'Home By Moonrise'

Pushing at my boundaries a little with this one.

From an amalgamation of memory, imagination, 

photo references and desire.

Once in awhile they all come together long enough 

to utilize their influence in a creative way.

Often difficult to harness them all at one

time in a consistent way.

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Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Stormy Afternoon'

It has an endless fascination, big surf roaring in

to meet the hard crust of rocky coast.

The flashes of sparkling light and

prisms of colour thrill our senses in

a show of natures power that has held us in

awe since the old ones walked these shores.

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Oil on canvas 20 x 30.

Thoughts & comments always welcomed.
Jeffrey

'Sun & Snow'

More snow with this piece, partially inspired

by a small painting done several years ago.

The multitudes of colour shades with snow

is seemingly endless and of great

intrigue for me as I try to capture 

more variations of it.

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Oil on canvas
 20 x 24
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Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

'South Island Light'

'South Island Light'
oil on canvas 
30 x 40

'I would like to wish you a Happy Solstice with a hope that at this time, as the rhythms of the natural world align themselves to the return of the light, that we all take some time to reflect.

Many at this time are anxious to find an answer to questions of why, how and who's fault. As it has been said many times in song and verse the answer lies within us all, not in a book or a law or a particular belief but inside our individual human souls. We all share the blame and we all have the answers. As we welcome the light think of the things you as a human being would wish to leave behind and what it is that you would welcome into our new year ahead.  We all have the human qualities to love and hate. We all have the right to seek and achieve happiness. These are some of the things that make us human. Please try to open your heart and mind to love, peace and happiness.' 

~Jeffrey J. Boron~

A couple of quotes...

“Things do not change; we change.” 

― Henry David Thoreau

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters

compared to what lives within us.” 

-Henry David Thoreau

'Alpine Morning'

'Alpine Morning' oil 24 x 30

Wishing you all peace, love & joy

this holiday season,

and all the best for 2013.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

I would like to leave you with a poem from the

American poet Robert Frost

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

'The Rugged Coast'

Watching the incredible force of these Pacific

swells being thrown skyward by these

coastal ramparts is a thrilling

experience.

The knowledge that there are many animals

and birds that call this ecosystem home

makes you aware just how tenuous  

 our hold is to mother earth.

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Oil on canvas 22 x 28

Thoughts & comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Winter On The Beach'

On a winters day such as this,

paradise seems so very close at hand...

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'Winter on the Beach'
oil on wood panel 
8 x 10.

Thoughts & comments are always encouraged.

Jeffrey

'Follow The Leader'

On a day when the whole universe is nothing

more or less, than warm sand, cool water
 and sunny skies that will last forever,

and we...

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

'Winter Memory'

Funny thing about memories, how something

from your past can become anothers' memory

but for an entirely different reason,

 even though the making of the new 

memory is because of the original one.

Yeah I know...but its true.

=8-/

I delivered this piece to a new and happy collector

earlier this week. Now, this memory is my memory

and I just passed it on to you.

(I think????)

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Oil on canvas 22 x 28.

SOLD

Your thoughts and comments would, I'm sure, be helpful.

Jeffrey

'Samhain Tapestry'

"May the energies be reversed:

From darkness, light!

From bane, good!

From death, birth!"

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 'Samhain Tapestry'
oil on wood panel 
8 x 10.

Your thoughts & comments greatly appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Morning Ferry'

On a morning such as this it is hard to imagine

the forces that have shaped these island

warriors. The beauty and peacefulness of the

Salish Sea when the morning overcast

mutes the brilliant colour of the sunrise and

softens the sounds of stillness, it can be deceptive.

But for right now standing there on these

volcanic remnants we whisper so we will hear

the chatter of the Oyster Catchers when they rise 

off the Gillinghams and the Kingfisher

when it declares its marine territory

before diving into the sea

for its prey...

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Oil on canvas 
20 x 30.

Your thoughts & comments are always encouraged.

Jeffrey

'Highrock Colour'

I painted on Sunday evening in one of my

favourite local spots and fall is in full

glory there right now. 

I continue to find inspiration in this little park 

that is only a very short distance

from my studio.

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

'Cottonwood & Pumpkins'

Spent a wonderful harvest time afternoon painting

in some Saanich pumpkin fields with

fellow plein air harvest artist

Linny D. Vine.

My wishes for a

warm and safe happy Thanksgiving

to you all.

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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

A Harvest Artist

'The Tangled Shore'

This is one of the paintings I did while

on a recent trip to Saltspring Island.

The Big Leaf maples were showing lots of colour.

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Oil on wood panel 10 x 8.

Your added thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

'September Morning-Gillingham Islands'

Not for the first time, I must say that painting

here on the south end of Vancouver Island 

in the wonderful September light

is one of my most treasured 

times of the year.

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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments would be appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Summer Breeze'

This piece was sort of a study done for 

another larger piece and may

continue to be the focus

for still another

painting.

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Your thoughts & comments are appreciated.

Jeffrey

AGGV House Tour 2012

Last Sunday I had the honour of being one of the six

Victoria area artists to be featured in the

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's

"HOUSE TOUR 2012"

This popular annual event has been organized by the

'GALLERY ASSOCIATES' 

since 1953!!!!!!

Special thanks to them, AGGV volunteers (there were many)

the corporate sponsors and all the many hundreds 

of ticket buying visitors and of course

the six home owners that opened their homes

for the event.

I was placed at the wonderful waterfront home on

Gonzales Bay...wow! I have uploaded a few photo's

of my day...

I started out with warm sun at my back lighting

up my subject. That soon changed (several times).

done, cleaned up and ready to pack up...

'Gonzales Shore'

oil on wood panel

12  x 16

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Your thoughts & Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Coastal Beauty'

As I sit here languishing in late summer bliss,

here on the south Island we are enjoying some of the

best weather of the year, I feel somewhat of a

grasshopper whiling away the days as 

the cool wet months approach. 

The beauty of the west coast  is never ending

for me. The sensuous grace of the Arbutus trees,

there fox red bark splitting in the August heat.

The newly exposed, smooth, pale green of the new bark 

compels my caress. 

Often situated in the most gravity defying locations their
ancient beauty is mesmerizing. 
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 'Coastal Beauty'
Oil on canvas
 24 x 24.
Your thoughts & comments are appreciated.
Jeffrey

'Tidal Treasures'

There is nothing that provokes the animation

of the human spirit and imagination like

hot sun, warm sand and a really low tide...

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 10.

Your thoughts & comments would be appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Summer Heat'

A painting done one hot morning back in July,

on the trail above Swan Lake.

These Weeping willows caught my eye. 

They hide and shade a magical pool 

on a creek that feeds the lake.

 Their drooping, sunlit, frond like 

branches had my hand moving as if 

painting before I even set up.

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 10.

Your comments are always welcomed & valued.

Jeffrey