'Autumn - Esquimalt Lagoon'(cutthroat trout, plein air, Canadian west coast Impressionism)

On Friday morning our group of plein air painters

concentrated their efforts near the mouth of the Esquimalt

Lagoon. It is a beautiful spot with the beach contours

changing with the tide. The area is a significant bird refuge

here on southern Vancouver Island as well, a small stream

that feeds into the upper end of the lagoon is used by

sea-run cutthroat trout for spawning.

This is a special time up here in the Great White North,

we celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend.

So Happy Thanksgiving!

Oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your comments and thoughts are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

October Pumpkins

 
We had a beautiful October day for painting

en plein air on Friday and many of the pumpkin

fields where still unharvested. Here in Canada

we celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend and it

was grand to be able to spend part of it in

such abundance of sunlight and colour.

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Oil on board 
10 x 8.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"I would like to paint the way a bird sings"

(Claude Monet)