Then in keeping with the winter theme - along comes Christmas.
So one must paint some Christmas scenes - just for fun!
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| Collection of 4x6" and 5x7" scenes. Oil on Canvas board. |
Snow at O'Hara
Winter of course prompts one to do winter paintings.
"Snow at O'Hara" is what happened.
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| Snow at O'Hara Oil on Canvas 24x36" |
Deep Cove
Terri requested this painting some time ago whilst we were taking night pictures overlooking Deep Cove.
I had a large canvas 28" by 40" or something like that, given to me and it needed a picture on it.
Once I started on the background there was no stopping me, I became fixated with the lights, and the sunset's glow on the water. Using just the right colors to create the distant blacks was very tricky.
My first commissioned painting - price - free.
Deep Cove
Oil on Canvas
A PRETTY LADY
A couple of months ago I attended a portrait painting demonstration by a local artist, Zwany van Gust - she is a very good artist - trained in Holland.
Zwany paints in acrylics and I in oil, so instead of painting her examples I decided to paint my own example using her technique and tips. That is how the "pretty lady" happened.
I hope she likes herself - I like her.
( I got a lot of glare on the photograph, even though I didn't use a flash - grrrr!)
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Reflecting
Over the summer I was given the opportunity to enter a show at the Chilliwack Museum.
Having recently visited the Burnaby Museum, I decided to check the pictures I took there for inspiration as the show was entitled "Memories"
I used my picture of a "display" home from way back, deleted some clutter (museum artifacts) added the little boy's face reflecting in the mirror as he peeks in awe into the window.
It was a fun painting.
Reflecting
Oil on Deep Canvas
16" x 20"
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