Meerkat and Raven

I forgot to post this little fellow before.

Title: Meerkat
soft pastels and pastel pencils
Size: 7 x 5 inches
SOLD

Title: Raven

Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper.

Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed. **Can be matted for an extra $5.00 **

For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster, (shipping approx. $5.00 uninsured, within Canada)

Raven

I took a couple of days off over Christmas; but got back at it for a little while yesterday and today.

Title: Raven
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on Uart 500 pastel paper.
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed. **can be matted for an extra $5.00.
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping, (shipping approx. $5.00, uninsured, within Canada)

Another Hummingbird

This is this mornings artwork.

Title: Hummingbird
Soft pastels on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 5 x 7 inches, not matted, not framed. **Can be matted for an extra $5.00.
For Sale: $15.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Todays work. I spent some time trying to fix the Cardinal that I had done a few days ago.

Title:Cardinal
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed.
Pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper.Not matted, not framed. **Can be matted for an extra $5.00 **
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.Photo reference courtesy of Karissa Best.



Title: Blue Jay 2
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper.Not matted, not framed. **Can be matted for an extra $5.00 **
Thank you to Ernie Griffith for the lovely reference photo.
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Goldfinch and Squirrel

Another couple of small ones that I have done lately.

Title: Goldfinch
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed. Can be matted for $5.00 more.
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.















Title: Squirrel
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed. Can be matted for $5.00 more.
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

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Hiding

This mornings little painting.

Title: Hiding
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 7  x 5 inches, not matted, not framed. Can be matted for an extra $5.00.
For Sale: $15.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster

Lunch Time and Noisy Blue Jay

This mornings work. Everyone seems to like Chickadees. I have done 2 and both sold before I could take them to the Jingle Bells Artisan Market last night. As well as the Blue Jay and Hummingbird that I had done. So, I may do more of those 2 also.
So this morning I did this fellow.

Title: Lunch Time
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on Uart pastel paper.
Size: 5 x 7 inches, not matted, not framed. **can be matted for an extra $5.00 **
For Sale: $15.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Title: Noisy Blue Jay
Soft pastel on pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed.  **Can be matted for an extra $5.00**
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Chickadee

Todays work.

Title: Chickadee
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed

For Sale: $15.00   SOLD

Title: Chickadee 2
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on pastel paper

Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed
For Sale: $15.00   SOLD

Hummingbird

Todays work.
 Title: Hummingbird
 Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed
 SOLD

Blue Jay

Just did this one today.

Title:  Blue Jay
Soft pastel on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed
SOLD

My Latest Paintings

Title: Puffed Up Robin
Soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster

Title: Woodpecker
Soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 5 x 7 inches, not matted, not framed
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster



























Title: In Flanders Fields 2018
Soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches
For Sale:  $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster


















Title: Fall
Soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 14 x 11 inches, matted, not framed
For Sale: $80.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster

Shaws Beach Oil Painting

This one is now finished, it will take a few days for the paint to finish drying; but it is finished finally.

Title: Shaws Beach, P.E.I.
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 20 x 16 inches
For Sale: $100.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Ha Ha Hee Haw

Title:  Ha Ha Hee Haw
soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 8 x 10 inches, not matted, not framed
For Sale: $40.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster

Title:  Fall

Soft pastel on pastel paper

Size:  18 x 12 inches

Sold: Commission piece

Title: Cardinal
pastel pencil on pastel paper
Size: 7 x 5 inches, not matted, not framed.
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Peeking Jack

This is my latest pastel painting.

Title: Peeking Jack
Size: 8 x 10 inches, not matted, not framed.
For Sale: $40.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster, AB.

Sprinkles and Buddy

Here are two commission pastel paintings that I have been working on for the last while.
The client has said she is happy with them both and so they are on their way now to their new home.

Title: Sprinkles
Soft pastel on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches

Title: Buddy
Soft pastel on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches

Alice the Camel

This is what I have been working on for a couple of days.

Title: Alice the Camel

Soft pastel and pastel pencils on Uart pastel paper

Size: approx. 8 x 10 inches, unmatted, unframed

For Sale: $40.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Work In Progress

I am working on a 20 x 16 inch, oil painting of Shaws Beach in P.E.I..
This is needing a lot of work on it still; but it is fun so far.

I'm Back

This year I decided to take the summer off from painting. We had a wonderful trip to the East Coast of Canada and now I am ready to get back to painting.
I did this quick study, before doing an oil painting of the same view.
Title: Shaws Beach, P.E.I.
Soft pastels on Uart pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8, matted to 14 x 11 inches.
For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping from Lloydminster.

Dream Truck

This is the third commission finished.

Title: Dream Truck
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size:  14 x 11 inches.
NOT FOR SALE. Commission painting done from the clients photos.

Various Paintings

I have been busy working on a few things.  I had 3 commission paintings to do and have finished 2 of them.
First off, here are a couple of things I finished earlier.

Title: Barrier Valley, Sask.
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted to match painting.
Size: 16 x 12 inches
For Sale: $70.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Many thanks to Ron Erickson for giving me permission to use his photo for reference.

Title: Foggy Day

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 11 x 14 unframed
For Sale: $55.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Many thanks to Dawns Interiors for permission to use her photo as a reference for this.

e for this.

Special thanks to Pamela Ahenakenny for giving me permission to use her photo as a reference.

Title: Wild Woods

Soft pastel on pastel paper 

Size:10 x 8 inches, will be matted

For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

This is 1 of the 3 commissions I have/had to do lately.
Title:  Ostrich 2
Size: 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches and framed.
SOLD

This is the 2nd of the 3 commissions.
Title: Parrot
Size: 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches and framed.
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 500 pastel paper.
SOLD

Foggy Day

Here is a soft pastel painting I did from a reference photo posted by Dawn Interiors on Facebook, used with her permission of course.

Title: Foggy Day
Soft pastel on Uart 500 pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches
For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Bluebell

This is Bluebell the cow. She is a happy, friendly cow just looking for her new home.

Title: Bluebell

Soft pastel painting

Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches.

For Sale: $40.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

My Newest Work

I have been busy doing some gifts lately and this morning one that I just wanted to do.
I did this one for my daughter in law for her birthday.

Then I did these for the grandchildren, just because.

I had done this one before I started doing the gifts.



Today I did this one, cause I wanted to do something to make me smile. This guy is SOLD.

Being a Lazy Blogger

I haven't updated this for ages.  I have been busy painting and with family things so this one is going to be a long one.

Title: White Wolf
Soft pastelSize: 8 x 10, double matted to 11 x 14 inches.For Sale: $40.00 matted, unframed, $55.00 framed. Plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Title: Early Snow
Soft pastel. Thanks to Nancy Davis for permission to use her photo for reference.
Size: 8 x 10, matted to 11 x 14 inches
For Sale: $40.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

























Title: Wintery Landscape
Soft pastel
Size: 8 x 10, matted to 11 x 14 inches
For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster. Click on photo to see full size.

Did a couple of small things today, both 7 x 5 inches matted to 10 x 8 inches. Both are for sale for $10.00 each plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Title: Wintery Bridge, soft pastels, size 10 x 8 inches matted to 14 x 11 inches. For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping

Title:Wish I Was There, soft pastel on Uart pastel paper, Size: 6 x 4 inches, matted to 10 x 8 inches. For Sale: $10.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.

Title: Shishka
Size 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches and framed. Pastel pencil and soft pastel on Uart pastel paper.
SOLD This is the 4th and last pug in the series that I had started for a lady last fall. Both she and I waited to get a photo of this last one so that I could do the painting. Well, got it, did it and the lady will receive all 4 of them together this evening. She has received all 4 of them and says she loves them.

Title: Sadie
Size: 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches and framed.
NOT FOR SALE. I did this one for one of my sisters in law. She has received it now so I can post it.

Title: Happy
Size: 10 x 8 inches, will be matted and framed.
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart pastel paper.
This is for a birthday gift for one of my step daughters.  She has received it now and it is hung in her office. NOT FOR SALE

Title: Sea Turtle
Soft pastels on Uart 400 pastel paper
Size: Oval matted to 14 x 11 inches, not framed
FOR SALE: $30.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster SOLD

I have one more finished one; but it is for a birthday gift and as the person reads the blog I cannot post it as yet.
Well finally that is the end. I cannot believe how far behind I got.