'October Surf'

Early morning in late October

on Chesterman Beach near Tofino is

such an amazing experince when the tide is rising

and making spectacular surf.

This piece was painted using reference

photos taken while on a plein air 

adventure a couple of years ago...

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'October Surf'

oil on wood panel

9 x 12

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Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'West Coast Magic'

Another version of this scene of a late October
memory from a west coast painting 
adventure several years ago. I seem

to want to try it again and again...

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Oil on canvas 30 x 40.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'South Chesterman Sunrise'

Sometimes a scene so endears its self to you

that once is not enough. This is my 

third attempt at this scene ...

(Is he done with it yet?  You might ask ) 

=:- /

Perhaps, maybe, but, what if...?

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are sought...

Jeffrey

'Early Morning Frank Island'

An early morning walk on Chesterman Beach with big surf,

what a sight. The many surfers on this October morning

commonly exclaimed "Oh sweet" as they ran toward

the in-coming breakers launching themselves

and their boards into the water.

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Oil on canvas 30 x 48.

Your further thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

'Chesterman Surf'

It has been awhile since my last post due to 

technical difficulties %&$!!! 

=:-0

It seems I had to upload Google Chrome?

Who'da thunkit...

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Beautiful Pacific surf on an early morning

beach stroll...talk about a 

different universe!

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

I'm baaaaaaack!

Comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Morning Surf'

Unlike my previous post this painting features a more

subtle, later morning sky but of course it's all

about the curling surf here.

Walking out on the sand as far as you dare

without getting your feet wet is

an exhilarating adventure.

However as I stood there marvelling at the

sound of those waves and feeling the pulse of the

sea, I felt somewhat lame as hardy, wet suit clad

surfers ran past me and hurled themselves and their

boards into the crashing surf.

Trying to catch, what I was assured were

very "SWEET" waves...

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Oil on canvas 18 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Chesterman Sunrise'

Oil on canvas 30 x 48

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Well it looks like Victoria, like many other areas, will have

a 'green' Christmas this year (not unusual for my neck

of the woods). So I thought I would post a real West Coast

scene for this years Christmas post.

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Thanks everyone for all your support and encouragement

throughout this year. It would really have

been tough without it.

Wishing you all love, peace & joy.

It's all we really need...

Jeffrey

'October Sunrise-Cox Bay'

This is one of the paintings from a recent painting

adventure to Tofino on Vancouver Islands west coast,

and the wild open Pacific. It is incredibly exhilarating

to stand on strip of tidal beach that separates one bay

from another and watch and listen to the big surf

rolling and crashing in front and behind you and keeping

a close eye on the tide as it rises around you.

By the time I finished it was only 20 feet away

from me and my easel.

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey