'Golden Crowned' **SOLD**

Not as common in my area as other sparrows, they

are certainly one of the most striking sparrows to see.

We generally see them during migration and in winter.

Oil on board 6 x 6.

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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If you like trees and want to support efforts to

protect and save the fragile ecosystems they live

in please click on the link below.

Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team

'Botany Bay Magic' **SOLD** Canadian west coast Impressionism, Port Renfrew BC, Botanical Beach oil painting

I painted at Botany Bay on Saturday which is part of

Botanical Beach park just outside the west coast town

of Port Renfrew. From here the open Pacific can be seen,

the entrance to the strait Juan de Fuca and Washington's

Cape Flattery. Although the day could not have been

better, with clear sunny skies and shirtsleeve temperatures

out of the wind, the power of the Pacific was quite evident

when the huge swells rolled in and broke roaring on to the

jagged shale shoreline. An incredible magical day.

A return trip is in the works!

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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'South of Sombrio', **SOLD** (Canadian west coast Impressionism, French Beach, Sombrio Beach, paintings of Vancouver Island)

This is one of the larger pieces I have been

working on lately. Another view of French Beach which

is one of the several well known beaches that line

the coast of Vancouver Island northwest of Victoria.

One of the things that make a stone or pebble beach so

wonderful is the almost musical rattle and

clatter that happens as the waves recede from

the beach causing the stones to roll and tumble hitting

against one another. As well, you don't get

any sand in your shoes!! =;-))

(My apologies for the quality of this photo. I will try

again when this one is drier.)

Oil on canvas
30 x 40.

Your thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'West Coast Wanderer',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, French Beach oil painting, rain forest, Victoria BC)

Canada's west coast with it's mountainous rain forest

terrain and the logging and storms that take place here

have produced many floating giants over the years.

Those logs and uprooted trees that find their way into the

sea are carried by wind and tide back and fourth along

the shoreline, some traveling for years and miles until

firmly beached or becoming so water logged

that they eventually sink.

The majestic cedar in this piece was washed into the sea

roots and all and finally came to rest on French Beach

about 60 km west of Victoria, from where

she came no one knows.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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this painting.

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'First Light-Oak Bay',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Oak Bay, southern Vancouver Island, oil painting)

This is my second go at this painting. It was

developed from a smaller plein air piece last

spring. However I was never quite happy with

how it turned out. Well today I put it up on my easel

and tried to figure out what it needed and

I think I may have done it this time.

Course who knows what I may think in

couple of days or weeks or...hmmm!

Oil on linen 18 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'November Sky',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, fall skies, Swan Lake, Victoria BC, oil painting)

More clouds again everyone!

=;-))

I'm also trying to keep the foreground quite simple

and loose but interesting.

Oil on canvas 8 x 10.

Your thoughts and comments are hoped for!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $350 with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Please email me to arrange your purchase.

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'September Memory',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, September light, southern Vancouver Island)

I used a small painting I did a while ago as a reference for

this piece. Another in my September light series

that I am continuing to develop.

Oil on canvas 24 x 24.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Jeffrey

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'After the Storm',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, surfing Jordan River, French Beach, Vancouver Island)

Our area had a number of wind and rain storms

over several days recently. Once the weather

settled down I made a short trip to Jordan River.

This is a well known surfing area about 70km

north of Victoria along the west side of the

island. There were some surfers out on the waves,

(no I wasn't one of them),

however that wasn't the reason I was there.

I took quite a few reference photo's of the waves

breaking on the beach but due to the strong

winds in that spot we backtracked to

the somewhat protected French Beach

set up our easels and got to it.

It was getting almost dark by the time

we packed up, but what a wonderful spot.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'Autumn Gold',**SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, autumn skies, fall colour)

As I have mentioned before I really love painting clouds

and this studio piece was no exception.

Partly photo reference and part memory/imagination

I tried to capture that wonder and magic of

early evening in the late fall.

'Autumn Gold'

Oil on canvas 
8 x 10

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'Highrock Contours" *SOLD*(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Highrock Park, Esquimalt BC, Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team)

I was able to get out for a quick paint last Sunday at

Highrock park once again. As you can see we had a very

cool cloudy day, something I find very challenging to paint.

