'Maybe in the Spring',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, plein air oil painting of southern Vancouver Island)

 
I was out painting last Wed. on the sunniest day we have

had here on the south Island for awhile now.

Many of the low lying fields in our area flood through

the wet season much to the joy of the waterfowl.

Of course these fields will remain much to wet

for the folks who work them till sometime next spring.

The wet areas in the distance were thick with mallards,

pintails and a few ring-necks. A flock of swans were using

a large pond to the left of this scene and so while

painting I had several small groups of swans glide low

over me and land in the pond.

(The snow? Maybe...maybe not?)

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'Maybe In The Spring'
oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued!
Jeffrey

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Another year has gone by... how'd that happen?

I would like to take a moment to say thanks

to the many of you out there who

have been a much cherished

source of support through this past year of art

and challenges. I hope you all know how

much I appreciate your friendship.

A very 'Happy New Year' to you and

all the best in 2011.

Jeffrey

'A Fine Morning',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Fisgard Lighthouse, Winter Solstice, Salish Sea, Esquimalt Harbour)

* Happy Solstice Everyone! *

Finally the darkest days are in the rearview and the

light returns a little more each day, put your

hands in the air and yell hooray!!

(or what ever you think would be appropriate)

=:-/

What better way to celebrate the return of the light

then a sunny morning painting of

Fisgard Lighthouse,

the first light on the Salish Sea.

Built for the British Admiralty 150 years ago.

It marked the approach to the mouth of

Esquimalt Harbour where the navy had their

base here on the west coast of Canada.

This is a scene I have painted before in smaller formats.

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Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'The Potholes'

One day at the end of October this year I went

on a plein air adventure with fellow artist

Linny D. Vine.

It had been at least 10 years since either of us had

been to a beloved (now protected) part of the

Sooke River know as the Sooke Potholes.

This treasure of the south Island is a salmon

spawning river and they where present in the

water as we painted. This mystical geological

wonder lies in a deep canyon with sides eventually

reaching over a thousand feet in some places.

During the wet seasons the water roars and

tumbles through the contorted rock formations

that tend to make you weak in the knees as you

gaze down from your cliff side perch at the

turbulence 50 feet below. The spot we

painted however is at the lower and quieter end

of the run. During the heat of summer it is

a well used 'swimmin' hole'!

We started to paint during a sunny break on this

somewhat wet day but just as we got into it

the sun left us and because of the steep sides

of the canyon it became quite dull and dark.

It was a challenge to see the subtle values

to say the least.

The main rock formation in this piece towers

30 or more feet above the pool below, just to give

you an idea of scale.

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Oil on wood panel 
10 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Garry Oaks & Snow'

Another snow scene, this one a variation of a scene

I have painted before, can you recognize it?

This is the largest format that I have used so far

for this scene...

I love the rhythm that happens when I'm painting

snow and I often look to my snow paintings

when trying to get that flow of rhythm

in other types of landscapes I paint.

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Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts & comments are always

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Autumn Snowfall',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, early snowfall, oil paintings of southern Vancouver Island)

Last light on an early snowfall can provide

some dramatic light and colour.

I'm remembering (once again) just

how addictive painting snow can be, yikes!

=;-))

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Fisgard Calm'

Snow is falling here on the south Island as I write this

and though it is a magical winter wonderland it

does create havoc for we Islanders.

(even those displaced from the great white north

very much east of here)

It is supposed to change to rain later this afternoon

and will all be washed away =:-(

Painted from a photo taken while painting en plein air

last summer, this will be the final one to be ready for my

show next week 'South Island Impressions'.

I hope to use this painting as a practice

run for a much larger painting.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

'Woodland Waterfall'

This another painting for my up coming show

on Thurs. Dec 02 at

The Gallery

in the Oak Bay Village

The show opens on the gallery walk night

in the Oak Bay Village

6 pm - 9 pm

I will be there and hope you can make it out.

I took the reference

photo on a plein air excursion to the, now

protected, Sooke Potholes. This stream

feeds into the Sooke River and was

quite a sight that day in late October.

Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Your thoughts & comments are always

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Winter Evening Oaks'

This piece was painted from a photo taken

after a heavy snowfall two years ago here

in Victoria. Although we don't like to admit it

we do get snow here on the south Island from

time to time. There is snow in our

weekend forecast!

