A student of oil painting

Three friends fishing

2011-01-16T21:44:00.002-07:00

Oils 18"x35"

I painted this en plein air in Sidney and completed this at home.

Winter Tea Time

2011-01-11T19:45:00.003-07:00

Oils 8"x10

My first completed painting of the year :)

Vi Skaliva

2010-07-07T12:06:00.000-06:00

I spent a couple of days in Brentwood bay painting this scene when the owner of this vessel and gave me some backround on his boat and the name Vi Skaliva

Saxe Point

2010-07-07T12:03:00.000-06:00

I painted this scene at Saxe point with a group of plein air painters early in the morning on a gorgeous day a few weeks ago.

Foggy day on the dock

2010-07-07T11:13:00.003-06:00

I painted this blue vessel down at the dock downtown Victoria. It was a cool foggy day,and I was able to spend a longer time completing this as the light was consistant. 10"x14" in oils.

Coast Guard

2010-07-07T11:06:00.002-06:00

I painted this coastguard vessel in Esquimalt overlooking a very busy Victoria Harbor. This is definately one of my favorite spots to paint. To my left is the arbutus trees I painted the next day.
10"x14" in oils

Arbutus

2010-07-07T11:02:00.002-06:00

I painted these arbutus trees out in Esquimalt on a gorgeous sunny day. Took me about three hours to capture this scene on 10"x14" panel in oils

Manderin Segments

2009-06-24T18:19:00.010-06:00

Loved painting these Manderin segments.

Glass full of lilacs

2009-06-05T20:16:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Picked these out of my neighbours garden, mmmm they smell just heavenly!

Silver, grapes and pear

2009-06-03T21:43:00.002-06:00

Love painting silver
Oils (5"x7")

Tea time

2009-05-27T18:46:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Found this little teapot at a local used goods store, love hunting for little treasures like this.

SOLD

Sunshine on stems

2009-05-22T19:27:00.002-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Oh yes, it's flower season, snow's gone, at least I hope so, and the opportunity to paint everything summer! Yes!

Three Pears

2009-05-19T19:00:00.003-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Had a very specific image in mind when I painted this, and I'm greatful that I have the opportunity to paint these again at a later date, practice makes perfect!

This was very difficult to photograph, had a tough time with reflecting oil off the canvas.

Pealed orange

2009-05-17T16:34:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

I do believe I have found a challenge! I'm going to continue painting them till I get em right!

2009-05-15T14:57:00.003-06:00

Due to ill health, I wont be posting for a couple of days :-(
I will be back in full force on monday

Layers of onion

2009-05-12T19:04:00.002-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

This was a challenge! I know it looks simple, hmmmm
not!

Juicy Mango

2009-05-09T19:27:00.003-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

One of my favorite fruits, mangos yum!
these grew in abundance in south africa and
indulged in this delicious fruit often. Enjoyed
painting it as much as I'm gonna eat it lol!

In the Paint (SOLD)

2009-05-08T17:10:00.004-06:00

Oils (9"x12")

Well here's the completed painting. whew! What a mission!
This was fun to paint, but a lot of work!

Copper Kettle

2009-05-06T18:08:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

A friend of mine lent me this very cool copper kettel
to paint, really had fun with this!

Peanut Butter

2009-05-04T21:52:00.003-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

As usual leavin everything to the last minute lol!
This was one of the more challenging paintings, didnt think I'd get this dun on time to take a pic of it before sundown, there was just enough daylight to take a pic. Whew! May have to re-take tomorrow.

Apples and copper

2009-05-03T19:07:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

This turned out to be one of my favorites, didn't think
it was goin to turn out till near the end, panic set in lol!

Campbell's

2009-05-02T19:13:00.007-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Finally completed this one, took longer than
the others for some reason. Still really enjoyed
painting this little piece.

Yellow Bowl

2009-04-30T21:00:00.005-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Whew! just in time! started a painting earlier and for some reason it didnt work out, so had to start again from scratch. I think i like this one!

Romance

2009-04-29T18:25:00.005-06:00

Oils (5"x7")
Well the prize at the end of it all is
improvement, I'm looking forward to
seeing the difference between now and the
one hundredth painting down the rd

House on the corner

2009-04-28T20:00:00.001-06:00

Oils (5"x7")
Just returned from painting this little scene
around the corner from my house. Only had
a tiny window to finish this as I was chased away.

My old pot

2009-04-27T19:09:00.002-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Painting #6! I've painted this old pot before, so
familiar to me, love the subtle contrasts when
painting a reflective surface, now to chop up the onion for dinner!

Herbal tea (Sold)

2009-04-24T19:35:00.002-06:00

Oils (5"x7")
Well here's painting #3
This was not easy! I got kinda nervous halfway,
worrried it wasn't turning out. Had to talk my way thru this lol!

Painted bowl

2009-04-23T20:33:00.003-06:00

Oils (5"x7") Well here it is, painting no. 2! It's been a crazy busy day and completing this painting was definately a challenge! two down hundreds to go.....

Books are forever

2009-04-22T23:00:00.003-06:00

Oils (5"x7")

Well here it is, my first completed painting for the day!
Found these books at the local library, wanted to create that olde world feeling, hope u enjoy it as much as I enjoyed painting it!