"Fulford Farm"

Another Linnyland painting from 

another Saltspring/Salt Spring Linnyland painting adventure.
While I painted a small audience gradually gathered; first a woman visiting SSI on her annual writer's retreat, then one popsicle eating child, then two more, then a father and a sculptor sprawled on the ground next to the easel, and finally a neighbour and her children joined them - and me.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 
May you and your gathering enjoy.
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"Fulford Farm"

oil on canvas

12 x 16

"The Double Umbrella Cabin"

Another from a recent 

Linnyland painting/swimming adventure 

on Saltspring/Salt Spring Island.

From the middle of the lake,

where an Osprey circled and visited during my swim, 

I could see a little blue cabin that I thought I'd like to paint.

But later, when I set up to paint, I discovered that 

there was a tree that blocked the view

of the fine little blue cabin. So, this is

somewhat of "a recollection of that cabin, 

combined with moving a different cabin 

down the mountain side and closer to the lake, 

plus the addition of a couple of yellow striped

 straight out of Linnyland umbrellas type of painting". 

*And, just for a "fun" challenge 

I thought, "I'll forgo using any red paint";

whenever I try this, 

(and all the while that I paint),

my inner voice screams out,

"NO RED - WHY, LINNY, WHY?!!"

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"The Double Umbrella Cabin"

oil on wood

10 x 8

"Cusheon Lake Colors"

Just home from a Saltspring/Salt Spring Island 

Linnyland swimming/painting/swimming/painting/

swimming/swimming/swimming/swimming adventure... 

this one was from the very end of the day with

 a view of the very end of the lake, 

at the (almost) very end of summer. 

It was so dark while I packed my paints 

that the bats were already swooping and 

the little tree frog was headed

out for the night...

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"Cusheon Lake Colors" 

oil on wood

8 x 6

Linnyland Summertime at West End Gallery

It's Linnyland Summertime at

West End Gallery

"The Red A-Frame"

This A-Frame was across the lake

 and up on the hill,

it might not have been red but another color instead.

(From September's Linnyland painting,

 swimming, painting, swimming,

 painting adventure

 on Saltspring/Salt Spring Island BC Canada.)
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"The Red A-Frame"
oil on wood
10 x 8

Red Barn Ruckle Park

Happy Canada Day!

As I was getting set to do this post

I realized that, although I use red paint in just about

every one of my paintings, none of my recent

"hot of the easels" (that are photographed)

are red enough for Canada Day. So,this is one from

a few whiles ago, it's of a barn that's

at Ruckle Park on Salt Spring Island.

(It was a red hot day on Salt Spring Island

when I painted this one!)

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"Red Barn - Ruckle Park"

(plein air)

oil on canvas

14 x 11

Burgoyne Bay Barn

This one is from a recent adventure

to Salt Spring Island.

The old barn in this painting is in a field in

Burgoyne Bay Park which is at the base

of Mount Maxwell.

It was a grey sky afternoon as I painted yet, flying above me, there

were three varieties of swallows (Barn, Tree and Violet Green) and I had my

first dragonfly sighting of the year.

Plus, with the miracle of paint (in Linnyland), the sun

was shining on my canvas.

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"Burgoyne Bay Barn"

oil on wood panel

(plein air)

14 x 11