'First Light on the Salish Sea'

Last Friday morning I painted with a group of outsiders

at the historic Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Light.

It was a glorious morning and I was there quite early.

There is, as I have mentioned in past postings, much

history at this site. This was the very first light station on

Canada's west coast and is situated at the entrance

to Esquimalt Harbour and the Naval Station.

Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

Esquimalt Harbour

 
Not far from my studio this scene is 
one that I have been

wanting to paint for sometime now.

Finally everything came together today
 (including a lovely cloud display) and this

plein air effort is the result. It was a

lovely afternoon and as I painted 
this piece I wondered what it must have 
been like when for the first time large wooden
sailing ships entered this natural harbour 
and those souls aboard took it all in.

There will be a larger painting 
of this in the

very near future.
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Oil on canvas
 6 x 8.
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Comments are always welcomed and appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"Every day I discover more and more beautiful things.

Its enough to drive one mad.

I have such a desire to do everything,

my head is bursting with it."

(Claude Monet)