'Summer Wind-Oak Bay'

Fierce winds today on the south coast but I managed

to tuck myself out of most of it and still be able

to paint its effect on the water under the bright sun.

I have painted many times at Cattle Point but there

is always another angle with different light and season.

The sparkle of the water was very intense and is

what grabbed my attention for this piece.

(my apologize for the poor photo here)

Oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Summer Evening-Uplands Park'

I painted this piece last week on one of those wonderful

summer evenings, the kind you dream about during

those cool wet days in the winter. Gone are the lush

drifts of blue camas, yellow butter cups and green

spring grasses, all have been replaced with the soft

yellow white grasses and red tinged sedges drying

amongst the rocky outcroppings. While I

painted the heat of the late day sun created

wonderful scents as it warmed the mature grasses

and the dried moss. The seed eating birds are were

very active feasting on the bounty of ripening seeds.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This paintings is available for $150 with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Please email me tom arrange your purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Gulf Island Morning'

This view of the Burgoyne Bay tidal flats was for many

years the front yard of several homes and a few squatters.

It would have been absolutely magical. Once the park

was declared the houses were removed though remnants

of the old gardens remain to spark the imagination of

those who wander here. The land rises behind you to

an old farm and its many lovely hay fields which are leased

to keep them agricultural. The old farm buildings that

remain are being restored as part of the park.

Of course before contact this was a very significant

location for the first peoples of this area.

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me if you would like information

about acquiring this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'September Rapture'

 
This is the second time around for this piece and I

think I finally have it where I want it.

It's strange how you can go along painting from one

piece to the next without much more than the usual

troubles and then you get into a piece that you just

really have to battle with.

This piece was shunted off to a corner of the studio

for several months till I was ready to go at it again.

I think the time out with this one was time well spent.

=;-))

Oil on canvas 
24 x 24.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Ready to Mow'

Waiting for the right weather before starting to cut hay is

always part of the hay'n game. However this year putting

two or three good days together in my area has been, to

say the least, quite a challenge. So much of a farmers

life has always revolved around weather.

We plein air painters can relate!

=;-))

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting is available for $150 with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment;

it is as much a part of painting as of music."

(Walter J. Phillips)

'One Evening in June'

 
I've been trying to get out to the fields as often as I can

right now as they will be haying soon. As well

the light early and late is really fantastic in mid June.

This one was painted yesterday evening and while

I worked I was reminded of the fields around where

I spent most of my childhood. This is a very

important time of year for someone very special to me,

my little sister. Her birthday is tomorrow and I was

thinking about the old days back in Concord, Ontario.

Our place was surrounded by farm fields and small

woodlots and we used to go back in the fields for miles

as if they were our own. We had names for certain

trees and other natural landmarks. I guess, though

we may end up far from where we begin

somehow we really never leave...

Happy Birthday Lisa!!

Oil on wood panel
 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Hawthorns & Hayfields'

This piece is another one from my recent Saltspring

sojourn. As you can see the sun was hard to find.

But still the area we painted in made up for the lack of

sunny skies. As I mentioned in my last post the bird life

around these fields is fantastic, the swallows in particular.

It has been awhile since I saw so many Tree swallows along

with the Barns and Violet-Greens. The highlight

of the trip (in the birding area) were the

Goldfinches we encountered!

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are most welcome!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me for information on purchasing

this piece.
jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Please click here to view my gallery of paintings!**

'Burgoyne Hayfield'

I spent three days last week on Saltspring Island.

The plan was for lots of painting and some downtime...

due to the crappy weather we had lots of one and

only a bit of the other. This painting was done

one afternoon when the weather cooperated nicely.

It is a beautiful spot and the whole time the

the sky was busy with three types of swallows

swooping through the air gorging on insects.

Those of you that are in my generation will

remember when hearing frogs near almost any body of

fresh water was pretty much common place.

Sadly it is all to often now more common not to hear

or see them. One of the most awesome things about

where we stay when on Saltspring are the nightly

serenades of the tree frogs that live along the

lake shore there! When conditions are right they

are still singing during the day as well.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are always hoped for!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting is available for $150 with free

shipping throughout North America.

Please email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Trial Island from Anderson Hill' **SOLD**

One afternoon a couple of weeks ago I painted atop

Anderson Hill overlooking historic Trial Island and

across the strait Juan de Fuca to Washington's

Olympic Mountains. One of those special warm May

afternoons when the winds of the strait were calm and

the late day sun makes those wonderful colours.

The rain shadow effect of the Olympic Peninsula is quite

evident in this scene as the clouds coming in off the open

Pacific pile up against the mountains and away

from us over here in Victoria.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SOLD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Please click here to view my gallery of paintings!**

'Sky Castles'

This painting of 'towering cumulus' formations

was done about week ago on a lovely early

evening near the top of Highrock park.

The 'thermal convection' cloud rising in the

background was one of many that were building and

forming all across the horizon in at least three

directions!! Some of them becoming very impressive

anvil clouds. Dear readers I hope you will forgive my

attempt at identifying these clouds if I have

them named incorrectly. I'm a little better at building

'Castles in the Sky' then science.

