'Summer On The Sooke'

A very popular swimming and hiking area here on

the south coast it is also a critical salmon

spawning river.

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Oil on canvas 22 x 28

Your thoughts & comments  are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'Top of the Falls'

A smaller version of an earlier piece, this scene is at

the top or start of Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River.

The end of the fish ladder is just to the left of the

viewer where salmon and steelhead make their way

to the upper reaches of this spawning river.

I was so taken with this scene that I wanted to do

another one but this time smaller and on a different

support. As well many things have been altered to fit

the different format. (I have left the header image

that is at the top of my blog for comparison.)

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

As always your thoughts & comments are

always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'October Waterfall'

Some of you may recognize this from an earlier

piece I painted back in November.

The much larger format allowed me to put

quite a bit more in this one.

I stayed with the low light levels that were

present when the reference photos for

this piece were taken.

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Oil on wood panel 24 x 18.

Your thoughts & comments are valued!

Jeffrey

Gorge Light

This is a view from a footbridge over the

upper end of the Gorge. The water is mostly

brackish at this point. Restoration work on

the salmon run here has been on going for

some time and has had some success.

I found this to be a fairly complex subject for

a small format. Part of the water is in

full light and has cast shadows across its

surface with the bottom colour showing, the other

area of water has a reflection

of the far shore. The high contrast values of the

trees in the shoreline added yet another

challenge, perhaps to much... =;-))

I hope to do a larger version

of this soon.
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'Gorge Light'
oil on board 
8 x 6.
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Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey