Prairie Gold

Here's another

in my grain

elevator series.

It's based on

one of the three

(as far as I know)

still standing

wooden elevators

of Mossleigh, Alberta.

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"Prairie Gold"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

Mighty Memory

Recently I have been on a bit

of a grain elevator jag

that was initially inspired by my early,

(and nearly only), memories of the prairies. I painted this one

and afterwards I was

doing a little grain elevator research,

and discovered that this one, the Fleming, Saskatchewan elevator,

(built in 1895), was Canada's

oldest standing elevator on it's original site. That same evening

artist Barbara Muir left me a comment,

saying that she had heard sad news

of a fire that destroyed one of the old wooden elevators.

Tragically, it was the Fleming elevator.

The residents of Fleming had been working

to restore their historic elevator

and were nearly finished the restoration.

My heart goes out to the people of Fleming

on their devastating loss.

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"Mighty Memory"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

Big Red

For Valentine's Day

weekend it's "Big Red"!

"Big Red"was inspired by Bill

and a prairie giant in

Beatty, Saskatchewan.

(According to the 2001 census

Beatty's population totals 61.)

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"Big Red"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

A big thank-you to Bill!

And, wishes of happy hearts for all!

Train and Elevator

In one of my recent posts, I mentioned

that I've been asking people who travel

to the prairies to bring back photos

of old wooden grain elevators.

Later that week, compliments of Bruce Sherman,

I received a grey day photo of Indian Head

Saskatchewan's big old giant.

Thank-you, Bruce!

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"Train and Elevator"

oil on canvas

20 x 10