The Fisherman

My youngest son in happier times, close to

twenty years ago now. Always ready to fish

then and now. Painting from old photos

always opens up so many memories.

Tough sometimes not to get lost in them.
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'The Fisherman'

Oil on canvas 8 x 6
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Your comments are 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)

the Horse Barn

The classic red barn always seems to work in a painting.

This piece was done en plein air yesterday

in a wonderful spot not far from my home in Esquimalt.

It is a beautiful time of year with the new grass

and leaves in all those wonderful greens.

I plan to go back soon, as there are many

different views for more paintings

all from the same general location.

Although this piece is a bit dark I really liked the way

all the colours worked together.

Oil on canvas 11 x 14.

Your comments are always welcomed and appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"I associate my 'careless boyhood' with all that lies on the banks

of the the Stour. Those scenes made me a painter and I am

grateful - that is, I had often thought of pictures

of them before ever I touched a pencil."

(John Constable)

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This painting is available for purchase.

Please send me an email for more details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Highlands Pasture

This plein air study was done near Francis-King Park

not far from Victoria. It is an old rural agricultural area

that is hard pressed to keep development at bay.

In fact heavy machinery was hard at work across the fields

in this painting. I tried hard to be quick and simple

in this piece, with the emphasis on composition,

brush strokes and of course clouds.

I kept my palette limited as well.

Oil on canvas 8 x 10.

Your comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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"At first glance simplicity can be deceiving"

(Milos Vajasinovic)

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This painting is available for $250 CDN plus

shipping and handling.

Email me for more details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Morning Mist

Morning sun streaming through a heavy mist makes

visual alterations to the landscape around us.

Adding dimension here and taking away there until

it sometimes feels as though we have been

transported to a different place.

Sounds are also affected, at times more intense

and muffled at others. Different hues of colour

emerge to intensify the changes to the landscape.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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And light has no weight,

Yet one is lifted on its flood,

Swept high,

Running up white-golden light shafts,

As if one were as weightless as light itself,

All gold and white and light.

(Lawren Harris)

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This painting can be purchased for $135 CDN,

plus shipping and handling.

Email me for details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Cattle Point Camas

Our plein aire gang was out to Cattle Point this morning,

the camas lily's are in bloom as are other wildflowers.

I had my heart set on a lovely warm sunny day and

didn't allow the reality of clouds and

light showers to change that.

It is a wonderful spot for painting

and I will return for another go soon!

Oil on canvas 8 x 10.

Your comments are always welcome!

Jeffrey

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"Reality can be beaten with enough imagination"

(Anonymous)

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This painting can be purchased for $250 CDN,

plus shipping and handling.

Email me for further details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Work Point Oak

I was out with our group of "Outsiders" again

yesterday, plein aire painters that is.

The weather cooperated wonderfully and some grand

paintings were produced.

We painted at Work Point again as it is such a beautiful

spot and last weeks weather was somewhat

challenging. I think there is still some sleet

embedded in my canvas. =;-))

Oil on canvas 10 x 8.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"A landscape clean and crisp in form and colour,

rich in inspiration is all that an artist

could wish for, begging to be used

and full of inherent possibilities..."

(Frank Carmichael)

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This painting can be purchased for $250 CDN

plus shipping and handling.

Please email me for details.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Maple Flowers (SOLD)

One of the most exotic features of spring in the

south west corner of British Columbia are the

flowers of our native Big Leaf maples.

When lit by the spring sun, their beautiful

yellow green flowers and the new unfurling leaves,

make a striking sight against the dark greens

of the surrounding forest.

These tasty edibles were an important addition

to the spring time diets of our first peoples.

Oil on canvas 6 x 6.

Your comments are always welcomed

and appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"You are not copying nature,

but responding to nature in full awareness,

to the way nature expresses herself in that object"

(Fredrick Franks)

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SOLD

Spring on the Gorge (SOLD)

Spring always brings signs of renewal that we have yearned

for during the darker months of the year.

