'West Coast Treasures',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, McNeill Bay, plein air oil painting

The title for this piece was chosen for its ambiguity.

I painted this on a glorious afternoon last week. This spot

is on the north side of McNeil Bay on Victoria's

beautiful waterfront. A very gentle soul soothing

place the beach leads out to a rocky island that is

accessible in most tides and across a narrow channel lies

the historic Trial Island light and beyond that

the Olympic Mountains across the strait.

Due to the very fast tides that swirl through this area

loads of flotsam are strewn in drifts along the

stone pebble beach. All of these treasures in their

own right, but all together, a real

west coast beach combers bonanza!

Oil on wood panel
 14 x 11.

Comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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Please email me for information about acquiring this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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And light has no weight,

Yet one is lifted on its flood,

Swept high,

Running up white-golden light-shafts,

As if one was as weightless as light itself,

All gold and white and light.

(Lawren Harris)

Highrock Spring

Highrock on a warm and sunny spring afternoon
 is a beautiful thing. 
The Camas lily's that have a moist

spot are in full bloom now, those in 
the drier areas are already finished. 
Much of the winter mosses are

drying out leaving carpets of gold and

orange that have been green 
since early last fall.

The oaks are leafing out now.

An artist friend and I spent a couple of hours

painting there on Thursday afternoon.

It is so wonderful getting out again!

Oil on panel 
9 x 12.

Your comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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"On all of our camping and sketching trips
 we learned to explore each region 
for those particular areas where form and

character and spirit reached its summation.
We became increasingly conscious of the fact 
that the spirit of the land

must be discovered through its own character
 if there is to be any real life in its art."

(Lawren Harris...from The Story of the Group of Seven)

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Highrock Camas

'Winter Solstice' **SOLD**

I'm still on the snow paintings. Hard not to when you

wake up in a Lawren Harris painting every morning.

We will likely have a white Christmas this year on

the south end of Vancouver Island for the

first time in many years. It really is very

beautiful here right now in Victoria.

A snowy winter wonderland.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Your comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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To all my blogger friends, a special wish to

you and yours for a wonderful and safe

Christmas and all the very best in 2009!

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca