Spring Classics SOLD

Cherry blossoms, a VW van

and a cornerstore - who could want for more?

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'Spring Classics'

oil on canvas

11 x 14

SOLD

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

Bikes and Blossoms SOLD

Bicycle rides and cherry blossoms

say that spring

is here!

(Even though, earlier this week, there were snow flakes falling

while the pink petals from the plum tree blossoms

were floating to the ground.)

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"Bikes and blossoms", 12 x 12, oil on canvas, ©Linny D. Vine SOLD

Private Collection 
Grande Prairie, AB Canada

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

SOLD

Island Memory SOLD

This is another "warm memories of

a visit to Salt Spring Island" painting.

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"Island Memory"

oil on canvas

24 x 24
SOLD

Private Collection
Maple Bay BC Canada

Sunny Day- Botanical Beach Bay

This one is a plein air from yesterday's

adventure to Botanical Beach Park.

It was a gorgeous day of

warm sunshine and fresh ocean air!

On the drive home, just when I thought

the day couldn't possibly get any more glorious

and even before I'd seen the brilliant orange sunset,

I had the good fortune

to see a Northern Pygmy - Owl.

(Seeing a Pygmy - Owl and seeing a movie in 3 - D

are two things that I have experienced

this month that have long been on my

large list of things that I have my heart set on

experiencing in this life time

- I'm having a good month and a good life!)

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"Sunny Day - Botanical Beach Bay"

oil on wood panel

(plein air)

12 x 9

Chinatown Pine SOLD

Sun Neen Fai Lok! /Happy New Year!

The year of the tiger starts today and Victoria's Chinatown

is decorated in preparation for the

new lunar year celebrations.

All along the streets there are large red lanterns

strung high above the cherry and pine trees.

The color red represents happiness and good luck

and the pine tree represents longevity and endurance.

Having a pine tree on your property

is said to bring good fortune,

(and, according to Linny lore, a painting of one will as well!)

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"Chinatown Pine"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

SOLD

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!

Gold Sky and Firs

This is another from an

outdoor adventure to Highrock Park.

It was on a grey day in early January.

After I returned to the studio the painting's

sky looked too blah, so, the clouds parted

and the gold sky appeared.

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"Gold Sky and Firs -Highrock Park"

(plein air with studio gilding)

oil on wood panel

12 x 9

Summertime - Fulford Harbour SOLD

It's summertime and I'm back on

Salt Spring Island - if only in the world of Linnyland.

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"Summertime - Fulford Harbour"

oil on canvas

24 x 24

SOLD

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

Island Adventure SOLD

This one has Mount Maxwell in the background

and comes with warm memories of

a September adventure on

Salt Spring Island.

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"Island Adventure"

oil on canvas

16 x 16

SOLD

Sunrise - Fisgard Light SOLD

This is the second wee Fisgard Lighthouse

that I painted way back in December of 2009.

(It's odd how December feels like forever ago!)

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"Sunrise - Fisgard Light"

oil on canvas

6 x 6

SOLD

Sunset - Fisgard Light SOLD

This is one of two smallest

Fisgard Lighthouses that I've

ever painted, (I'll post the sunrise next time.)

I just delivered this one to

the She Said Gallery in Fernwood.

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Sunset - Fisgard Light

oil on canvas

6 x 6

SOLD

Prairie Lighthouse

I was born in Saskatchewan

and came to BC at age three, so I have

limited memories of

the prairies, but I do remember the

giant grain elevators. I've had an urge to paint

some of the old style wooden ones

and I've been asking people

who travel to the prairies to bring me back photos

of these rare old giants. The photo

that I used as a reference for

this painting came to me

courtesy of Shelley from her visit

to Elbow, Saskatchewan. Thank-you, Shelley!

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"Prairie Lighthouse"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

High on Highrock

This one is from my last plein air adventure of 2009.

Last Sunday fellow fellow painter, Jeffrey J. Boron,

and I enjoyed a sunny seven degrees Celsius

couple of hours at Highrock Park in Esquimalt.
Jeffrey had an idea in mind and set up to paint right away
and I wandered around and about...
and around and about some more... and then even more
before finally deciding on the
mossy rocks and Garry oak trees.
I love the freedom that comes from

not having a preconceived idea of how a painting

will turn out, as with this little one,
and that had me thinking about
freedom and now I'm thinking and feeling
that 2010 is the year of FREEDOM.
And, being creative folk, we are free to create
what we want in our lives for this year,
(even if that means the freedom of not having a preconceived
idea of how it will all turn out...)

Wishing you all the freedom that you desire in 2010!
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High on Highrock
(plein air)
oil on board
10 x 8

Snow Clouds - Saxe Point Park SOLD

Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day!

This snowy painting of Saxe Point Park is from a

past winter when we in Victoria

had lots of snow. I remember walking to the park

and taking photos along the way but,

just after I had taken shots of this scene,

I had a tumble and filled my camera with snow.

I was upset because that meant the end of photographing the,

(not common at all in Victoria), snowy day.

That was until I noticed a family of otters

under one of the houses on the point

across from the park,

(the one to the left of the trees in the painting).

The otters were all playing;

sliding from under the house, down

into the ocean and then scrambling over each other

while racing back up to do it all over again -

and thankfully, they were too far away

for me to even consider trying to photograph them.

(The traditional Christmas Saxe Point Park

stroll yesterday was sunny

and warm - Anna's hummingbirds, one bald eagle but no otters.)

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"Snow Clouds"

acrylic on canvas

12 x 12

SOLD

Little Light SOLD

Happy Solstice Everyone!

The first time that I painted

the Fisgard Lighthouse it was on location

and it was a cold but sunny wintery morning.

Since then I've painted a few more "Fisgards" on

different shapes and sizes of canvas, and oddly,

I've painted them all in the

months of December.

Each time that I paint the lighthouse it

ends up being balanced on a slightly higher rock

and the last two have had fences as safe boundaries as well.

I'm sure that by this time in December we can all relate to the

lighthouse and are feeling the need to rise high above it all with

our boundaries in tact. So, on Winter Solstice today,

as you celebrate the return of the light

may you all have a little time to yourself to

find your balance and enjoy the light

- high above it all.

Wishing you joy & light!

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"Little Light"

oil on canvas

20 x 10

SOLD

Down the Road

This one is from my most recent outdoor painting adventure

(late November) to Kinsmen Park in Esquimalt.

The day was gorgeous; a sunny and warm memory.

We've had snow in Victoria today.

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"Down the Road"

oil on board

12 x 9

Moon Jumpers SOLD

This painting came about after an October plein air

adventure to the Cowichan Valley.

While I painted I was aware that the cows

were continually wandering over to check on my progress.

When I finished painting I snapped a few photos of

the curious cows for a studio painting.

The painting, "Moon Jumpers", now belongs to Shelley:

Shelley fell in love with this painting and

told her dear friend, Linda,

who arranged to have all of Shelley's friends

contribute to the painting for

Shelley on her special birthday.

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"Moon Jumpers"

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20

SOLD

Posing or just watching?

Saturna Evening

And, here is the second little Saturna Island

painting of East Point Park with the

kingfisher calling out that it's

a magical evening in May.

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"Saturna Evening"

oil on 1 1/4" canvas

6 x 6

(This posting was painted on a red ground.)

Contact Legacy Gallery for more information.

Spring Evening - East Point Park SOLD

After my instant sell out

at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's

Christmas Small Works Show

I decided to paint two more smallish paintings.

(These are slightly larger than the work

that I had in the AGGV Small Works Show.)

Both paintings are from a visit to

East Point Park on Saturna Island

where I have memories of a kingfisher

flying back and forth along the beach

on that warm May evening.

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"Spring Evening - East Point Park"

(Saturna Island)

oil on 1 1/4" canvas

6 x 6

SOLD

(This posting's painting is painted on a burnt sienna ground.)

For information contact She Said Gallery.

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."

Under a Pumpkin Sky SOLD

September in Victoria was all golden skies while
October's morning and evening skies
have been shades of orange.
This painting is from a plein air adventure
on one of October's orange skied mornings.
I set up along the Lochside trail
near the pumpkin fields of Michell's farm in Saanich
and painted looking up toward the Michell farm house.
This one is all about happiness!
Happy Pumpkin Skies and Happy Halloweening, too!
And happy almost LINNY at LARGE showtime
at the Mercurio Gallery ...
the show opens on Tuesday the 3rd of November!
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9 x 12
(plein air)
oil on wood panel
SOLD

Autumn Oaks - Highrock Park SOLD

I've been busy with preparations

for my November solo show,

LINNY at LARGE,

at the Mercurio Gallery

but on Saturday morning it was so sunny

and warm that I snuck out for a

plein air adventure to one of

the parks in my neighbourhood.

The sky clouded over while I was painting

but the temperature stayed warm

and as the clouds moved in I became more and more fond

of the combination of green moss, golden Garry oak leaves,

and all of the different blues and greys

of the rocks, mountains and sky.

Some of the large rock formations at Highrock Park

look as though they are sculptures that have been

carefully placed and arranged

to accentuate the views of

the Strait of Juan de Fuca and

the Olympic Mountains,

(and maybe they have!)

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oil on wood panel

(plein air)

12 x 9

Across the Lagoon to Hatley Castle

This quick little sketch

is from a few weeks ago when the colors

of autumn were at their most brilliant and the

Mute swans were of a mood

to pose for me.

I set up on the breezy ocean side of

the road that runs along between

the Pacific ocean and the Esquimalt Lagoon.

The red front wall

of the historic Dunsmuir family castle is a cover

of Virginia Creeper vine.

To the left of the estate, are

colorful maple trees from the

beautifully aged Japanese strolling garden which,

in my opinion, is the jewel of

the Hatley Castle estate.

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oil on wood panel

(plein air)

8 x 10

Golden Days SOLD

When I first experienced the colorful city of Victoria,

it seemed to me that,

each neighbourhood had it's own unique

little corner store

and that VW bugs were the most

popular car on the road.

This little store

is close to my neighbourhood

and every October

the maple tree next to it turns brilliant

shades of gold,

similar in color to the Gold Nugget bubblegum

(in a drawstring cotton pouch) that

was, or maybe still is, sold in corner stores.

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acrylic on canvas

24 x 12
SOLD