Summer Solstice Hay Field

This one is from a Linnyland out in the fields adventure

on the evening of the summer solstice.

I painted beneath the swooping Swallows,

the chattering Cowbirds and in front

of the Sheep who all offered me the same

unflattering commentary.

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"Summer Solstice Hay Field"

oil on wood panel

6 x 8

Cadboro Bay Castle SOLD

"Cadboro Bay Castle" went home to hang in "the castle" today.

The castle is the happy home of Nala, Sage, Landon and Shana

as well as their puppers, Copper and Raven.

This painting was commissioned as a Mother's Day gift

and was a total joy to create right from the start,

meeting the family at the gallery during

my recent "a little, little, Linny Show",

to the finish with Shana's,

"I LOVE IT!"

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"Cadboro Bay Castle"

oil on canvas

20 x 16

SOLD

Rufus Goes to the Beach

This one is from the afternoon of my recent painting adventure

to Witty's Lagoon Beach. Although dogs and their humans

were out enjoying the warm day at the beach

these three are (relatively) straight out of Linnyland.

Sometime during this painting there was a deep voiced fellow

that felt the need to call out his dog's name quite often.

Could it be that "Rufus" was having too much fun?

Is there any such thing as too much fun?!!

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"Rufus Goes to the Beach"

oil on wood panel

8 x 10

"Little Bad Boy Lighthouse" SOLD

From a recent sunny morning

Linnyland painting adventure at Witty's Lagoon.

I decided to paint the snow capped Olympic Mountains

with the Race Rocks lighthouse in front.

The lighthouse was too far away for me to see any of it's features

but I thought, "No problem, I've painted it before

and I can do it from memory". (Ha ha.)

When I finished painting I could see that something wasn't

quite right with the lighthouse tower.

It wasn't until I was back in my studio, and I had looked

through the binoculars at the Race Rocks Lighthouse,

that I realized I'd given the tower an extra white stripe.

Ah...that's why the little lighthouse

sports the "convict in striped pajamas look"!

So...after some concern and careful consideration

I've come to understand that the little lighthouse

hasn't done anything too seriously

bad or wrong - really, the only crime (if one can call it a crime) 
that he committed

was that he wanted to be a little bit different -

and that might explain the reason that he stands out

from the crowd the way that he does.

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"Little Bad Boy Lighthouse"

oil on wood panel

8 x 6
SOLD
Private Collection
Metchosin BC Canada