Urban Barn

8x10 Oil on Panel
This little barn is one of a matching pair on a small farm in Edmonton that has become surrounded by a bus barn, an ecocentre and a big box mall which somehow all adds to it's charm for me. I love that the farmer has steadfastly held onto it!
Happy New Year to all!

Blueberry Fields on a Rainy Day

Oil on Paper/Panel                8x6

 

A socked in day in the Lower Mainland is a wonderful time to go looking for Blueberry Fields to lift your spirits. What glorious colour!

Speaking of glorious colour, Dreama Tolle Perry published a wonderful free ebook today titled

Be Inspired: Adventures for the Heart. 

It's just beautiful so click on the link to see it for yourself!

 

Clouds over Grassland

6x8    Oil on Paper/Birch Panel

The clouds are amazing here in early summer, a constantly changing show! I take a cazillion photos and then paint them through the winter on days like today.

Warm Path

 

          Warm Path        5x7        Oil on Paper/Panel        

This is the smallest of the paintings I've done on paper but definitely one of my favorites. The trees seem to line up in support of each other and the colours of the grasses were irresistable.

Clouds Over Prairie

Clouds Over Prairie   8x6   Oil on Paper/Panel                       Sold

This little painting was one of a number I did for Art in the Park this summer and the first one sold. I discovered Arches oil painting paper in May when Delta had it on sale and I had so much fun painting on it. I underpainted whole sheets in warm colours and then split the sheets. It started out as a lark testing a new medium and it was such a pleasure to paint on I've done a series of smalls. My favorite part of using it is how it grabs the paint randomly.

Warm Thoughts

Warm Thoughts    6x6    Oil on Birch Board   

Well, we finally got the snow that's been hiding around the corner. Great weekend to just paint away so I finished up a couple of barn scenes and then I warmed myself up with this. scene. When I'm feeling cold painting beaches and palm trees warms me up! 

Windermere Barn

Windermere Barn     8x10     Oil on Board      $325 framed
This barn is on a farm that has been surrounded by new subdivisions just south of us. It would be great if it would stay like that but there is a nice big For Sale sign on the fence. Meanwhile the horses and other animals seem oblivious to all that is going on around them. It's such a peaceful resting place for the eye and the soul. There are a few more barns on the same property that I have in mind to paint while they're still here.