The lovely rounded rock contours covered with a coat of

winter moss and the dancing Garry oaks

grabbed my attention this day.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are most welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'Winter Walk',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, winter, snow, southern Vancouver Island)

Winter on southern Vancouver Island often

happens without snow, (seldom without lots of

rain), but we do get real winter

from time to time. When that happens I do

my best to re-supply my 'winter' reference

photo library. This piece was painted using a

photo I took after a January snow

storm back in 2007.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated!

Jeffrey

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this painting, please email me.

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'Winter Mallards',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, mallards, winter marsh)

Waterfowl are adaptable and hardy and seem to quite enjoy

those areas of ice cold weather can create. Nothing can

out do the colour of sunlit Mallard drakes on a crisp

winter afternoon. Truly one of natures

most colourful visual delights.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available for $150 with free

shipping anywhere in North America.

Please email me and I will arrange your PayPal purchase.

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'Fishin' not Wishin', **SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Belted Kingfisher, bird watching)

Amazing birds to observe doing their thing the

Belted Kingfisher is also a strikingly beautiful bird.

Equally at home in ponds and lakes they are also very

comfortable fishing in the ocean shoreline. Here on

Vancouver Island I get to watch them in both

salt and freshwater environments.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 6.

Your thoughts and comments are hoped for!

Jeffrey

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'Over the Edge',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Mount Maxwell, Saltspring Island, Turkey Vultures)

I spent a late afternoon painting up on Mount

Maxwell last September and took the reference

photo for this piece at that time. It was

such a magical early evening and quite thrilling

as we looked down on soaring Turkey vultures

and ravens while painting and photographing

the spectacular view. As I painted this the

memory of stillness, the lovely scent of

pine and the raven talk made me long

for a return trip sometime!

Oil on canvas 16 x 12.

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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this painting please email me.

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'Winter Moss-Highrock' *SOLD*(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Highrock Park, Esquimalt BC, plein air oil painting)

I have not be able to get out for a paint for some time

but managed to make it up to Highrock last Sunday

with my painting pal Linny D. Vine. I stopped at a spot

I often go by and wonder about painting but never have.

It was warm in the sun and the sheltered location for

most of our paint out but it didn't take us long to

return to the vehicle when the time was up.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

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Wishing you a very

Happy New Year!
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'September Gold',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Victoria BC, light of September)

More September light as I continue to develop this

series. This was painted using a previous smaller piece

'September Glow' as a reference. I'm not sure where this

series will end or end up.

For now I will just let it happen.

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'Winter Solstice' **SOLD**

Happy Solstice everyone!

As we move once again toward the light, I would like to

wish you all the very best of the season and a

wonderful New Year!

Thank you for all your support, encouragement

and friendship you have given me as I moved forward on

my artistic journey. Because of you it is

a much gentler ride!

Oil on board 6x 6.

Jeffrey

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SOLD

to a collector in Wisconsin USA

'September Shadows',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, southern Vancouver Island, September light)

More of that wonderful September light with this piece.

It seems so long ago that we enjoyed that special

light that comes here on the South Island in the

warmth of early fall. I'm enjoying painting this series so

much I plan to try some large ones next.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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purchasing this painting.

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'December Sky',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Swan Lake, Victoria, BC)

Another one in my December Swan Lake series. I tried

to capture a sense of movement with this piece as well the

late season colour in the upland areas of the park.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'Summer Trails', *SOLD* (Canadian west coast Impressionism, dragonflies, soul syrup, trail shadows)

Hot summer sun casting shadows on the trail

ahead is but a dream right now but one of

those 'happy places' one can return to when

we close our eyes and remember the scent of

soul syrup and the flight of dragonflies.
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'Summer Trails'

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.
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Your thoughts and comments are always

a welcomed addition!

Jeffrey
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'Catrina',

I painted this portrait as gift for a very dear

friend on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Born on a farm in the Canadian prairies she has

lived a very full and interesting life that she

has chronicled in a wonderful book.

A veteran of WW II she continues to lead

a very active and independent life.

Most of her life she went by the name of Kay.

