'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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'September Rapture'

 
This is the second time around for this piece and I

think I finally have it where I want it.

It's strange how you can go along painting from one

piece to the next without much more than the usual

troubles and then you get into a piece that you just

really have to battle with.

This piece was shunted off to a corner of the studio

for several months till I was ready to go at it again.

I think the time out with this one was time well spent.

=;-))

Oil on canvas 
24 x 24.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Ready to Mow'

Waiting for the right weather before starting to cut hay is

always part of the hay'n game. However this year putting

two or three good days together in my area has been, to

say the least, quite a challenge. So much of a farmers

life has always revolved around weather.

We plein air painters can relate!

=;-))

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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"Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment;

it is as much a part of painting as of music."

(Walter J. Phillips)

'One Evening in June'

 
I've been trying to get out to the fields as often as I can

right now as they will be haying soon. As well

the light early and late is really fantastic in mid June.

This one was painted yesterday evening and while

I worked I was reminded of the fields around where

I spent most of my childhood. This is a very

important time of year for someone very special to me,

my little sister. Her birthday is tomorrow and I was

thinking about the old days back in Concord, Ontario.

Our place was surrounded by farm fields and small

woodlots and we used to go back in the fields for miles

as if they were our own. We had names for certain

trees and other natural landmarks. I guess, though

we may end up far from where we begin

somehow we really never leave...

Happy Birthday Lisa!!

Oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Hawthorns & Hayfields'

This piece is another one from my recent Saltspring

sojourn. As you can see the sun was hard to find.

But still the area we painted in made up for the lack of

sunny skies. As I mentioned in my last post the bird life

around these fields is fantastic, the swallows in particular.

It has been awhile since I saw so many Tree swallows along

with the Barns and Violet-Greens. The highlight

of the trip (in the birding area) were the

Goldfinches we encountered!

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are most welcome!

Jeffrey

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'Burgoyne Hayfield'

I spent three days last week on Saltspring Island.

The plan was for lots of painting and some downtime...

due to the crappy weather we had lots of one and

only a bit of the other. This painting was done

one afternoon when the weather cooperated nicely.

It is a beautiful spot and the whole time the

the sky was busy with three types of swallows

swooping through the air gorging on insects.

Those of you that are in my generation will

remember when hearing frogs near almost any body of

fresh water was pretty much common place.

Sadly it is all to often now more common not to hear

or see them. One of the most awesome things about

where we stay when on Saltspring are the nightly

serenades of the tree frogs that live along the

lake shore there! When conditions are right they

are still singing during the day as well.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are always hoped for!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $150 with free

shipping throughout North America.

Please email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca