'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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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)

Mount Doug Clouds

Several weeks ago I was able to photograph some

spectacular cloud formations from the top of Mount

Tolmie. These clouds where the type we seldom

see here in Victoria. They are the sort I have seen

painted of the skies in places such as New Mexico.

Huge towering formations rolling across the sky

changing rapidly as they past. When I got back to

the studio I was able to take more photo's of them

now filled with colours from the sun setting behind me.

From these photo's I hope to do a large series of

paintings, this being the first.

Oil on board 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $150 CAN,

plus the cost of mailing.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

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Below is a photo I took from my studio

that evening!

Passing Storm

This painting was worked up from a small one that I

painted several months ago. One of Victoria's

important light stations it sits about three miles to the

north of Victoria's inner harbour. Trial Island light has

been guarding the approach to both Oak Bay and

Victoria for many years and has been instrumental

to navigation and saving the lives of many mariners

in the often rough seas it surveys.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your comments are always a pleasure.

Jeffrey

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this painting. jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"Write the bad things that are done to you in the sand,

but write the good things that happen to you

on a piece of marble."

(Arabian wisdom)

Winter Morning-Beacon Hill

Another example of Victoria's historic

Beacon Hill parks garry oak ecosystem under a

blanket of snow. This area was once a major food

gathering area for the first peoples of our

region. It is a wonderful thing that it has been saved

from further development for all to enjoy.

When ever I walk among these trees I can't

help but imagine what it must have looked like

here before contact and all that followed.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $220 CAN,

plus the cost of shipping.

Please email me to arrange your purchase using PayPal.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Winter Trail

The transformation that a blanket of snow

makes on the landscape is really quite

phenomenal. It is a joy to paint and

something I look forward to every year.

This years heavy snow is quite a treat

as we don't always get snow

here in Victoria.

Oil on canvas 24 x 20.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Among the Oaks

I always get a feeling of gentleness and calm when

walking in a Garry oak meadow.

This painting depicts what was once a common part of

Victoria's ecosystem. In spring among the oaks are carpets of Camas Lily

and in some areas Shooting Stars. Those remnant

pieces of meadow that remain hold a special magic and their

spirit can still be felt when you walk there.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"The best and most beautiful things in the

world cannot be seen or even touched.

They must be felt with the heart."

(Helen Keller)

Top of the Rock

Just finished this one from a photo taken while out

plein air painting on Friday.

I loved the drama of the two isolated trees

backdropped by the hudge clouds

rising up behind them.

Oil on canvas 8 x 6.

Jeffrey

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"Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only

element in a landscape that possesses free movement."

(John F. Carlson)

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Me plein airing.