=:-/

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Oil on wood panel 10 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Oaks & Snow'

Well this is quite different... =;-))

This is one of the paintings that will be in my

upcoming show here in Victoria in early Dec.

I hope to do about four in this series

featuring snow covered Garry oak meadows.

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 10.

Thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Autumn on the River'

 
Hi everyone,

Well I'm back on the river once again so to

speak. This is the largest so far in the series.

This format allowed me to include more detail which helped

to show the drop in elevation as the water starts it's

rush to the head of the falls at the viewers left.
In the years I have been on southern Vancouver Island

my time on the water has largely been on the sea and

some of our inland lakes. However this series has made me

realize how much I've been missing and I'm planning

future painting excursions to this and other

rivers here on the south Island.
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 'Autumn on the River'
oil on canvas

30 x 36
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Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

'October Sky-Highrock' #32

I painted this one late afternoon several weeks ago.

Artist Linny D. Vine and I were hoping to get

some early evening sky drama to paint as a new

front approached. While it didn't develop as I

had hoped it did provide some interesting

patterns and light. We needed to paint

fairly quickly due to the failing light.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Thoughts & comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'River Gold'

This is another in my river series I have been working

on lately. I've been really enjoying it and will keep

ridin' this one till at least the bell rings...

=;-))

I usually grow tired of a repeated theme quickly but

for what ever reason not this one, so far.

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Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

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Purchasing information can be obtained by emailing

me using the link below.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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I would like to draw your attention to an artist

I have added to my 'Artist Links List'

Prabha Narayanan

from Bangalore, India.

This very talented artist is an amazing

word smith as well!

'One October Morning' *SOLD*

This was painted a couple of weeks ago on a

beautiful October morning on Victoria's waterfront.

I was able to make it out early enough to

catch some interesting light and colour.

This spot is above Holland Point looking south across

the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Washington's

Olympic Mountains.

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.

Jeffrey
*SOLD*

'South Island Spring',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, oil painting of Uplands Park, Victoria BC

While I know it is a little out of season we artist have to

strike when the metals hot so to speak!

=:-/

This was developed using plein air paintings and reference

photos from my several forays into Uplands Park this

spring during the flowering season.

I was very fortunate to enjoy several paint outs among

the lush spring Camas and have a few paintings as well.

Stay tuned for more autumn scenes!

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Oil on canvas 24 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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in purchasing information please email me

using the link below.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Autumn on the Cowichan'

This was started as a demo I was invited to do for a

wonderful group of local artists last week.

Using my plein air rig I attempted to give a close

idea as to how I would approach painting this scene en plein

air only in this situation using a photo.

=:-/

As I had recently done a painting of this size en plein air

only a few feet from where the reference photo was taken

it helped me to keep it as real as possible (sort of).

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

I invite your thoughts & comments!

Jeffrey

'Cheakamus September'

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

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This painting was created using reference photos taken

while on a recent plein air painting adventure up near

Whistler BC. I really had a lot of fun with this piece and

really got it goin' with the water. Unfortunately this

photo doesn't really show all the juicy brush work

so another will have to be taken!

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Above Skutz Falls'

As the title suggests this painting was painted just above

Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River during a magical

afternoon with bright sunlight highlighting the early fall

colour. The Cowichan river is one of the most important

rivers on Vancouver Island for spawning salmon and

very depleted steelhead. As well resident populations of

rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout. It has for millennia,

and continues to be, a central part of the lives and culture

of some of the islands first peoples. To say it

is a beautiful river is very much an understatement.

It is wonderful feeling to be able to spend time

painting it and to sense the spirits that still

occupy this vital watershed.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey
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'September on the Cheakamus'

Finally had a chance for a quick visit up

to Whistler last week to see my oldest son.

Fortunately the weather was nice on the

way up so we stopped for lunch and a paint

out. The Cheakamus River is a beautiful piece

of water as it tumbles down from the high country.

This spot was easily accessible for us and I

took quite a few reference photo's as well for

some future large canvases.

Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

As always your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

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this painting please email me.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Rising Wind'

This piece was worked up from a plein air piece I did

last year. The morning started out flat calm and sunny

and after painting for about 20 minutes I decided I

really needed some sun screen on, however not long

after that it was, hurry and get it done before

we got wet and blown away.

