Painting Rue du Petit-Champlain, Quebec City

 Just returned from  short winter road trip to Quebec City.

What a beautiful city, and even though the December temperature was -20C degrees

The genuine warmth of French culture is unforgettable!

This is Rue du Petit-Champlain during Christmas.

Rue du Petit-Champlain, Quebec City

22"x28" oil painting on canvas

Listening to Gordon Lightfoot and painting Sunset over Georgian Bay

Been trying to start and finish this painting for months now, but other stuff keeps coming up in the way. 

Maybe it's time for me to move away from the city and focus on things in life that give you joy, and peace of mind

I know paintbrushes were made for painting but sometimes I just need to use other stuff to paint

 

 

 

Listening to Whispers of the North by Gordon Lightfoot and enjoying a glass of Glenfiddich

My wife asked why I was wearing gloves, 

So I said I'm using my fingers to paint instead of a paintbrush,

And I don't want paint on my fingers

Sunset over Georgian Bay at Owen Sound

24"x36" oil painting on canvas

Listening to Acoustic Alchemy and painting Summertime

 It's ages since I got in the mood to do a painting

Been too busy working! 

 

 

 

Amanecer is one of my favourite tunes by Acoustic Alchemy

"Summertime"

24"x36" oil painting on canvas

I stared at the wood panel, and saw a leopard

 Found an old wood panel while doing some spring cleaning yesterday.

This panel must be at least fifteen years old.

This painting is special to me because, 

I actually saw this elusive leopard, and took photos

In the deep jungles of India. Read about it here

 

After spotting the leopard, it vanished in about 20 seconds

 

 

 

 

Indian Leopard at Kabini

16"x35" oil painting on wood panel

Painting Wild Indian Peacock in the Jungle

 My mind is away in the jungles of India

Of all the birds I've seen in nearly fifty seven years in three continents,

Including the twenty plus species that visit our backyard

The Peacock is one of the most beautiful

We saw many peafowl, peahen and jungle fowl in the jungle

(I had to abandon the painting for an hour and go out to buy new firm brushes)

 

"Wild Indian Peacock in the Jungle"

12"x16" oil painting on wood panel

Listening to Jethro Tull and painting Tigress at Dawn

One of several videos I took recently
 

I needed a paintbrush with a finer tip than the 000

So I had to trim it 

But minutes later the brush broke, and i had to fix it with electrical tape 😁

 

 

The music of Jethro Tull has always influenced me while painting, especially landscapes

Here's Hunting Girl from Jethro Tull's 1977 album, Songs from the Wood

 

 

Tigress at Dawn

16"x 20" oil painting on wood panel

Muskoka

Painting Muskoka

It's over six months since I did a painting
 

"Muskoka"

24"x36" oil painting

Painting Deer at Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, and making a new Mailbox

 The old metal mailbox came with the building

And although I had painted it

It was beginning to show signs of age.

So i'm making a new larger mailbox out of plywood

Deer at Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks
 

The painting and the box have been made waterproof

If you see this outside, then it means you have arrived at the Art Gallery

This mailbox is not for sale,

But whoever buys it gets the Art Gallery attached to it for free! 

(paintings are extra)

Painting a Cardinal on the Birch Tree

 Cardinals visit our backyard throughout the year 

 

This is a young one in the spring time

Cardinal on the Birch Tree

20"x28" oil painting on canvas

Painting Wild Horses in Montana

 Had some extra leather so decided to paint wild horses on them.

This is a scene of wild horses we saw in Montana somewhere near Saint Mary Lake 

Wild Horses in Montana

14"x10.5" oil painting on leather