'Spring Tide - Gulf Islands'

A beautiful spot at anytime, Saltspring Island's Burgoyne

Bay is stunning on a sunny morning in late

May which often co-insides with a spring tide.

These tides are those which fall during the full moon or

new moon phases and are noted for the very

extreme high-highs and low-lows of tide levels.

At these times the earth, sun and moon alien

to produce maximum force of gravity creating

those extremes in tide levels.

Also my favourite time to paint seashore scenes.

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Oil on wood panel 18 x 24.

Your thoughts & comments 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)

'Hike to the Lake'

This another enlargement of an earlier piece

done last year. The first one was a 8 x 6

and I must confess seemed to go

easier than this piece.

It seems such a long time ago now, that I was

heading up this trail for a cool swim in

the summer heat...

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Oil on wood panel 14 x 11.

Your thoughts & comments are always

encouraged & appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Top of the Falls'

A smaller version of an earlier piece, this scene is at

the top or start of Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River.

The end of the fish ladder is just to the left of the

viewer where salmon and steelhead make their way

to the upper reaches of this spawning river.

I was so taken with this scene that I wanted to do

another one but this time smaller and on a different

support. As well many things have been altered to fit

the different format. (I have left the header image

that is at the top of my blog for comparison.)

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

As always your thoughts & comments are

always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Spring in Uplands'(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Uplands Park, Camas Lily, oil paintings of southern Vancouver Island)

Another one from last springs Camas time in Uplands park.

This one is 'photo challenged' and will need another

try when its dry...

These meadows were being cultivated for the bulbs

these flowers produce many thousands of

years before contact by the first peoples

of this area. These ecosystems attracted flocks

of butterflies so enormous that it defies the

imagination. Sadly due to the destruction of so much of the

former Garry oak meadows of the south Island many of

those butterfly species are no longer part

of our natural world.

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Oil on wood panel 16 x 20.

Thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'October Waterfall'

Some of you may recognize this from an earlier

piece I painted back in November.

The much larger format allowed me to put

quite a bit more in this one.

I stayed with the low light levels that were

present when the reference photos for

this piece were taken.

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Oil on wood panel 24 x 18.

Your thoughts & comments are valued!

Jeffrey

'Alpine Sunrise'

Another in my snowy alpine series. I wanted to highlight

the incredible sculptures that the snow buried trees

become as layer after layer is piled on.

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Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Alpine Magic'

Though I haven't been very active lately in the blogoshere,

I have none the less been painting lots and working at

all those other chores we artists must attend to

to keep the business going.

This is one of two paintings that are part of a new

series I have been working on and enjoying very much.

Sunrise in the frosty snow covered alpine.

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Oil on wood panel 
12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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I don't often comment here on my blog about the many

current events that are making news in our world.

However the recent horrific events in the politically

charged state of Arizona has me going fourth.

My condolences to all the victims families connected to

this ghastly tragedy and my hopes and wishes for

a speedy recovery to all those who were injured.

To all my art buddies in and around the USA and

more specifically Arizona and the city of

Tucson my thoughts are with you.

"All we need is love..."

(John Lennon)