Oil on canvas 24 x 30.

As always I invite your thoughts & comments!

Jeffrey

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Please email me if you would like information on

how to purchase this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Westerlies at Sunset'

This painting is an expansion of a piece I painted a

month ago. The larger format gave me a sense of

freedom with my brush and so I went with it.

The 'westerlies' referred to here is that wind that happens

commonly in our area from afternoon to evening when the

heat in the interior of the province rises and creates a

sort of vacuum drawing in the air from the coast,

usually in westerly winds.

Oil on canvas 30 x 40.

Your thoughts and comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

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I would like to draw your attention to an artist

that I recently added to my artist link list.

Bruce Sherman

A painter and writer from Ontario and master

of painting en plein air...

'Changing Weather'

As I mentioned in my last post my second recent

evening excursion was made just as a weather front

was arriving in our area and the drama of colour and

atmospheric interest was quite fantastic. However

I had to move along with my painting, even so it

was almost dark by the time I was back at the vehicle.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Thoughts & comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

I have included some photo's below showing some

of the action that evening.

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Jeffrey gettin' at it Sept. 06 2010 Highrock









Keep on scrolling =;-))

'Late Summer-Highrock'

 
Oh yes the the time is late and seems to quicken with

the passing days. At times the melancholies are hard

to shake with summers passing. I went painting on two

evenings recently and was rewarded with wonderful

painting opportunities on both excursions.

A weather front was approaching and change was in the

air, it arrived last night and summer almost seems

like a distant memory already!
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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

 

'Shoreline Willow'

A fairly complex subject for a small plein air piece.

But as usual I tend to try and get it all in there.

The shallow rocky shoreline, dappled with pure light,

varying shades of shadow and reflected sky colour.

Move back from your monitor it'll make better sense.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments always encouraged & appreciated!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Please email me for details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'The Gallery'

Last Wednesday I was part of an evening

'paint - in' at the The Gallery in the

Oak Bay Village, which is one of the galleries

currently representing my work. Both myself

and well know local artist Linny D. Vine

took part in the evenings event.

The event was part of the larger

Oak Bay Village Summer Night Market,

as well it was the opening night of

Linny's show 'Life Is Good'

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Afternoon Friendly'

One of the many beautiful spots here on the south end

of Vancouver Island this view is from Moses Point.

While painting here one late afternoon a couple of weeks

ago these sail boats came by on a freshening wind.

They seemed to be having a friendly race.

Due to the rising tide I was forced to finish quickly.

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

As always your thoughts & comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

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purchasing this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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'First Light on the Salish Sea'

Last Friday morning I painted with a group of outsiders

at the historic Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Light.

It was a glorious morning and I was there quite early.

There is, as I have mentioned in past postings, much

history at this site. This was the very first light station on

Canada's west coast and is situated at the entrance

to Esquimalt Harbour and the Naval Station.

Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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'Raked & Ready'

This piece was painted on a warm evening in early

July. These fields had been cut and raked for baling

the next day. I had been keeping a close watch on these

fields hoping to be there when they were being hayed.

I was lucky this year, as well, I was able to paint another

piece earlier in the afternoon at another location

while the tractor was mowing and filling the air with

that sweet scent of fresh cut hay.

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'Evening Westerlies'

This is a local spot within site of my studio that I

have painted many times in the past. In June this year

early one evening the west wind really came up and

I went down and took a bunch of reference photos,

some of which I used for this painting.

I hope to do a large canvas of this scene soon.

This painting will be one of a group of my paintings

featured in an evening event at

The Gallery

in the Oak Bay Village

2223A oak Bay Ave.

250 598-9890

on Wednesday Aug. 18th

3PM - 8PM

I will be there painting that evening.

If you are in the area I hope you can make it out

to see some of my work.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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purchase this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Smoky Dawn-Mount Tolmie'

I painted on Mount Tolmie's north slope Friday

morning and as the title suggests the smoke from the

many fires many hundreds of miles away in the interior

regions of BC was once again present in the air. Though it

makes for an interesting sky colour, forest fires are a nasty

reality where ever forests are part of the landscape.

