Looking North from Balfour

                     North Kootenay Lake from Balfour 16x20 in. oil on canvas May 11 2015


A great day to paint Sky!

Nancy Green Lake

                                      Nancy Green Lake 16x20 oil on canvas, May 8 2015

I was in Rossland on Friday, so I whipped over to Nancy Green and then whipped out an oil painting!

One of my favourite spots

                                          Above Slocan, 16x20in. oil on canvas, May 2 2015


I really like this spot to paint from. I am high up on a bluff, way above the water, and getting a really interesting angle of repose from here. I love the way the wind and water make S shapes on the water surface, how the sounds of people in boats carry up toward me, how the crows and ravens are always checking me out as they float past the bluffs.

                A progression

Bannock Falls

                                   Bannock Falls, 16x20in. oil on canvas, April 27 2015

A most excellent day painting and jawing with my friend Sandy Stevenson,  I regaled him with many a story about my trip south, my views on the world, and we compared notes on some painting ideas.
And I managed to squeak out this painting, despite spending all that time talking at poor Sandy, who endured my rants and raves with a smile. All in all, a very good day indeed.

Springtime on Slocan River, 30x40 in., oil on canvas, 2014

A plein aire painting done on the railtrail this past spring.