Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

*Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone*

May there be peace & joy in all your hearts,
compassion and understanding
across the Great Land and all of Mother Earth...

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'December Gloaming'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

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There's a full moon for Christmas! 

 

Dark Skies

These past few weeks have seen many dark skies

here on the the south coast.

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'Dark Skies'

oil on wood panel

6 x 8

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Comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

At The Edge of Enchantment

I painted in this magical place yesterday

and as I worked, salmon were

making their way upstream to spawn.

By mid morning the sun began to

filter into the canyon lighting

up the moss covered trees, coloured leaves

and sparkling the stream.

It was easy to feel the spirit of

Emily Carr dancing among the

trees and along the banks 

of the stream...

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'At The Edge of Enchantment'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

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Thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

September Morning Light

The first of two from an early September

morning paint out at the Esquimalt Lagoon.

The sky developed into a 

wonderful cloud chasers

dream later on...

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'September Morning Light'

oil on wood panel

6 x 8

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Thoughts and comments are much appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

Evening Light - Highrock

Painted on one of those very

special early fall evenings...

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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'Evening Light - Highrock'

oil on cradled wood panel

8 x 10

Your thoughts and comments greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

One West Coast Evening

 There are some very special places not far from here.

Scenes that burn into your memory so

that they become more than just

rock, sky and water.

Botany Bay is one such place,

for me...

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'One West Coast Evening'

oil on wood panel

18 x 24

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Your thoughts and comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

Dancing on Highrock

'Dancing with some Fir sisters a couple of 

evenings ago up on Highrock. 

It's always exciting this time of year 

because you never know who's going to show up. 

This time three Sandhill Cranes flew low over us

 and a group of Band-tailed Pigeons

 flew out of the Firs just as the music started' 

 =8-})

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  'Dancing on Highrock'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

 

In a Garry Oak Meadow

As I stood painting this piece

I couldn't help but be awed by

these marvelous trees.

They have stood the test of time.

Encircled by development and

its accompanying pressures these towering

remnants of a very specialized ecosystem

still evoke the grandeur of nature.

This copse of Garry Oaks, perhaps more

than one hundred years old,

are an amazing testament to

 the resilience of nature. 

I hope these wonderful grandmothers

of the meadow can 

go at least one hundred more... 

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'In a Garry Oak Meadow'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

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Your thoughts and comments are always valued.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

Of A Summer Evening

'Late of a summer evening
when from off the sea
a lively breeze
moves through the trees
Swallows and Martins soaring high
in the fast fading rays
of the summer sky
and the golden glow
of these halcyon days'

 
-Jeffrey J Boron-

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'Of A Summer Evening'
oil on wood panel
6 x 8in.

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Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

Summer on the Island

Painted recently on a hot mid-afternoon 

with a wonderful summer sky...

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 'Summer on the Island'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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Your thoughts & comments are appreciated.

Jeffrey

Evening Clouds & Queen Anne's Lace

Painted late evening last, 

one of those special summer evenings...

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 'Evening Clouds & Queen Anne's Lace'
oil on wood panel
11 x 14

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Your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

A Moment Like This

'A moment like this
the sea has gone silent
the world seems to stop
every second counts

A moment like this
cast in golden light
sounds are soft in the stillness
here on the very edge

A moment like this
can’t last so very long
it will fade with the light
only memories will remain

A moment like this
touches our soul
it fills the senses
makes us breathe deeply

A moment like this'

-Jeffrey J Boron-
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'A Moment Like This'
oil on wood panel
18 x 24
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Thoughts & comments are always appreciated.
Jeffrey

'Low Tide at Moonrise'

Another in my nocturne series.

I'm really having some fun with them.

It feels something like swimming

in a new lake.

=8-})

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'Low Tide at Moonrise'

oil on wood panel

12 x 16

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Your thoughts & comments would be valued.

Jeffrey

"Moonlight on Scia'new"

'If I could have one more wish
just to stand once again
on those ancient lands
when the moon in June
washes over the shores of Scia'new'

-Jeffrey J Boron-

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"Moonlight on Scia'new"
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Thetis Cove Thunder Heads'

A lovely warm spring evening painting 

and watching these grand cloud
formations form and change into

 massive towering shapes...paint quick!!

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 'Thetis Cove Thunder Heads'
oil on wood panel
6 x 8in.

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Your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

'Highrock Sky'

This one is from a few weeks ago that

goes to show you never know what your

going to find when you head out.

This cloud formation started to form 

as I was walking about to get

my chosen spot for this

early evening paint.

Another one in this years crop of Camas.

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'Highrock Sky'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

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Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Sailing in Paradise'

'From a cliff high up on the Malahat 

looking north to the Gulf Islands. 
While painting this piece

 it was easy to see this wonderful area 

as a paradise worthy of 

our reverence and protection...'

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 'Sailing in Paradise'
oil on wood panel
11 x 14

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Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

'Mitchell's Lookout'

Pretty wet out on the painting grounds yesterday.

