November Light - Highrock Park

This one is from an earlier in November adventure to

Highrock Park in Esquimalt with fellow fella painter,

Jeffrey Boron.

Jeffrey has claimed thatthere are easily 100 paintings

to be painted in this park and I'm in agreement

- so, that means 200, doesn't it?!

We painted at the park on one of the few November days

that had any sort late afternoon light...only 21 more days until

Winter Solstice and then the light starts it's return.

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"November Light - Highrock Park"

oil on board

(plein air)

11 x 14

Quonley's Corner SOLD

You may remember that in September

I painted the Quonley's store

as part of a Victoria plein air event and

this studio painting is of the same Chinatown landmark.

Quonley's is located on the corner of Fisgard

and Government Streets, in between

the Gate of Harmonious Interest and

the Silk Road Tea Company.

Often, as I paint, the figures in the painting will start

to develop personalities or

they begin to remind me of someone,

other times they will go through a few identities

as I'm developing the painting.

This time the elderly women rounding the corner

is on her way home with fresh produce

after her daily shopping trip.

The figure that has entered the interior of Quonley's

reminds me of another local artist, Robert Amos.

I didn't get to know the fellow over to the left

very well but I think that he's a young

guy who was passing through Chinatown

on his way to the coffee shop next to the skateboard store.

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Quonley's Corner

acrylic on canvas

36 x 30
SOLD

Autumn Path - Uplands Park

This little one is from a recent
autumn jaunt to Oak Bay's Uplands Park.
It was on a dear friend's birthday that we made
a first trip to this park and,
because it was a fairly dark, dank afternoon,
we didn't get any further than this spot on the path.
I set up to paint and thought
how the mystery of what lies around the bend of this path
is similar to my friend on his birthday
wondering what's around the
corner for his new year...
may it be overflowing with of all of your heart's desires!
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"Autumn Path - Uplands Park"
10 x 8
oil on wood panel

Linny at Large at Mercurio Gallery Reception

Linny is at Large...

at Mercurio Gallery's Linny at Large reception...

and so, too, are...

many, wonderful...

friends...

and patrons...

Thank-you all for coming

to enjoy an evening

of warmth at

Mercurio Gallery...

and that's not all...

Linny at Large at Mercurio Gallery

has been extended through November!!!

Evening Magic SOLD

Tonight is the Linny at Large

at Mercurio Gallery reception

from 5 - 8 pm....

Come, enjoy an evening among the warmth

of my plein air and studio work...

join in the evening magic...

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"Evening Magic"

acrylic on canvas

40 x 30

SOLD

Life on the Edge

This

painting

is of a property

near Saxe Point Park

and just down the street from

my home/studio. The house in the painting

sits just above the giant firs, which grow right above

the curved boulders that slope straight up from the edge of the ocean.

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acrylic on canvas

36 x 30

"LINNY at LARGE"

LINNY at LARGE opens today

at the Mercurio Gallery!

602 Courtney Street

www.mercurio.ca

LINNY at LARGE

"Bigger! Better! More generous!

In November, Mercurio will be showing some of

Linny D. Vine's new larger paintings as part of this exhibition.

As usual, she has traversed the region in search

of subjects for her brush.

These works brim with optimism and joy,

as well as beautifully observed details of both

the natural and urban landscapes, and

a rich and skillfully managed palette.

Come, enjoy."