ACEO - Growies 5 and 6

It is in winter when you realize just how hardy the grasses, flower stalks and twigs are as they fight against the wind and the elements to stay upright and not be crushed down.

Growies 5

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

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.



Growies 6

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes Show at KAGS

Today I have to go down to KAGS to help hang the Portrait show which opens on 15 April 12 and runs through to 03 May 12.

I have entered my painting of Christine in her wedding dress (see my post on 12 October 2012) which is featured on the poster for the show.






















It was interesting to see there are two other paintings of Christine from that day which will be exhibited by other artists from the Portrait Group and I will be taking the garland she had beneath her veil as one of the props for the display.














If you have a chance, please come out and see the show.

Spring Stream I

While driving on the roads out in the country I see scenes like this and if I have the time I will stop and make a quick sketch and take reference photographs to do a painting with more detail at a later date.











This is an original 3-1/2" x 5-1/4" pen and ink painting which when framed will be available for $125.00.

Northern Winter

Yesterday I painted with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters Group and on the way home ran into freezing rain and today the overcast weather has given us hail and sleet.

I thought it fitting to do a winter scene with a hawk flying; especially since my little Sparrow Hawks that nest under the eaves of the house have returned.










This original, 4-1/2" x 9-1/4" framed watercolour is available for $225.00.

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

Winter Scene 3

It seems that even though it is spring, winter just doesn't want to let go and continues to either snow, sleet or hail.

Today I painted with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters Group and finished this little pen and ink scene of birches in winter.

This original 4" x 4" painting when framed will be available for $65.00.

Logging I

Even though we have had a very mild winter draft horses in many places are still used to skid logs out of the forest.















This is a drawing of my father and two of the logging horses he worked with back in the early 1940's in the logging camps of Quebec.

Once framed this original 5" x 6" pen and ink drawing will be available for $125.00.

Cloud Layers

I am trying to finish a lot of paintings that I have partially finished and then have just new works. This is a painting I had started last year (see post on 29 May 11).

I darkened the sky down a little to make the clouds stand out a little more.

Trying to keep it fairly simple I added a lone pine tree into the foreground.

This original 4" x 5-1/4" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $95.00.

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