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

Out in the Boonies.

Oil on board 10*12

Highwood Pass

Oil on Board 8*10
I painted this when we went camping the other day, I should have waited for another couple of hours to have painted it, then I would have had better light so by the time I had finished painting the light had changed so much. I know for next time.

Distant Rain

Oil on Gessoed board 8*10

I wanted to try another Sky painting to get a sense of distance and to see if I could do a better foreground this time. I works better. I like the contrast of the heavy cloud with the distant red clouds at the bottom of the sky shapes. I like the yellow patch of rape seed this helps the painting so much.

The last painting I had been looking around for a good spot, so I got out of the car and I walking and I heard an bird of prey screeching in the back ground. Ok that was normal we get a lot of rodents around here, then I heard a whoshing sound, I didn't think anything of it and it happened again. I looked up and I was being dive bombed by an eagle!! and this happened about 6 or 7 times. so I just sat in the van side door and it flew away after that.