Springtime in the Harbour SOLD

It was fun to paint this one at the same time as

the city's landscape turns to pink.

Springtime in Victoria is pink blossomtime!

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"Springtime in the Harbour"

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20

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Emily and Woo SOLD

This giant and very royal arbutus tree

stands on the front lawn of

the Empress Hotel,

(beside the Belmont Building

showing through the arbutus tree).

These historic buildings are located on Government Street

in the heart of Victoria's inner harbour.

The Empress Hotel, designed by Francis Rattenbury,

was built during Emily Carr's lifetime and very near

to Emily's family home.

And, wouldn't you know it, Emily and Woo happened to wander by

while I was working on this painting ...

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"Emily and Woo"

acrylic on canvas

24 x 12
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Quonley's

I was up bright and early this morning to take part in

"Local Colour - Art on the Streets"

organized by the Downtown Victoria Business Association.

The theme of the event was; visual artists capturing the

character and vibrancy of Downtown Victoria.

It's usually color that attracts me to a scene and if the scene

has red in it then I'm ready to paint.

This morning on the corner of Fisgard and

Government streets

I saw red and lots of it so, I

set up to paint the Quonley's store.

Quonley's is located next to

the Gate of Harmonious Interest in the heart of Chinatown.

The beautiful and colorful Chinatown district of Victoria

is one of Canada's designated National Historic Sites.

This was one of my

"put your hands in the air like you don't care"

creative experiences having fun and painting while chatting with

friendly locals and tourists.

The folk that stopped to talk left me with many wonderful

comments and when they asked me,

"What would you call this style of yours?",

I told them "Linnyism".

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oil on wood panel

(plein air)

14 x 11

"Quonley's" will be in the

upcoming "Local Colour" art show...details TBA.

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Also, please visit the blog of artist & wordsmith, Carol Schiff.

Carol has kindly mentioned me on her latest posting,

"The Swimming Hole", and I'm in love with her

description of my work.

Thank-you, Carol!!!

Blossomtime by the Blue Bridge

This is another of the larger pieces that I mentioned

in an earlier post.

It's a spring scene of Victoria's inner harbour

with cherry tree blossoms

in full bloom.

(My mind does some wandering and wondering

while I'm painting, for instance;

Victoria still has quite a few VW vans

on it's roads... how many

of the VW vans have crossed the Johnson Street/Blue Bridge from the '60's

until now... it's amazing that there

seem to be more VW vans than VW bugs/beetles still

travelling on Victoria's roads ... is it this way where you are, too?)

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"Blossomtime by the Blue Bridge"

acrylic on canvas

36 x 48

Autumn by the Blue Bridge SOLD

"Autumn by the Blue Bridge" is one of the larger paintings

that I mentioned in one of my past posts.

I'm getting ahead of myself in the seasons with this one,

(and I don't want to rush this year's glorious summer)

but, with all the talk of the fate of Victoria's historic

Johnson Street Bridge / "The Blue Bridge", I started thinking

that it may be the autumn of our (1924) bascule Blue Bridge - or is

that final decision still "up in the air"?

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"Autumn by the Blue Bridge"

acrylic on canvas, 36x48, ©Linny D Vine

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Private Collection
Brentwood Bay, BC Canada

Tourist Town SOLD

I'm dreaming of a pink spring!

acrylic on canvas

24 x 12

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This painting is for sale.

For information contact the Mercurio Gallery.

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