=;-))

Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Your thoughts and comments both scientific or

otherwise are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting is available for $150 with free

shipping anywhere in North America.

Please email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to view my gallery of paintings!**

'Clouds and Camas'

This piece was painted almost two weeks ago now on

a sparkling morning in Uplands Park. The Camas are

competing with the growing grasses now and fading to seed

in the more sunny locations. I am very happy that I

was able to get out painting so many times this spring,

in good weather, while they were at their best.

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me for purchase inquires.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Evensong Hayfields'(Canadian west coast Impressionism, hayfield's, evening clouds oil painting)

Not long from now haying time will begin again on the

south Island as it will in many other locations across the

country. It is a very special and nostalgic time for me.

When the scent of fresh mown hay fills the air it takes

me back in a rush to many different times of my past.

I hope to paint many hayfield's again this

year preferably en plein air.

Oil on canvas 30 x 40.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me for purchasing enquires.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Camas & Oaks'**SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, wildflowers of southern Vancouver Island oil painting)

More camas with this latest piece as I try to keep a

commitment I made to myself last year, to do more

paintings this spring, featuring one of the most significant

wildflowers of our region. Though you sometimes find them

in a few other spots they are most often associated

with another of our native species the Garry oak.

This is one of my favourite places not far

from my studio.

Oil on canvas 12 x 16.

Your thoughts and comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SOLD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Uplands Camas' **SOLD**(Canadian west coast Impressionism, oil painting of Uplands Park, Victoria, BC, Camas Lily)

Uplands Park in Oak Bay is at its finest right now as

I discovered this morning when I arrived for a paint out.

Beautiful drifts of our native Camas Lily among the

rocky outcrops in this natural Garry oak meadow are

really something to see. While I painted there this

morning it was lovely to sense the spirits of the first

peoples, whose footprints were here thousands of years

before first contact, harvesting the Camas bulbs

as a major staple of their diet.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SOLD

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Highrock Blooms',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, G.O.E.R.T., plein air oil painting of southern Vancouver Island)

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

I went up to Highrock for a paint after lunch today and

I'm glad I did. The park is spectacular right now with

the Garry oaks and the Camas in full bloom.

It was quite windy making me grab for

my easel a few times, just in time!

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Thoughts and comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"The best and most beautiful things in the

world cannot be seen or even touched;

They must be felt with the heart."

(Helen Keller)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me for information about

purchasing this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'Spring Pasture',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Saanich Peninsula plein air oil painting, sheep pasture

Here on the south end of Vancouver Island the rush of

spring is at its height. That time when the brightness of

emerging leaves is keyed up even more with the bright

morning sun. I pulled off to the side of a quiet country road

on Friday and quickly painted this piece. The pasture is

actually being used by a large flock of sheep, the wet area

by pairs of Canada geese and small bunches of

Green-winged Teal and a few Mallards none of whom,

mysteriously, made it into this painting =;-))

Overhead swallows soared in the warm air hunting insects

and a young eagle made low swoops over the pond

hoping for slow moving waterfowl but having no

success as the geese put up a chorus as it approached.

The heady scent of spring cottonwood filled the

air with its soul stirring scent.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting can be purchased for $150 with free

shipping anywhere in North America

through PayPal's on-line system.

Email me to arrange your purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'April Afternoon',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, April clouds, southern Vancouver Island, plein air oil painting)

This is the second piece I spoke of in my last post. Those

lovely cloud formations have become more threatening

and dramatic in nature. The shadows they cast on the

landscape below them heightens the drama and interest.

This photo did come out a tad dark in lower quarter

of the painting, so another will have to be taken.

The contrast of the cloud darkened areas and those in

the full sun were quite dazzling as I painted this piece.

Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your comments and thoughts are always sought !

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting is available for $450 with free

shipping anywhere in North America.

Please email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to veiw my gallery of paintings!**

'April Sky-Highrock', (Canadian west coast Impressionism, plein air oil painting, Esquimalt BC)

Another session up on Highrock with the clouds. An early

start allowed time for two paintings this trip. Course it

helped that the clouds continued to perform. Fortunately

the roving bands of showers didn't show up until I was

back in the studio...ooo nice =;-))

(I'll post the second one next time.)

Below I included a photo to give a bit of and idea

what it looked like as I was setting up.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments and thoughts always appreciated!

Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This painting is available for $150 with free

shipping throughout North America.

Email me to arrange your PayPal purchase.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

April clouds from Highrock Park looking north west.

'March Cloud Pattern',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, spring clouds oil painting, Highrock Park)

Over the past week or so we have been having what I like

to call 'cloud events' that is to say that the cloud formations

moving through have been nothing short of spectacular.

I've been back up on Highrock several times recently

trying to capture these wonderful skies in paint.

Painting a moving target, yikes, and the shadows they cast

on the distant hills!! Lots of migrating birds to see

on my jaunts up the hill right now which makes

for a grand painting excursion!

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts and comments always welcomed!
Jeffrey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please email me for purchasing information.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Click here to see my gallery of paintings!**

'September Rapture'

 
This is another addition to my September light series.

'September Rapture'
oil on canvas
 24 x 24.

Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed.

Jeffrey