View From Helliwell

View From Helliwell, 4" x 4", acrylic on canvas block

Teeny tiny paintings again!

These are fun to do, i am also working on some larger abstracts in oil which i shall post soon. 

View from an Island

View from an Island, 6" x 6" oil on panel

This is a small slice of a view from Helliwell to a tiny bit of Denman and to the bigger Vancouver Island.  I used to compose paintings with either a focus on the sky or on the foreground, now the ocean (middleground) is taking up much of the space.  Not sure why, though i think i like the feeling of a big body of water and the land is an interruption of some kind.

Whaling Station Colour

Whaling Station Colour, 6" x 6" oil on panel
This piece is quite abstract..focusing on colour but also on the simple shapes of sand and tide pools..I eliminated detail to enhance the serene feeling one experiences sometimes at the beach.

Bluffs, Crimson

Bluffs, Crimson, 30" x 36" acrylic and oil on canvas
This painting is one that i did last year and just recently put in on my wall in the dining room.  Its one that i like parts of but wasnt quite "working".  I finally figured out that i needed to work on the middle/forground area.    Sometimes by studying a painting too studiously its hard to solve a problem, while just casually glancing without trying..the answer just reveals itself.  (works great if you dont have a deadline) ha ha

Follow that Cloud 5

Follow that Cloud 5, 8" x 8" oil on panel
Back from a whirlwind road trip to Friday Harbour, Courtenay and Hornby Island.  Good to be back at the easel.  I have painted quite a few versions of this subject..I have a strong memory of this cloud that seem to follow me all over Hornby, from Whaling Station to Helliwell..was the cloud following me or I the cloud?