But I waited for a brief window between 
the bands of showers...

with a nice sunny break at the end.

Here on the south Island, April's cloud show

has not disappointed, with daily

extravaganzas in the spring sky.

Oh to have the energy to paint and capture

everyone of them, throughout everyday.

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 'Mitchell's Lookout'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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As always your thoughts & comments would be appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Spring Morning Highrock'

*HAPPY EARTH DAY*
Protect her for all your worth, she's all we've got!

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 'Spring Morning Highrock'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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As always your thoughts & comments are greatly valued!

Jeffrey

Those wonderful April clouds are 

drifting through our spring skies along

 with the Swallows, Turkey Vultures and Warblers...

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 'Spring Sky Highrock'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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All your thoughts & comments are appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

'Swallow Sky-Swan Lake'

'Swallow Sky-Swan Lake'
oil on wood panel
6 x 8
A quick one this morning hoping to see some 

Swallows and sure enough flying high 

working the sky above Swan Lake 

(probably Tree Swallows).

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"Once again the Swallows came
Riding on springs warming winds
With them in their joyous flight
My spirits rise into the light"
-Jeffrey J. Boron-

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Your thoughts & comments would be appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Morning at Island Cove'

Wonderful morning painting yesterday. The Fawn lillies were

 out along the trails along with a few Wild Onions and Camas.

 A nuthatch was busy excavating a nesting cavity

 just a few feet away from my painting spot.

Otters and seals were feeding just below me 

along with geese, swans and diving ducks. 

Just as I was getting near the finish 

the fog rolled in, 

very thickly...

 

 'Morning at Island Cove'
oil on wood panel
11 x 14

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Your thoughts & comments would be appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Morning Clouds Royal Roads'

I painted this the other day out on the

Coburg Peninsula. It was a pretty cool

morning after the many milder ones we've

been enjoying lately.

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'Morning Clouds Royal Roads'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

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Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

'Waiting for the Swallows'

Here on the southern tip of Vancouver Island

we are experiencing one the strangest 

winters. Spring is here like it was

 late March already. However this

weather pattern is heading us toward a

severe wild fire season this year.

But for right now painting on a lovely

morning in this local marsh was

way past splendid!!

Mallards, Green-wings and Canada's were

working the shallow bog pools

like they meant it.

The sun felt good, real good...

=8-})

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'Waiting for the Swallows'

oil on wood panel

9 x 12

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Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Lisa Jane'

1955 - 2015

The mysterious universe that we are born into

never gives up her secrets easily.

There are of course certain truths that

reveal themselves to those who care to see.

Our time here is but a tear drop

in the Great Salish Sea.

Some are born with challenges that make

the understanding of fair 

impossible to comprehend.

They go through life swimming against

unrelenting tides, defying the odds.

They are stars that shine in our lives that

no cloud can obscure.

When they 'walk on' another bright star will

shine down on the earth and

the mystery will continue unabated.

"To love and be loved in return"

as Nat sang, is a marvelous truth.

All things of course are relative as they say.

Still there seems no greater pursuit than

those things that can go with us when

 our time to walk on is here.

It is the things we share 

in our heart, mind and soul

with those we love and touch with 

thoughtfulness, kindness and acceptance

that will travel with us on the next journey.

They are the riches we leave behind to

soothe the grief of those who care.

Another truth, is at times in life words just

don't seem to be enough.

But in life it is the trying and the caring

that really seem to matter...

I believe my sister truly understood this

and it was one of the many things

that made her so easy to love.

Love you sis, shine on.

November Lowlands

This was painted last November just as the last

of the colour was about to be blown free 

by the fall winds.

One of the many wonderful things about 

painting plein air is how immediately you

find yourself standing in the spot you painted, 

the moment you look at your painting. 

No matter how long ago that might be...

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'November Lowlands'

oil on wood panel

8 x 10

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Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

'Winter Sun Scia'new'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10

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A beautiful morning in the ancient lands 

of Scia'new (''the place of the big fish,") today...

The Scia'new First Nations trace their ancestry 

to people who spoke four different languages. 

The community recognizes all four languages 

although they are not all currently spoken. 

The predominant language is now Hul’q’umi’num

It is for me the the most preciously beautiful

of all the areas in the south Island.

I have spent many hours and days

salmon fishing in these waters,

but it will never be as

often as I wished...

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Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

This past November we had some very high

tides during the day. When combined with

some gusty winds and partially clearing

skies provided some amazing

reference shots for some

sheltered studio work...

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'High Tide South Westerlies'

oil on canvas

24 x 36

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Your thoughts & comments always valued!

Jeffrey
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Wishing you all peace, love & happiness
and a wonderful, artful New Year.
Sincerely, Jeffrey
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'NIGHT WISHES'
When you look way up at the stars
Shining on a winters night
The brightest ones always are
Those that have been wished on
That's why they burn so bright
So when you gaze up at the stars
Maybe even tonight
Remember the brightest that you see
May be because of you or me
-Jeffrey J. Boron-