High Water

"High Water"

Pastel  8.5" x 10"  Matted in wood frame
#20014717
 I entered this painting under "Pastel" in The Armstrong SpallumcheenArt Gallery 29th Annual Ribbon Show running from July 6 until August 5 2017

I was painting this while on flood watch in Sicamous B.C. It is an abstract that contains the logs I was using as a boom, our house and the water forever creeping forward and covering land; nature against manipulated nature.

This painting is my last entry into the show. The Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club are on a road trip to see the show, out for lunch then a talk on how they jury the show and the criteria they use. A stop in Enderby to visit the gallery there, then home, what fun and laughter ahead.

Self Portrait 2017

"Self Portrait 2017"
11 1/2" x 11 1/2" watercolour on paper
matted and framed
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It is amazing the feedback I get when I post my yearly self portrait. Usually I hear that it doesn't look like me as it is to stern or serious looking. It was pretty weird to smile into the mirror as I painted this, but the full toothful grin was just creepy. I entered this painting under "Portraits" in The Armstrong SpallumcheenArt Gallery 29th Annual Ribbon Show running from July 6 until August 5 2017

Quarter Dozen

"Quarter Dozen"
Egg shells on watercolour paper
5" x 7" double matted and framed
#20012717
Armstrong Ribbon Show "Alternative" entry

This was just plain fun! I saved different coloured chicken eggshells to "paint" this picture. I used acrylic medium to keep the shells in place.

Sea Jewels

This painting is from a photo reference I requested from my friend Joan Keating (love supporting friends!). There is a beautiful beach with a wonderful mix of clay, rocks, sea glass and shells near her summer home. As per my request she went out a took some great photos having no idea what I really wanted. This painting is in the Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum & Art Gallery Ribbon Fair watercolour category from July 6 until August 5. My goal was to have a painting in every category that I qualify for, I made all but one (next year hopefully I will make my goal).

"Sea Jewels"

Watercolour on  watercolour paper  9" x 11"

matted and framed

#20010717

Twilight On Mara Lake

"Twilight on Mara Lake"

Photo permission by Whitney Jean 

10" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 #20007717

This painting was inspired by a photo I saw on Facebook. I contacted the photographer and Whitney Jean gave me permission to paint it. I was watching and dealing with Mara Lake's potential flood and this photo really caught my attention. It showed all the beautiful colours in the night sky reflecting on Mara Lake. Painting this was a real reprieve from my pump watching "house arrest". 

Indiglow

"Indiglow"
Mixed Media  7 1/2" x 9 1/2" ink & gouache on Yupo paper matted with white frame
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At The Brush and Palette Club we were working with ink on Yupo paper. This is my rendition of Mara Lake in the winter using opaque white gouache with the ink. Thanks Joan for helping with the title!

This was my entry for the mixed media category in The Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery 29 th Annual Ribbon Show. The show is running from July 6 until August 5 2017.

Happy Canada Day!!

Truly Canadian

Ink, double matted and framed

$150   #20001717

For this year's annual Sicamous Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club's Show and Sale, they challenged their members to paint, draw or somehow represent some area of Canada to celebrate our 150th year.

We had a "play date" at one of our usual Friday meetings and Betty gave us a little tutorial and let us loose to play with a few different pens to try. It was a lot of fun and I was determined to use this in at least one "painting". I love using this pen in my sketch book. This drawing was done with an "Elegant Ink" felt pen then I added water to move it in areas. The Sicamous Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club is having it's annual show and sale June 29 until July 3, 2017. I also have other paintings in this show, come have a look if you are in the area!

Dreama's Online class - Week 6 Bonus

Week 6 Bonus"Front Row Seat In France"

12" x 12" Oil on board

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This painting is my rendition of the last lesson (Week 6) in Dreama Tolle Perry's online art class. She has 2 bonus reference photos at the end and this is one of them. Access to the course is for a year so I may go through and paint them again, learn more and see if my style has evolved. I really enjoy the colours she uses and of course her photo resources. The course is more than just painting, she has tips, meditation videos with an outdoor scene and music, suggestions with "be kind to your artist self".

This painting combines what we have learnt from the 6 weekly modules...pots, walls, windows, shutters, flowers and greenery,

Dreama's Online Class - Week 6

Week 6 "Blue Shutters and Blooming Friends"

12" x 9" Oil on board

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I really enjoyed painting this class. It was a challenge to fit in all the elements in this painting (hard building, stone, clay pot as well as the soft foliage and flowers). I have never painted shutters doors before so that too was interesting. This painting will be a door prize at the Eagle Valley Brush and Palette 38th Annual Art Show from June 28 until July 4 at the Red Barn Arts Centre in Sicamous, B.C. Stop by and meet some wonderful artists, enjoy the art and of course fill in a free ballot.

Dreama's Online class - Week 4 & 5

Week 4    "Seated In The Garden"         14" x 11"                 Oil on canvas board  #20027617A

   

               Week 5  "Gathered In Love"

                                          12" x 12" Oil on canvas board
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These two paintings are my rendition of an online art class I took with Dreama Tolle Perry. The chair is Week 4 and the flower pot is Week 5. I am going to have to take better reference photos for myself as I love her photo references, all the composition work is done!

The painting of the chair was given to the Mount Royal Staff Association as one of their door prizes for their professional development day. I put Dreama's info on the back and that I had completed it in her workshop.