My eyes have been very sore by days end for a week or so

it is much worse for folks elsewhere.
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'Smokey Dawn'
oil on wood panel
 11 x 14.

Thoughts & comments greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Cowichan Shore'

As I mentioned in my last post I came back from

Cowichan Lake with two paintings. This study of

overhanging backlit Alder limbs with that summer

sparkling water was the first of the day. It was perhaps

a little complex for the first one and me

standing on a secluded natural beach with that cool

clear Cowichan Lake water lapping at the stony shore,

and me not even having my first swim yet...yikes!

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

'View from Waxwing Point'

Last week I made a day trip up to Cowichan Lake about

an hour and a half north west of Victoria. I must say

it was a stellar day, warm and very quiet, almost like

we had the lake to ourselves. We spent the day at a spot

about 15 minute boat ride from the launch ramp I call

Waxwing Point, mainly because I have never been there

and not had many beautiful Cedar Waxwings

feeding and flying about. The views from the point

as well back in the trees along the creek bank offer

many painting opportunities, this piece was one

of two I did that day. Ah, painting, birding

and lake swimming, can it be better than that?

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'Afternoon Sparkle'

I approached this painting from a completely different
angle. I am very fortunate that the views from my studio
are stunning to say the least. One afternoon this week I
was sitting having a coffee and enjoying the view from my
balcony and noticed the late afternoon light sparkling
on the bay almost three miles away. Not for the first time
I grabbed my binoculars and began studying the scene
and thought I need to paint this. Rather than set up my
whole kit I grabbed a small canvas loaded a brush with
my usual mix of thinner and oil paint for the preliminary
sketch and sat back down outside and began sketching
using the binoculars. Then back in the studio I began
to paint going back outside to look at the scene again
from time to time through the binoculars.
Not sure how many others have done this
but it was a first for me.
Oil on canvas 6 x 8.
Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated!
Jeffrey
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'Moss Street Stroller'

I painted this piece while manning my site

last Saturday at the

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's

'23rd Annual Moss St. Paint-In'

As usual the event is looked forward to by

art lovers and artist alike and is always

a huge success with as many as 35,000

spectators for the five and a half hour event!

This years event was no exception.

Across the street from my site I noticed a lovely

'Lavatera' in full bloom back lite in the morning

sun as I set up. Painting it later I added an imaginary

women strolling by, though, by then I could hardly

see the shrub for the crowds of onlookers.

Painting en plein air in a situation like that was to

say the very least, very challenging and

then I went and added a figure... jeeez!

During the show I was happily surprised to have

fellow 'daily painters .com' artist

David Roberts from Winnipeg drop by for a visit wow!

Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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I have included a few photo's of my site and the

fog rolling up the street toward us.

It made things quite cool for the next couple of hours

My site with my easel on the left!


More of my site.

The fog approaching the throng spectators!

'Summer Wind-Oak Bay'

Fierce winds today on the south coast but I managed

to tuck myself out of most of it and still be able

to paint its effect on the water under the bright sun.

I have painted many times at Cattle Point but there

is always another angle with different light and season.

The sparkle of the water was very intense and is

what grabbed my attention for this piece.

(my apologize for the poor photo here)

Oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Summer Evening-Uplands Park'

I painted this piece last week on one of those wonderful

summer evenings, the kind you dream about during

those cool wet days in the winter. Gone are the lush

drifts of blue camas, yellow butter cups and green

spring grasses, all have been replaced with the soft

yellow white grasses and red tinged sedges drying

amongst the rocky outcroppings. While I

painted the heat of the late day sun created

wonderful scents as it warmed the mature grasses

and the dried moss. The seed eating birds are were

very active feasting on the bounty of ripening seeds.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This paintings is available for $150 with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Please email me tom arrange your purchase.

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'Gulf Island Morning'

This view of the Burgoyne Bay tidal flats was for many

years the front yard of several homes and a few squatters.

It would have been absolutely magical. Once the park

was declared the houses were removed though remnants

of the old gardens remain to spark the imagination of

those who wander here. The land rises behind you to

an old farm and its many lovely hay fields which are leased

to keep them agricultural. The old farm buildings that

remain are being restored as part of the park.

Of course before contact this was a very significant

location for the first peoples of this area.

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

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about acquiring this painting.

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