Spring day

oil on board 8*10


oil on board 6*8

This is a place I found last year, it's way out near black diamond, I was determined to paint three paintings and I did. Now my goal is to paint three 6*8's in one hour. So that I can get the information down quickly. I painted under the shade of a tree then I turned round and painted another.
The Cloud Painting, I was just seeing if I could paint the cloud formation as a speed process as cloud forms change very quickly, in the end the paint was as thick as cream cheese, it was still fun to do.

In the deep woods

This is another elbow river painting it's near elbow falls but you have to walk a fair ways and wade through deep water to get to it.

Spring Runoff

Here is a painting that I did Tuesday, I had to walk a fair bit through a bunch of streams but that is the fun of getting to a place to paint. I was attacked by many bumble bees, for some reason I guess I was smelling sweet that day.

I managed to set everything up, get my values organized, little drawing and spent a few moments thinking what I wanted to achieve. the previous painting I had painted were too dark, so all through this painting I was saying dont do it, dont make that mountain that dark.
It sits ok in the distance and I like the flowing rushing water.

Foothills

oil on board 8*10

I didn't realize that I hadn't posted this one this was painted on the way back from Chain Lakes Alberta, after a Fathers & Son Camp.
I like to go down roads and exploring where thy lead even if they say no exit, there are usually interesting things going on down that road.

Indian Summer

Oil on Board 8*10
Man it was hot yesterday, I even got a suntan, the bugs were everywhere plus migrating spiders, flying everywhere I had to discourage them from landing on my pallete and the wasps were out to sniff me too.Trying my hardest to paint these Autumn trees, tougher than it looks. I enjoyed the fact that I can still paint these colours.

Millerville Hills

Oil on Board 8*10
This was something I have had my on for some time outside Millerville, there were horse in the field and they wern't cooperating with me I wanted so interesting photos for the winter and well all I was getting was horse butt, I don't like painting butt if I can help it.

Foothills

oil on board 10*10
I wanted to try something different so The children were back at school and I wasn't so distracted, This is a place near Chain lakes about an hour drive south of Calgary. not quite Bar - u - Ranch but pretty close. You can tell that this is a plein air painting as there are bugs flying in the sky. I cant save them all

Farmers Pond

Oil on Board. 8*10

I was determined not to paint so dark in the background. so that the rest of the painting would be so dark. I found this place driving up and down dead end roads. the farmer had created these ponds on his ranchland I gues to encourage the wildlife. Luckily there wasn't to many mosquito's

K Country

Oil on Board 8*10

Painted this on our way from our camping trip with the children is was a wet spitty day, the clouds were spotty and created this lighting effect of patches of bright colour.
I think next time I wont that tree on the side and the confidence for the painting to stand up on it's own with out your eyes falling off the painting.

Sunset near Okotoks

Oil on Board 8*10

Painted this with a plein study group and with Doug Swinton I had only 10 mins to really put down paint and interpret enough to get a good idea as the sun was going down so fast