Winter Wetland

This piece was painted plein air yesterday and

once again it was foggy along with very cool

temperatures. Our group of "outsiders" met at the

Viaduct Flats wetland a lovely spot just

outside of Victoria. This wetland area is a

wintering area for a large group of

Trumpeter swans that kept up a fantastic serenade

with their soft bugling/honking vocalizations.

Bird watching while painting outside, how great is that!

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always enjoyed!

Jeffrey

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Highrock Moss

We have been having "Inversion Layer" weather

here in Victoria that leaves us mostly in the fog until

afternoon if were lucky. I ran out yesterday afternoon

when it broke up, to that little park I've been painting.

There are amazing rock formations on the hill there,

all smoothed by glacial activity and large areas

covered in lovely moss which is featured in this

plein air piece. This is painting #9 from this

park, only 91 to go!

=;-))

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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The Fisherman

My youngest son in happier times, close to

twenty years ago now. Always ready to fish

then and now. Painting from old photos

always opens up so many memories.

Tough sometimes not to get lost in them.
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'The Fisherman'

Oil on canvas 8 x 6
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Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"Live each season as it passes;

breathe the air,

drink the drink,

taste the fruit,

and resign yourself to the influences of each."

(Henry David Thoreau)

Mute Swan **SOLD**

Although Mute swans have been introduced to

North America as park swans, our area has a

few that fly around as if wild. About

10 years ago we lived on a boat in West Bay Marina

across the harbour from Victoria. We were enjoying

a lazy afternoon on the dock when this grand

bird flew in and landed in the bay not far from the boat.

These birds are of course accustomed to being

fed by humans and so seeing us it wasn't long

till it was in camera range looking for

a possible handout.

They are incredibly beautiful birds.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Jeffrey

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"Recall it as often as you wish -

a happy memory never wears out."

(Libbie Fudim)

SOLD

to a collector in Victoria, BC, Canada

September Fields

This is part of a group of hay fields that I have painted
before though at different times of day and season.
The rolling contours are what I find the most intriguing.

Oil on board 6 x 6.
Comments welcomed.
Jeffrey
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Carvin'

This was painted from a photo of my oldest son

doing what makes his heart the happiest!

Here in southern BC we are experiencing one of

the worst years ever for avalanche danger

with no end in sight!

So for all you boarders out there listen up...

Be cool...not no fool

get down...stay in bounds.

It really is very bad out there right now.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Your comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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Cowichan Light

This is a larger version of a 6 x 6 I did several

months ago. It is my hope to use many of the

small ones I have been doing and work them up into

larger pieces as I journey on.

This is a view point scene on a trail at Cowichan Lake

on Vancouver Island. The water there takes on incredible

colours through day as the light changes.

Oil on canvas 24 x 24.

Comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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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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Close To Me

Oh, oh...a self portrait...yikes.
Being primarily a landscape painter this was
quite a challenge, but it was a lot of fun.
No my teeth don't really look like that!
A joke I have often shared with another artist goes,
that your not a real painter until you have
done painting of a cow, a crow, a pear and a
self portrait, I guess I'm getting there.

Oil on board 6 x 6.
Comments always appreciated!
Jeffrey
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This painting is not for sale.
=;-))

'October Shadows' **SOLD**

This painting was done from a photo

I took last fall while painting in a small park

close to my studio (my 100 paintings park).

From the top of the summit to the left in

the painting there is an almost 360 degree view.

For its size this park has an incredible

amount of painting possibilities

which I hope to take advantage of

over the course of 2009.

Oil on canvas 14 x 18.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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SOLD

jjboronart@shaw.ca

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"Most of the important things in the world

have been accomplished by people

who have kept on trying when

there seemed to be

no hope at all."

(Dale Carnegie)

'Winter Willows' **SOLD**

Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary is a natural bog wetland

here in Victoria. It is an extremely important area

to many species of birds, most prominently, waterfowl.

However many other types of birds use the

thick stands of native willows and rushes

for nesting and shelter.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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SOLD

Studio View

Although this is quite representative of

the view I have from my studio I had to

make adjustments to make it work in this

small format. The point actually appears

much larger in scale in real life.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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I would like to draw your attention to

a new blogger site.

Linny D. Vine

who's wonderful dreamscapes of

Victoria and south Vancouver Island are

a treat for the eyes as well as imagination!

Winter Oak

Bright afternoon sunlight on a snowy oak meadow

is always a dazzling sight. The subtle shades

of colour seem so much more vivid. It

is sometimes difficult to keep ones

palette under control.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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Waterfront Property

Bit of a change of pace for me and one I really

enjoyed. I think I will start doing this

sort of thing more often.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"There they were in abundance, at my feet...

so small and unassuming and yet

on closer examination so

breathtakingly beautiful...

and all for the asking."

(Helen Lucas)

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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'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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SOLD

jjboronart@shaw.ca

Winter Apples

Right now in Victoria we are experiencing some

pretty extreme winter weather for our area.

Apples that are still left on the tree provide a very

important food source for many species of birds during

these nasty weather events.

This piece was painted from a photo I took after a

heavy November snowfall in 2006.

Oil on canvas 16 x 16.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Spring Afternoon-Thetis Island

This piece was painted in the studio from a

photo I took while on a trip to Thetis Island

several years ago. We were there during

the spring minus tides depicted in this painting.

A time in which the mystery of the

shoreline is briefly revealed.

Oil on canvas 24 x 24.

Your comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you

it's going to be a butterfly."