Being of Ukrainian heritage in those days

many of her siblings and friends had their

names arbitrarily changed by a grade

school teacher on their first day at school

because they where considered too unusual

and hard to pronounce! When she told us

this story several years ago we have always

called her by her birth name 'Catrina' which

always brings a smile to her face. 

Oil on canvas 
10 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are

always encouraged!

Jeffrey

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'December Afternoon',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Swan Lake, cottonwoods)

This painting is a larger version of one I did a couple

of weeks ago. I used the same reference photo's

I took several years ago at the
Swan Lake Nature Preserve just outside Victoria.
A natural peat bog, it is a very important avian

sanctuary and a lovely place to walk the trail that

circles the lake and marsh areas.

Oil canvas 
24 x 30.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'November Willow', (Canadian west coast Impressionism, Gorge Waterway, willows, Takata tea house, Victoria BC)

November in my part of the world is a time when the

willows both native and otherwise really show off their

colour. On these dark and dreary days that we have

been having they glow like lamps in the landscape.

However this Friday morning we were delighted by

bright sunny skies and brisk temperatures.

The early morning frost can be blamed for "inspiring" the

early snow in this piece. This was painted in a very

historic part of Victoria, which is now part of the

Gorge Waterway park system. However starting in

the early 1900's this was the terminus on the Gorge Loop

of the long since vanished BC Electric street car system.

It became a site of beautiful gardens, amusements, plays

and musical performances. For many years the Takata

family had a wonderful floating tea house and Japanese

strolling garden here. There was also a large sampan that

could be boarded in Victoria's inner harbour and ridden

to the tea house and surrounding park. There is

an effort underway to restore some of the old

Japanese garden to its former glory, which was heavily

vandalized and slowly destroyed following the

invasion of Pearl Harbour in WWII.

For a more detailed history, complete with some

wonderful old photo's please refer to Dennis Minaker's

fantastic book 'The Gorge of Summers Gone' A History

of Victoria's Inland Waterway.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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"From the blue-black of night, beyond where the campfires flicker,

a latern-lit boat nears the jetty where a temple-roofed

building is both refreshment booth and landing stage...

its a merry throng that debarks to return to the park

over the three semi-circular arched bridges."

-Colonist newspaper, July 19, 1908

'Winter Afternoon-Swan Lake',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Swan Lake, Vancouver Island)

I painted this today in the studio as a practice run for a

larger canvas. We continue to be deluged by rain

storm after rain storm so picking a time to paint between

downpours is almost impossible, I'm not much of a

'brolly painter'! I will probably try and get a better

photo when this piece dries a bit more.

Oil on canvas
 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'November Poplars',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Fort Rodd Hill, poplars, cottonwood, plein air oil painting)

This past Friday morning brought a few hours of splendid

painting weather. A small band of hardy plein air

painters met up at Fort Rodd Hill for the mornings paint out.

The biggest problemwith this spot is the amazing amount

of painting sites to choose from. The wind, if any,

often helps with the decision.

I had gone hoping to catch the last colour of the

cottonwoods and poplars, however due to the wind

storms for several days prior, I had to make a few...

reality adjustments =;-))

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Thoughts and comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'September Evening-Highrock',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Highrock Park, Esquimalt BC, Western Tanagers, September)

It has been a very hectic past few weeks with art shows and

other related activities and my blogging has been infrequent

to say the least. As well, my painting time has been very

limited. This piece was painted from a photo I took on an

early September evening while up on Highrock for

for a paint out with artist Linny D. Vine.

It was a lovely warm evening and we were very fortunate

to be there just as a large foraging flock of migrating

Western Tanagers arrived to feed, much to the dismay

of several cranky Olive-sided Flycatchers. There was

non-stop activity for over an hour. I went back up the

next evening hoping for a repeat but it was as though

all the birds in the world had vanished!

Oil on canvas 14 x 18.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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"Each second we live is a new and unique moment

of the universe, a moment that will never be again."

(Pablo Casals)

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'Arbutus Trail',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Arbutus, West Coast Medley)

This post is to announce a show I'm in which

opens this Friday Nov. 13th.

