'Autumn Snowfall',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, early snowfall, oil paintings of southern Vancouver Island)

Last light on an early snowfall can provide

some dramatic light and colour.

I'm remembering (once again) just

how addictive painting snow can be, yikes!

=;-))

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Fisgard Calm'

Snow is falling here on the south Island as I write this

and though it is a magical winter wonderland it

does create havoc for we Islanders.

(even those displaced from the great white north

very much east of here)

It is supposed to change to rain later this afternoon

and will all be washed away =:-(

Painted from a photo taken while painting en plein air

last summer, this will be the final one to be ready for my

show next week 'South Island Impressions'.

I hope to use this painting as a practice

run for a much larger painting.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

'Woodland Waterfall'

This another painting for my up coming show

on Thurs. Dec 02 at

The Gallery

in the Oak Bay Village

The show opens on the gallery walk night

in the Oak Bay Village

6 pm - 9 pm

I will be there and hope you can make it out.

I took the reference

photo on a plein air excursion to the, now

protected, Sooke Potholes. This stream

feeds into the Sooke River and was

quite a sight that day in late October.

Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Your thoughts & comments are always

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Winter Evening Oaks'

This piece was painted from a photo taken

after a heavy snowfall two years ago here

in Victoria. Although we don't like to admit it

we do get snow here on the south Island from

time to time. There is snow in our

weekend forecast!

=:-/

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Oil on wood panel 10 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Oaks & Snow'

Well this is quite different... =;-))

This is one of the paintings that will be in my

upcoming show here in Victoria in early Dec.

I hope to do about four in this series

featuring snow covered Garry oak meadows.

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Oil on wood panel 8 x 10.

Thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Autumn on the River'

 
Hi everyone,

Well I'm back on the river once again so to

speak. This is the largest so far in the series.

This format allowed me to include more detail which helped

to show the drop in elevation as the water starts it's

rush to the head of the falls at the viewers left.
In the years I have been on southern Vancouver Island

my time on the water has largely been on the sea and

some of our inland lakes. However this series has made me

realize how much I've been missing and I'm planning

future painting excursions to this and other

rivers here on the south Island.
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 'Autumn on the River'
oil on canvas

30 x 36
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Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

'October Sky-Highrock' #32

I painted this one late afternoon several weeks ago.

Artist Linny D. Vine and I were hoping to get

some early evening sky drama to paint as a new

front approached. While it didn't develop as I

had hoped it did provide some interesting

patterns and light. We needed to paint

fairly quickly due to the failing light.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Thoughts & comments always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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'River Gold'

This is another in my river series I have been working

on lately. I've been really enjoying it and will keep

ridin' this one till at least the bell rings...

=;-))

I usually grow tired of a repeated theme quickly but

for what ever reason not this one, so far.

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Oil on canvas 16 x 20.

Your thoughts & comments are always valued!

Jeffrey

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Purchasing information can be obtained by emailing

me using the link below.

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I would like to draw your attention to an artist

I have added to my 'Artist Links List'

Prabha Narayanan

from Bangalore, India.

This very talented artist is an amazing

word smith as well!

'One October Morning' *SOLD*

This was painted a couple of weeks ago on a

beautiful October morning on Victoria's waterfront.

I was able to make it out early enough to

catch some interesting light and colour.

This spot is above Holland Point looking south across

the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Washington's

Olympic Mountains.

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.

Jeffrey
*SOLD*

'South Island Spring',(Canadian west coast Impressionism, oil painting of Uplands Park, Victoria BC

While I know it is a little out of season we artist have to

strike when the metals hot so to speak!

=:-/

This was developed using plein air paintings and reference

photos from my several forays into Uplands Park this

spring during the flowering season.

I was very fortunate to enjoy several paint outs among

the lush spring Camas and have a few paintings as well.

Stay tuned for more autumn scenes!

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Oil on canvas 24 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments are always welcomed!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available so if you are interested

in purchasing information please email me

using the link below.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Autumn on the Cowichan'

This was started as a demo I was invited to do for a

wonderful group of local artists last week.

Using my plein air rig I attempted to give a close

idea as to how I would approach painting this scene en plein

air only in this situation using a photo.