(Buckminster Fuller)

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High Rock Oak

I painted this piece last week on a crisp clear morning

up on Highrock Park. I was there with three

other artists who are plein air enthusiasts.

It is always amazing to see what everyone comes

up with after a couple hours of painting.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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the Round House

Like small isolated railways everywhere,

Vancouver Islands E & N has seen better days.

Reduced now to one dayliner service a day there

has been a movement to upgrade the line and

run commuter rail service. I wanted to get this

painting done and plan a few more as much of this

site is slated for redevelopment in the near future.

The weather held for a few hours today while I

completed this painting en plein air.

BTW there really wasn't any snow =;-))

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

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December Morning-Beacon Hill

On Friday a group of outsiders were greeted with a

wonderful show of colour on what would have been a fairly

bleak December morning. Bands of orange and pink low over

the Olympic Mountains attracted the interest of many in

our small band of hardy plein air painters.

Victoria's historic Beacon Hill Park provides

plein air enthusiasts with an endless variety

of painting opportunities year round.

Oil on board 11 x 14.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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I would like to draw every ones attention to

a new addition to my artists link list.

Artist KEN FAULKS a Victoria, BC

plein air specialist.

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Changing Weather

A friend and I painted at Cattle Point yesterday,

gambling with the weather. Thankfully the rain

held off and the skies began to clear

just as we were finishing up.

Our native willows are one of the last trees to

lose their leaves and many are still showing

that lovely yellow orange.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

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December Afternoon-Plumper Bay

A warm sunny afternoon in December and the time to

get out and paint...how great is that. The temperature

hit 13C which is about 60F...niiiice!

The rapidly moving clouds presented quite a

challenge and by the time an hour had gone by large

looming dark clouds had moved in and

it was time to skedaddle!

This is another view of part of Esquimalt Harbour.

Oil on board 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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Clear Breaks

Clear breaks come in many forms, on this day they

were quite small and limited. Overcast and threatening

one minute and breaks of sun in the next. It was the

showers that made it tough! This is another one

from Highrock Park. (my 100 paintings park)

A friend and I painted here last Thurs.

Most of this piece was done out there

some fine tuning was done in here.

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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Misty Sundown

This is another in a series of paintings I am doing

of a small park that is quite close to my studio.

I mentioned to an artist friend of mine, KEN FAULKS

when we were plein air painting there a couple of days

ago, that I thought there where at least a hundred

paintings in this little park just waiting to be painted.

He is an exceptionally accomplished plein air painter.

Click on his name to get to his website.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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November Marsh

It was quite cool for plein air painting this morning

but I'm glad I made it out. The Panama Flats is

a wetland on the outskirts of Victoria. It is a lovely

birding area, that right now is full of waterfowl.

A small flock of swans landed while I was there

painting. I was also fortunate to spot an

Eurasian Wigeon in amongst the many other dabblers.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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Golden Fields

Tried to capture that brief moment of chroma spectacular

near the finale of one of those fall sunsets.

It is incredible to experience that

amazing colour saturation.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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Yikes I've been tagged!

For those of you who are unaware of Blog Tagging

I will direct you to Melinda's blog. This wonderful

Tucson, Arizona artist is as inspiring as she is

dedicated to her art and inspiring others.

She is also my tagger.

Now there is a number of responsibilities involved

with getting Tagged.

More to come...stay tuned.

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Storm Over the Malahat

We have moved into our more normal weather

patterns for this time of year. This plein air piece,

done today, reflects that. All day long the gale warnings

were up and the skies where very threatening...like

weather every where, we are still awaiting the

winds and rain forecasted.

Oil on board 6 x 8.

Your comments are always welcome.

Jeffrey

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Sunset Fields

Natures infinite variety of colour and light has always

intrigued me. The way they play on the landscape

is what drives me to paint.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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"Art demands constant observation."

(Vincent van Gogh)

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Autumn Light

I painted this from a photograph I took while out painting
a couple of weeks ago. Another of the remnant pockets
of Garry Oak meadow here on the South Island. This one is
a wonderful little park in Esquimalt. I plan to do many
more paintings in this amazing little spot.
Oil on board 6 x 8.
Comments always welcomed.
Jeffrey

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November Morning

I always find low light levels, cool and damp conditions

very challenging when painting outdoors. It is

something that I want to improve on and become more

confident in. Living on the west coast certainly

affords ample opportunities for practice!

Oil on board 8 x 10.

Your comments are welcome.

Jeffrey

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Autumn Shadows *SOLD*

Trying to hold on to that beautiful fall a little longer.

I took the reference photo for this piece in late

September this year.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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This painting is SOLD to a collector

in Nanaimo, BC.

Saltspring Fields *SOLD*

I painted this piece using a plein air painting

that I did this spring as a reference. It was a surprise

how, while painting this piece, I was taken right back

to that lovely day in late May of this year. The sky

seemed full of swallows darting after flying insects,

dozens of Turkey vultures swooping low over the hay fields

and landing as they hunted for newly exposed food.

The sweet smell of fresh cut hay.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is SOLD to a collector

in Vancouver BC.

Ski Country Sunset

This one was painted from a photo taken in the Whistler

area. My oldest son lives there and snowboards

every minute he can. He will be watching the

snowline very closely right now!

Wishing all you boarders some snow clouds.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Your comments are always welcome.

Jeffrey

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Autumn Sky *SOLD*

My fascination with clouds continues with this

evening scene in early fall. These hay fields

provide me with endless inspiration.

I hope they will always be like this.

Oil on canvas 6 x 8.

Comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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This painting is SOLD to a collector

in Vancouver BC.