Island Arts DEMO "White Freesias"

 White Freesias 24 X 18" watercolour

Ink & Watercolor Sketches Summer 2012

Petunias galore on the dock at Sturt Bay on Texada Island July 2012

MOTHER sailing sloop docked at Sturt Bay July 2012

Sailboat at anchor at Henry Bay August 2012

Sailboat at anchor August 2012

The Girls' sailboat on its moorings at Sturt Bay July 2012

Basket of blooms on the dock at Sturt Bay July 2012

Qualicum Quality

Qualicum Quality

20 X 16" Ink & acrylic washes on 300 lb paper painted during
Grand Prix d'Art July 2012 looking along the street in front of Quality Foods store in Qualicum Beacb on Vancouver Island, BC. Garnered me an Honourable Mention award.

Zocalo's Cafe

Zocalo's

Ink & watercolor on 140 lb paper  painted en plein air
during Local Colours festival in July in downtown Courtenay BC

Cliffe Avenue Shops July 2012

Cliffe Avenue Shops

July 2012 - ink and watercolor sketch 12 X 9" on 140 lb paper Once each summer, the Comox Valley Community Arts Council (on Vancouver Island BC) hosts a two day plein air event called Local Colours. This sketch was done there.

Roberts Creek sketches

VERY quick sketch at Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast BC - 9X12" Ink & watercolour (took about 1/2 hour)

Roberts Creek beach on the Sunshine Coast BC - spent a women's retreat weekend here in June 2012 - this in one of three ink & watercolour sketches I did there (study in greys, this one)

Sitting at the table yakking with a bunch of smart women when these lilies caught ny eye - again, 9 X 12" ink & watercolour sketch

Sechelt Chief sketch

Sechelt Chief
Ink  & Watercolour sketch 9 X 12" done June 3 2012 at Comox Bay Marina

Garden Buddha

Garden Buddha

24 X 24" Acrylic on Canvas

This past winter, we visited Coombs BC and I found this meeting of concrete buddhas
behind the garden store. They seem to be so patiently waiting.
This is an unfamiliar combination of colours and textures for me
and I found it challenging and exciting to paint. 

Travel Back Then

Travel Back Then - watercolour 16 X 12" from a still life set up at the Tuesday Paint & Pint (really!) Group April 2012

Water Lily Alone

Water Lily Alone - 18 X 14" Acrylic on Board from friend's garden last spring

Black Rock, Ucluelet

Black Rock, Uclulet 

30 X 24" Acrylic on canvas

This painting was inspired by a friendly lunch at the Black Rock Resort dining room.
Venturing out on the sundeck, this spectacular view (and others) was just too fabulous to resist!

Poinsettias

Poinsettias

Watercolour 14 X 18" on Arches 140 lb

This began as a demo for the DeCosmos Art Group in Parksville where they inspired me to push the colours and flow to dizzying heights! It was great fun!

Tea For Two

Tea For Two

Watercolour 14 X 20" from a still life set up at Tuesday night paint group.

Comox Bay in Winter

Comox Bay in Winter

8 X 10" watercolours on 300 lb. Fabriano Artistico

2011 Christmas Card :)

Autumn Leaves

Watercolour 15 X 22" on 300 lb Fabriano Artistico rag paper

Had a ball working on a vertical surface and just letting the flow happen.

Apples In Violet Bowl

Apples In Violet Bowl

Watercolour on 300 lb Arches paper

How to set up a single thing so it makes a decent composition was the challenge here - along with the vibrant turquoise cloth background (used some artistic licence there). The cast shadows on the fruit appealed to me, and the thinness of the bowl.

Rowemance II

Rowemance II

15 X 11" Watercolour on 300 lb. paper

This is a very special portrait painted of this handsome yacht belonging to close friends. They purchased the right to have me paint something for them at a Rotary auction and this is what they asked for - their yacht with the glacier behind. As always, this became a melding of numerous images as one can never take the :perfect shot" when needed. I tried to trace the yacht for accuracy but it made an awful mess on the paper, so I was forced to freehand draw it. Surprised the hell out of myself when it came out like THIS!



Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

11 X 15" Watercolour on 300 lb paper

Painted from a still life set up last night. This was done very quickly with only minimal editing in studio. I like the flow it has, and the minimalist colours. I have to fight to resist the urge to clean it up more but I think it would be spoiled if I tightened it up too much. What do you think??

Point At Sturt Bay

Point at Sturt Bay

Texada Island is the largest Gulf Island, situated off the coast of mainland British Columbia (north of Vancouver) - we often bring our sailboat to the marina at Sturt Bay, as we did this day in late August. In the distance, you can see Powell River. I love the fact that the red marker for someone's crab trap is visible in the water because we have to skirt these floats every time we enter or exit the bay. This is a watercolour about 10" X 14" on reag paper.

Red Apples/Green Bowl

Red Apples/Green Bowl

This watercolour was inspired by a still life set up at a fellow artist's studio. We both found the subject VERY busy and the challenge here was to simplify and play down the detail. I loved the colour and shininess of that bowl - still do. Painted Sept 2011 on 9" X 11.5" rag paper.