'Winter Gale'

*Happy New Year Everyone!*

I painted this piece from the protection of the

cab of my truck yesterday, using my homemade

lap box that I put together with this in mind.

 It was blowin' 35 kmh gusting to 50

and the wind surfers were in their glory!

Rain squalls, then sunshine with rainbows then

back again all within minutes so paint fast

boyo! It was cold in the truck and the gust

buffeting my rolling studio made a steady hand

an illusion at best.

If this truck is rockin' don't... =:-/

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

V V V

The view from my studio window this morning.

More weather on the way...

'First Snow'

The delight of late afternoon sunlight on

the first snowfall of the season.

It is truly a wonderful world

and oh so very precious.

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Oil on canvas 24 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

'Highrock Rhythms'

'Highrock Rhythms' oil on canvas 30 x 40

This painting was inspired by an earlier plein air piece

that was sold a couple of years ago. I enlarged the

format and changed the season among other things.

I have included an image of the original below

for comparison. Naturally the huge size deferential

may be hard to imagine in this posting.

(9 x 12 up to a 30 x 40) 

'August Sky - Highrock' oil on wood panel 9 x 12

Not sure if the transition worked but I think

I'm happy with it so far...

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Your thoughts & comments would be valued!

Jeffrey
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I would like to draw your attention to an new
artist on my artist link list.
Caroline Simmill from the wilds of the
Scottish moorlands. Amazing atmospheric landscapes.

'Golden November'

About two years ago I painted a plein air piece that

I used as reference to paint this one.

I have always been enthralled with the drama of

a sunlight landscape against a dark sky.

Perhaps a series is in the offing...

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'October Surprise'

Though they can be challenging to deal with sometimes,

those surprise snowfalls that happen in October or

early November can be such a visual treat.

I find it a very stimulating subject to

paint because generally so much

of the work is purely imagination

based on natures reality.

A good test for your

'seeing' senses.

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Oil on wood panel 5 x 7.

Your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

'Clearing Skies-Incinerator Rock'

Another one from my west coast plein air

adventure, this one at Long Beach and the amazing

geological marvel Incinerator Rock.

It stands like a bulwark against the never ending

surf that rolls and crashes onto this spectacular

edge of Canada. They break against this rock behemoth

with incredible displays of natures force.

One feels much in awe and small in the

presence of such grandeur.

I'm not convinced that a mere 9 x 12 panel

has done it justice...

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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

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

'Spring Morning'

This is a painting from last April that was done on

a cool and breezy morning at the

entrance to Esquimalt Lagoon.

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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Thoughts & comments always appreciated.



'On The Way To Ganges'

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

This painting was developed from a small 6 x 8 painting

done plein air several years ago on a trip to Salt Spring Island.

There are those who say "go big or go home",

I'm still on the road to Ganges...

=:-/

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Oil on canvas 36 x 48.

Your thoughts & comments would be valued!

Jeffrey

'September Sooke River'

In a few weeks time 
this quiet spot will be transformed

into a raging, tumbling river when the big

male rains begin in earnest.

It will tax the stamina of the salmon running 

upstream to their spawning beds.

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'September Sooke River'
oil on wood panel
 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey 

'View from Hurricane Ridge'

Washington State's Olympic Peninsula and

the Olympic Mountains make up the back drop

of the southern view across the strait from

my studio. They are incredibly beautiful and I have

seen and painted them in all kinds of weather and

light conditions from many locations

 on the water, hill tops and beaches of

southern Vancouver Island.

However until recently had never seen them

up close. Artist Linny D. Vine and I made the

trip in late August this summer and arrived at the

top of Hurricane Ridge on one of the hottest days

of the year. Spectacular really doesn't cover what

awaited us. The mountain wildflowers were at

there fullness in incredibly diverse colours and sizes.

However the scent of pine and wild mountain sage that

drifted in the hot air still lingers in my soul.

Our time seem to pass so very quickly. More trips

are planned for the near future.

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Oil on wood panel 

14 x 11.

Your thoughts & comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Where Spirits Dance'

There are places we walk that alert our senses to the

 beings that first left foot prints there long before us.

 Perhaps a feeling that a presence, at times,

 can be felt when we walk in foot steps

from the long ago time...

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Oil on canvas 30 x 40.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

'Salt Spring Harvest'

One of the paintings from my recent trip to Salt Spring

Island, this heritage farm is on a quiet and secluded

back-road on the island. Painting this in September/

summer like conditions was a real treat.

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Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Lime Bay To McLoughlin Point'

This was painted several weeks ago now,

 on a chilly early morning but when the winds
were plein air friendly =;-)

From this harbour side 'Songhees Walkway' the entrance

to Victoria's harbour (just to the left) can be seen and

to the right the mouth of West Bay which holds

so many memories for me.

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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

'Morning Tide'

Early morning, a flood tide, a beach on southern

Vancouver Island. You can feel the life pulse of the

sea and all the life within her.

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Oil on canvas 36 x 48.

Your thoughts & comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Summer Visitors'

From my studio window I can see these daisy's in my neighbours

front yard every summer. Though I have said time and

time again, "I have to get out and paint those daisy's!", it

just never happened, until this summer.

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 10.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Summer Evening Light'

The light, late on an August evening has a softer tone than

July and one that brings with it a sense of fullness.

Large swaths of marsh grass swaying and shimmering

 like waves on the sea but with a warmth you can feel.

The scent of the peat bog rises on the breeze

where swallows drift and dart.

Soon twilght will envelope us and the spirits will dance...

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Thoughts & comments always greatly appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Summer Afternoon - Saanichton Bay'

Low tide on a hot and lazy summer afternoon.

Several Kingfishers were working the shallows as I painted

this piece, hovering and diving. As well many other birds

were busy along the edge of the mudflats, some

grand Blue Herons among them.

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Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

'Sparkling Water - Oak Bay'

Summer wind, breaking light, sparkling water,

add some oil paint, stir lightly in the open air,

quickly now before its gone.

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Oil on wood panel
 12 x 16.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey