6 x 8.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $150 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Your purchase can be made using PayPal's secure

invoice system, simply email me.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Winter Wetland

This piece was painted plein air yesterday and

once again it was foggy along with very cool

temperatures. Our group of "outsiders" met at the

Viaduct Flats wetland a lovely spot just

outside of Victoria. This wetland area is a

wintering area for a large group of

Trumpeter swans that kept up a fantastic serenade

with their soft bugling/honking vocalizations.

Bird watching while painting outside, how great is that!

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always enjoyed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $100 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Your purchase will be arranged through PayPal's

secure online invoicing system.

Please email me to arrange your purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Highrock Moss

We have been having "Inversion Layer" weather

here in Victoria that leaves us mostly in the fog until

afternoon if were lucky. I ran out yesterday afternoon

when it broke up, to that little park I've been painting.

There are amazing rock formations on the hill there,

all smoothed by glacial activity and large areas

covered in lovely moss which is featured in this

plein air piece. This is painting #9 from this

park, only 91 to go!

=;-))

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $100 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

The Fisherman

My youngest son in happier times, close to

twenty years ago now. Always ready to fish

then and now. Painting from old photos

always opens up so many memories.

Tough sometimes not to get lost in them.
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'The Fisherman'

Oil on canvas 8 x 6
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Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"Live each season as it passes;

breathe the air,

drink the drink,

taste the fruit,

and resign yourself to the influences of each."

(Henry David Thoreau)

Mute Swan **SOLD**

Although Mute swans have been introduced to

North America as park swans, our area has a

few that fly around as if wild. About

10 years ago we lived on a boat in West Bay Marina

across the harbour from Victoria. We were enjoying

a lazy afternoon on the dock when this grand

bird flew in and landed in the bay not far from the boat.

These birds are of course accustomed to being

fed by humans and so seeing us it wasn't long

till it was in camera range looking for

a possible handout.

They are incredibly beautiful birds.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Jeffrey

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"Recall it as often as you wish -

a happy memory never wears out."

(Libbie Fudim)

SOLD

to a collector in Victoria, BC, Canada

September Fields

This is part of a group of hay fields that I have painted
before though at different times of day and season.
The rolling contours are what I find the most intriguing.

Oil on board 6 x 6.
Comments welcomed.
Jeffrey
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This painting is available for $100 CAN,
plus the cost of shipping.
Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.
jjboronart@shaw.ca

Carvin'

This was painted from a photo of my oldest son

doing what makes his heart the happiest!

Here in southern BC we are experiencing one of

the worst years ever for avalanche danger

with no end in sight!

So for all you boarders out there listen up...

Be cool...not no fool

get down...stay in bounds.

It really is very bad out there right now.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Your comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $100 CAN

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Cowichan Light

This is a larger version of a 6 x 6 I did several

months ago. It is my hope to use many of the

small ones I have been doing and work them up into

larger pieces as I journey on.

This is a view point scene on a trail at Cowichan Lake

on Vancouver Island. The water there takes on incredible

colours through day as the light changes.

Oil on canvas 24 x 24.

Comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available, please email me

to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Winter Morning-Beacon Hill

Another example of Victoria's historic

Beacon Hill parks garry oak ecosystem under a

blanket of snow. This area was once a major food

gathering area for the first peoples of our

region. It is a wonderful thing that it has been saved

from further development for all to enjoy.

When ever I walk among these trees I can't

help but imagine what it must have looked like

here before contact and all that followed.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $220 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Close To Me

Oh, oh...a self portrait...yikes.
Being primarily a landscape painter this was
quite a challenge, but it was a lot of fun.
No my teeth don't really look like that!
A joke I have often shared with another artist goes,
that your not a real painter until you have
done painting of a cow, a crow, a pear and a
self portrait, I guess I'm getting there.

Oil on board 6 x 6.
Comments always appreciated!
Jeffrey
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This painting is not for sale.
=;-))

'October Shadows' **SOLD**

This painting was done from a photo

I took last fall while painting in a small park

close to my studio (my 100 paintings park).

From the top of the summit to the left in

the painting there is an almost 360 degree view.

For its size this park has an incredible

amount of painting possibilities

which I hope to take advantage of

over the course of 2009.

Oil on canvas 14 x 18.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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SOLD

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"Most of the important things in the world

have been accomplished by people

who have kept on trying when

there seemed to be

no hope at all."

(Dale Carnegie)

'Winter Willows' **SOLD**

Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary is a natural bog wetland

here in Victoria. It is an extremely important area

to many species of birds, most prominently, waterfowl.

However many other types of birds use the

thick stands of native willows and rushes

for nesting and shelter.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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SOLD

Studio View

Although this is quite representative of

the view I have from my studio I had to

make adjustments to make it work in this

small format. The point actually appears

much larger in scale in real life.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $100 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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I would like to draw your attention to

a new blogger site.

Linny D. Vine

who's wonderful dreamscapes of

Victoria and south Vancouver Island are

a treat for the eyes as well as imagination!