OSWOA - Mirage 1

I started a series of seven similar paintings with Neil Broadfoot last year in a colour and composition workshop.

The basis for this painting was originally called Colour and Composition 2 (see post on 15 December 11).

It was just yellow washed into the top of a piece of paper.

I thought of the distant mountains I saw from the hotel room when we were in Las Vegas a number of years ago and the miles of desert surrounding the area. This is the result, a small oasis in the desert reflecting the sun.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Cold 1

The nights are getting colder and the days aren't as warm as they were earlier this month. I won't be long before there is snow on the ground and the ponds and lakes are frozen over.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

A New Day

Today we were painting at the Peterborough Riverview Park and Zoo and I painted this little gem just beyond the bridge looking across the Otonabee River.

I liked the way the birch trees were reflected in the slowly moving water and how the light struck the rocks on the distant shore highlighting them.

This original 2" x 5" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $65.00.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.

Algonquin Morning

I pulled this painting back out (see postings on 05 May and 22 August 2012) and after looking at it on and off for about a month I decided to make a few minor changes to the painting so I can frame it up and take it as an addition to my show at the Visitors' Centre in Algonquin Provincial Park.












I made one of the birds in the sky slightly larger than the other two and then I added a few dead cedar tree trunks into the background.

This original 15" x 22" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $450.00.

Grazing I

I was watching a program on television about mustangs and did a number of quick sketches of the various wild horses which I will post at a later date as each of them are completed.










I inked this small 4" x 9" sketch of a single horse grazing. It will be available matted and shrink wrapped for $30.00.

Forest King I

Hunting season has rolled around again this year and with all the different types of hunting, from bow, black powder and regular rifles the season runs from September through to December.

I did a pen and ink drawing of a does earlier this month (see posting 12 September 2012).













This is a buck that used to feed in the courtyard with the horses over the winter last year; but so far I haven't seen him on the property although there are scrap marks on some of the trees which may be his doing.

This original 5" x 7-1/2" pen and ink drawing when framed will be available for $145.00.

Forgotten Barn

After completing yesterday's collage with a barn I decided I may as well  continue the same theme.

I added a silo with the barn to make it a little different.

I used various mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and French ultramarine blue into the foreground to give the impression of abandoned fields that have become over grown with weeds.

This original framed 4-1/2" x 7" collage is available for $125.00.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.