'West Coast Medley'

It is a three personshow featuring myself,

painter Carrol Ann Smedley

and nature photographer Dean Mills.

The opening is from 6 pm till 9 pm at the new

No. 5 Gallery, 1814 Oak Bay Ave @ Richmond.

If you are in the area I really hope you can come out

and take in the show which runs to Dec 3rd.

Please click here for more details!

The painting above is a re-post 14 x 11 acrylic on canvas.

As always your comments are appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'Highrock View' **SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Garry oaks, Highrock Park, Esquimalt BC)

I got out for a couple hours about a week ago to paint this.

It's one of my favourite spots up on Highrock and I have

done several paintings in this area of the park. Wonderful

rock formations and distant views it also is a great spot

for birding. The mosses are really starting to

flourish now with the cool wet weather.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

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'September at the Lake',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, September light, southern Vancouver Island

Another one in my September light series...

How can September seem so long ago already =;(

As we go into the dark months I'm happy to have

images of these paintings to light things up a bit.

This is one of the pieces that will be featured in my

upcoming show at the No. 5 Gallery next week.

I'll post more details about the show later.

Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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purchasing this painting.

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'October Colour', (Canadian west coast Impressionism, fall colours, Uplands Park, Victoria, BC, plein air oil painting)

I painted this piece en plein air about a week ago and

managed to get most of it done before the rain started.

I have been enjoying painting the coloured trees against

the dark autumn skies. I think it adds a bit of drama.

However I did find it a bit of a challenge to get the colours

right in the very low light conditions.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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'Good Morning Burgoyne Bay',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Saltspring Island, Burgoyne Bay, spirits)

This painting was developed from reference photo's I

took while having a picnic lunch here last May. It

was very still and calm, almost as though we were the

only ones there. At our backs Mount Maxwell's cliffs rise

to their dizzying heights creating warm updrafts which

many turkey vultures and swallows were utilizing. As we

sat there scanning our surroundings and breathing in the

briny scents of low tide I could feel the presence of the

spirits that surely spend their eternity here.

Oil on canvas 36 x 48.

Your thoughts and comments are always a pleasure!

Jeffrey

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"If the air is full of sounds which we tune in with,

why should it not also be full of feels and smells and

things seen through the spirits,

drawing particles from us to them and

them to us like magnets."

(Emily Carr)

'October-Cattle Point' **SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Cattle Point, Oak Bay, fall colour, flu)

I managed to make it out on Wednesday this week for a

quick paint at Cattle Point on Oak Bay. I say quick because

after about 45 min. the wind and rain came up and had me

scurring to the vehicle, not quite quick enough however!

I have been battling a flu for the last week or so as well

as the weather which has been very unsettled,

very much like my illness,

lousy one day not bad the next. I'm really looking forward

to more of one and less of the other =;-))
(whine ...whine...whine...)

Oil on board 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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'Morning Sky-Fisgard Light', **SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Fisgard Light, Esquimalt Harbour)

All of our old light stations throughout Canada seem

to evoke a sense of nostalgia for a by-gone era.

Though those times are gone many of the old lights still

do what they have always done, help to keep mariners safe.

Fisgard Light is the oldest on Canada's west coast. She first

showed light at sunset on November 16, 1860. Now

an designated historic site and museum, she has been

under going a complete refit this summer.

Still watching over the entrance to Esquimalt harbour it

was automated many years ago, her white or red beacon and

fog horn are a feature in Victoria's waters.

I can hear her signal now on this foggy autumn evening.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Your comments and thoughts are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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See "Keepers of the Light" by Donald Graham

for more historical

and technical information on BC's coastal

light stations and their Keepers.

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'Trail to the Lake' **SOLD** (Canadian west coast Impressionism, forest trail oil painting, Vancouver Island)

One of the joys of walking the trail

into the lake are scenes like this.

Light breaking through the trees and

filling the path ahead with white light.

Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

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'Saanich Farm',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Saanich farm plein air oil painting)

This painting really highlights the changing season here

on the south island. I joined a couple of my plein air pals

late one morning a couple of weeks ago to paint this piece.

Though the day was crisp and clear I felt the addition of

the clouds added a bit of drama to the composition.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

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'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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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)