=:-/

As I had recently done a painting of this size en plein air

only a few feet from where the reference photo was taken

it helped me to keep it as real as possible (sort of).

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

I invite your thoughts & comments!

Jeffrey

'Cheakamus September'

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

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This painting was created using reference photos taken

while on a recent plein air painting adventure up near

Whistler BC. I really had a lot of fun with this piece and

really got it goin' with the water. Unfortunately this

photo doesn't really show all the juicy brush work

so another will have to be taken!

Oil on canvas 30 x 36.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Above Skutz Falls'

As the title suggests this painting was painted just above

Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River during a magical

afternoon with bright sunlight highlighting the early fall

colour. The Cowichan river is one of the most important

rivers on Vancouver Island for spawning salmon and

very depleted steelhead. As well resident populations of

rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout. It has for millennia,

and continues to be, a central part of the lives and culture

of some of the islands first peoples. To say it

is a beautiful river is very much an understatement.

It is wonderful feeling to be able to spend time

painting it and to sense the spirits that still

occupy this vital watershed.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey
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'September on the Cheakamus'

Finally had a chance for a quick visit up

to Whistler last week to see my oldest son.

Fortunately the weather was nice on the

way up so we stopped for lunch and a paint

out. The Cheakamus River is a beautiful piece

of water as it tumbles down from the high country.

This spot was easily accessible for us and I

took quite a few reference photo's as well for

some future large canvases.

Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

As always your thoughts & comments are valued.

Jeffrey

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this painting please email me.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Rising Wind'

This piece was worked up from a plein air piece I did

last year. The morning started out flat calm and sunny

and after painting for about 20 minutes I decided I

really needed some sun screen on, however not long

after that it was, hurry and get it done before

we got wet and blown away.

Oil on canvas 24 x 30.

As always I invite your thoughts & comments!

Jeffrey

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how to purchase this painting.

jjboronart@shaw.ca

'Westerlies at Sunset'

This painting is an expansion of a piece I painted a

month ago. The larger format gave me a sense of

freedom with my brush and so I went with it.

The 'westerlies' referred to here is that wind that happens

commonly in our area from afternoon to evening when the

heat in the interior of the province rises and creates a

sort of vacuum drawing in the air from the coast,

usually in westerly winds.

Oil on canvas 30 x 40.

Your thoughts and comments are always valued.

Jeffrey

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I would like to draw your attention to an artist

that I recently added to my artist link list.

Bruce Sherman

A painter and writer from Ontario and master

of painting en plein air...

'Changing Weather'

As I mentioned in my last post my second recent

evening excursion was made just as a weather front

was arriving in our area and the drama of colour and

atmospheric interest was quite fantastic. However

I had to move along with my painting, even so it

was almost dark by the time I was back at the vehicle.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Thoughts & comments always welcomed.

Jeffrey

I have included some photo's below showing some

of the action that evening.

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Jeffrey gettin' at it Sept. 06 2010 Highrock









Keep on scrolling =;-))

'Late Summer-Highrock'

 
Oh yes the the time is late and seems to quicken with

the passing days. At times the melancholies are hard

to shake with summers passing. I went painting on two

evenings recently and was rewarded with wonderful

painting opportunities on both excursions.

A weather front was approaching and change was in the

air, it arrived last night and summer almost seems

like a distant memory already!
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Oil on wood panel 9 x 12.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey

 

'Shoreline Willow'

A fairly complex subject for a small plein air piece.

But as usual I tend to try and get it all in there.

The shallow rocky shoreline, dappled with pure light,

varying shades of shadow and reflected sky colour.

Move back from your monitor it'll make better sense.

Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Comments always encouraged & appreciated!

Jeffrey

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This painting is available with free shipping

anywhere in North America.

Please email me for details.

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'The Gallery'

Last Wednesday I was part of an evening

'paint - in' at the The Gallery in the

Oak Bay Village, which is one of the galleries

currently representing my work. Both myself

and well know local artist Linny D. Vine

took part in the evenings event.

The event was part of the larger

Oak Bay Village Summer Night Market,

as well it was the opening night of

Linny's show 'Life Is Good'

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 9.

Comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey

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