The annual herring run up the Gorge is one of those.

Not far from the scene in this painting, anglers will be doing

their best to fill their buckets with

the shiny silver bait fish that will make their annual

spawning run here. The fisherman compete with gulls,

cormorants, seals and others.

Sadly, the numbers of herring are somewhat diminished now.

Herring are among the primary foundations of our

entire marine ecosystem.

Oil on canvas 8 x 10.

Your comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Nature is what we know

Yet have not art to say

So important our wisdom is

To her simplicity

(Emily Dickinson)

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SOLD

Stone Beach-Saturna *SOLD*

It is exciting to be in the coastal environment during

the low lows. That time of "below minimum" tides.

The sea recedes baring parts of the foreshore

that can only be imagined during normal tides.

Our perspective can be altered

because of the changed sight lines with

the unusual exposure of broad expanses of shoreline.

This painting depicts one such time in late May

near Russell Park on Saturna Island.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished."

(Robert Browning)

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(SOLD)

Among the Oaks

I always get a feeling of gentleness and calm when

walking in a Garry oak meadow.

This painting depicts what was once a common part of

Victoria's ecosystem. In spring among the oaks are carpets of Camas Lily

and in some areas Shooting Stars. Those remnant

pieces of meadow that remain hold a special magic and their

spirit can still be felt when you walk there.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"The best and most beautiful things in the

world cannot be seen or even touched.

They must be felt with the heart."

(Helen Keller)

Reflection

Hello everyone.

This painting was inspired by a small one I did several

weeks ago. I think it deserved a larger format.

I have also used the title from the earlier piece

as I love the ambiguity of it.

Oil on canvas 24 x 24.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim...The

details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us

only the spirit and the splendour."

(Ralph Waldo Emmerson)

Frequent Flyer **SOLD**

My eldest son in the heights, doing what

he lives for, flying high through the

cold mountain air.

Oil on canvas 8 x 6 done from a photo yesterday.

Jeffrey

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"Feet what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"

(Fredia Kahlo)

*SOLD*

Rising Wind-Cave Island

A familiar scene out of the Swartz Bay ferry terminal,

this tiny island always intrigues me.

Here the winds are rising and blowing clear

the rain laden clouds with the promise of a sunny afternoon.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always welcome.

Jeffrey

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"Each painting should be a surprise journey

with an unexpected ending"

(Robert E. Wood)

'Forest Path' **SOLD**

No matter how often you might hike a favourite

trail they always seem to bring a visual joy.

The way the light filters in through the trees, changing

with the seasons and time of day. The sights

and smells of a hike through the woods is like

a tonic for the soul.

I did this one last fall, acrylic on canvas 8 x 8.

Comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"As the woods are the same, the trees standing in their places,

the rocks and the earth... they are always different too,

as light and shadows and seasons and moods

pass through them."

(Emily Carr)

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SOLD

Lupins & Poppies

There is something special about wildflowers.

The way they grow wild and free, often in surprising places.

I really enjoy painting wildflowers as the main

subject in a landscape.

This one is an oil on canvas 20 x 16.

Jeffrey

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"One of the main reasons I paint is because I think

nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings

down on canvas, if possible."

(E J Hughes)

Heritage Apple

Just for fun, and because my new painting isn't

photographed yet, I decided to reach back

into the "VAULT".

This is a watercolour I did seveal years ago

and gave to my brother on the

occasion of his 50th birthday.

It was done on stretched Arches 180# rough paper.

There were many scenes like this in the area where I grew up.

( This was done from my memory/imagination.)

(NFS)

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"Another belief of mine: that everyone my age is an adult, where as I am merely in disguise."

(Margaret Atwood)

Top of the Rock

Just finished this one from a photo taken while out

plein air painting on Friday.

I loved the drama of the two isolated trees

backdropped by the hudge clouds

rising up behind them.

Oil on canvas 8 x 6.

Jeffrey

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"Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only

element in a landscape that possesses free movement."

(John F. Carlson)

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Me plein airing.