March Clouds

I spent a lovely afternoon painting these clouds from

the top of Highrock park last Sunday. Our weather is

so unsettled right now that getting out when

conditions are good is a real treat.

I have been working with a different coloured

ground lately and liking it!

Oil on canvas 9 x 12.

Comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Please email me to arrange your purchase

using PayPal's secure on-line invoice system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

March Sky-Discovery Island

About a dozen ardent plein air painters were

greeted with a raw wind, cool temperatures and

intermittent drizzle this morning at Cattle Point

on Oak Bay. Finding a spot where the wind

was bearable was a priority. Painting fast essential!

I finished this piece in the studio later.

Oil on canvas 12 x 9.

Your comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Please email me to arrange your purchase

using PayPal's secure on-line invoicing system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Cloud Shadows

I made it up to Highrock yesterday afternoon

just as some fantastic clouds were forming

and casting shadows across the distant hills.

"Paint fast lad, paint fast!!"

Though we are still dealing with unseasonably
cool temperatures here, the spring wildflowers

have started up in the rocky meadows like

those in this park. I have uploaded a photo

of some of them below.

Oil on canvas 12 x 9.

Comments welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using

PayPal's secure on-line invoice system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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Some Highrock spring wildflowers.

That September Afternoon

This painting was worked up using a smaller piece

I did last fall as a reference. Those wonderful

summer like days of late September last year

seem so long ago right now!

I went with acrylics for this painting as it has

been quite awhile since I last used them and

thought I could use a bit of a refresher.

Acrylic on canvas 30 x 24.

Your comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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Please email me for information on

acquiring this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Rainy Day-Albert Head

I am becoming more and more convinced that I will

have to invest in some sort of "brolly" to cover my easel

for those inevitable showers that plein air painters

have to deal with from time to time.

Friday morning was just that sort of occasion.

I was set up in a wonderful spot high above Wittys

Lagoon and Albert Head in the middle distance with

Trial and San Juan Islands on the distant horizon.

Showers stopped and started and stopped completely

with the sun out about 20 minutes after

we packed it in! =;-))

Oil on canvas 9 x 12.

Comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal's

secure on-line invoicing system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Friday Morning at Frank's

On Friday morning our non group of plein air painters

were invited out to Frank Mitchell's farm to paint.

It was a magical morning filled with the

bleating of the farms newly born lambs and their

mothers. The farm is situated high on a

cliff overlooking the strait of Juan de Fuca and

the approach to Witty's Lagoon.

Two ancient Hemlock sisters caught my attention,

the way they will lean together always and the

striped car track leading toward the

farm buildings back in the trees.

Oil on canvas 12 x 9.

Your comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal's

secure online invoicing system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"In a tree is a spirit of life,

a spirit of growth and

a spirit of holding its head up."

(Robert Henri)

March Morning - Oak Bay Marina

Had a lovely morning plein air painting on Thursday

with a couple of buddies. We set up on a pretty

busy spot near the marina in Oak Bay and

spent about an hour. This piece is a little different

in style for me as I simplified as much as I could.

I like the very graphic result.

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 mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Island Spring

The areas of natural Garry oak meadows in our area

will look much like this sometime in the later part

of April. It is a real south island treat to walk

amongst the flowering oaks and carpets of

camas lily and other wildflowers at that time.

This is another piece I will have in the show

opening tonight at the Morris Gallery.

Oil on canvas 30 x 24.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Email me for information on acquiring this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"For...first artists, the native people,

art was not only of a functional nature,

but also linked to their concepts of religion and

the relationship of man to his environment."

(James J. Kurtz)

High Rock Rumba

I was up on High Rock park on Friday morning

and came back with this piece.

Our native Garry oaks really are this twisted

and curled and seem at times to be growing

right out of the rock.

I tried for a stylized look with this piece.

Oil on canvas 12 x 9.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"For almost two months now I've been

struggling away with no results."

(Claude Monet)

Lagoon Sky

I painted this piece using a smaller plein air sketch,

done early last summer, for reference.

This is an important area for migrating shorebirds

and waterfowl. Birders will be watching for small bunches

Pacific Black Brant which have already been sighted

in this area last week.

Oil on canvas 9 x 12.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $450 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal's

secure online system.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Low Tide at Sunset

This is one of the paintings I will have in an upcoming

show at the Morris Gallery here in Victoria.

"SPRING EQUINOX"

opens March 12th 7 - 9pm.

Runs March 12 through to April 03, 2009

The show will feature 12 of the gallery artists.

If your in our area please drop by.

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey