'October Oaks - Highrock'

As we await another wind and rain storm here

on southern Vancouver Island, it is a bit

of a treat to look back at some recent

plein airs. When thoughts of wind and of heavy rain

seemed distant and remote on such a beautiful

early fall afternoon up on Highrock.

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'October Oaks - Highrock'

oil on wood panel

6 x 8

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Your thoughts & comments are valued!

Jeffrey

"Canoe and Dinghy beached" oil 8x10

My eye searches for a familiar but unusual setting, and I found it at the Oak Bay Marina in Victoria BC where these two were nesting together.

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Portraits as training for artists

Sometimes the sitter will not accept your impression of him or her for reasons that have nothing to do with the accuracy of your rendering. Take heart, 'cos a portrait painting is a search not only for accuracy but also for that intangible look that reveals the person. I was happy with my oil sketch of Carolyn with her great hair. Like Sargent before me, I chose not to blend the strokes, but to lap them value against value. A great training lesson for moi.

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'Peninsula Harvest'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10
This is my painting from this morning

out on the Saanich Peninsula. 

Lovely October morning here on the south Island...

 

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Your thoughts & comments welcomed.

Jeffrey

Another one from Cattle Point,

this is my effort from Fridays paint out.

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'One Morning in July'

oil on wood panel

11 x 14

Evening Sail - Oak Bay

'Evening Sail-Oak Bay'
oil on wood panel
8 x 10
'Out on the bay the sailors delight
In the fading June evening light
Parrish clouds all billowed and bright
Oh too soon it will be night'
-Jeffrey J. Boron-