UPDATES, TOO Long Gone

Title: Spirit Island
Soft pastels on Uart 500 pastel paper.
Size: 12 x 18 inches, matted to 16 x 20 inches.
NOT FOR SALE. COMMISSION PAINTING FOR CUSTOMER.

ACEOs (Artist Card Editions and Originals) or ATCs (Artist trading cards). Click on photo to see full size.
Soft pastels on Uart pastel paper.
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches, each comes with its own tiny easel.
For sale: $3.50 each or all 3 for $10.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster. A cute way to own original artwork for a low price, perfect size for the tiny space that needs something.
The 2 landscape ones are sold. The Lamb is still available for purchase.                                             
                                               


Title: Little Bunny
Soft pastels on pastel paper
Size: 12 x 8 inches, not matted, not framed.
For Sale: $30.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Photo reference thanks to Kim George.                                                        
                                                                  
  

Title: In The Meadow
Oil on canvas
Size: 4 x 3 inches, comes with its own little easel.
For Sale: $5.00 plus $5.00 shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
                                                                                                                
 

Title: Willow
 Soft pastel and pastel pencils on Uart pastel paper. 
Size is 14 x 11 inches, matted to 20 x 16 inches. 
SOLD Commission



Title: Mom and cub
Soft pastels on Uart pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8 inches.
For Sale: $30.00 not matted, not framed. Plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Photo Credit: Alice Hoagland Burghart‎




Title: Fawn
Soft pastel and pastel pencil on Sennelier pastel card.
Size: 7 x 5 inches, matted to 10 x 8 inches, Not framed.
For Sale: $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping if not picked up in lloydminster.
Photo Credit: JJ Guy Longtin




Title: Tigger
  11 x 14 inches on Uart 500 pastel paper.
 Soft pastels and Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils.The customer will mat and frame it herself to match the other two, that I did for her last fall. 
SOLD commission



Title: Lovejoy Covered Bridge, Andover, Maine.
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 20 x 16 inches, not framed
For Sale: $110.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.


Title: Prairie Ghost 2
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted to match painting.
Size: 12 x 16 inches
For Sale: $70.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.



Red Winged Blackbird, Chickadee, Robin
All 10 x 8 inches, matted. Framed by customer
Soft pastel, pastel pencils, pastel paper
SOLD COMMISSION

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.

Falling behind on Blogging Updates

I have been painting, just been too lazy to update the blog.  I don't think anyone reads it anyway, so not a big deal.
This is one I finished today.

Title: Zebra 2
soft pastel
Size: 11 x 14, matted to 16 x 20 inches.

 For Sale: $70.00 plus shipping

Title: Zebra 1
soft pastel
Size: 5 x 7, matted to 8 x 10 inches
For Sale: $15.00 plus shipping

Title: Poppy
Soft pastel
Size:  7 x 5 inches, matted to 10 x 8 inches
For Sale: $10.00 plus shipping.

Title: Prairie Slough
Soft pastel
7 x 5 inches, matted to 10 x 8 inches
For Sale:  $10.00 plus shipping

Title: Echinacea
Soft pastel
Size: 5 X 7 inches, matted to 8 x 10 inches
For Sale:  10.00 plus shipping

Title: Abstract Daisies
Soft pastel
Size: 7 x 5 inches, matted to 10 x 8 inches
For Sale: $10.00 plus shipping

Cabin

I don't think that I ever posted this one. A customer asked me to do a painting of their cabin for her husbands birthday.
I hope he liked it.

Title:Cabin
Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 x 16 inches

Catching Up

I have finally gotten some painting time and managed to finish the 3 oil paintings of Pansies that a lady had commissioned me to do.  Here they are:

Title: Pansy 1
Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 16 inches

Title: Pansy 2
Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 16 inches

Title: Pansy 3
Oil on canvas
Size:20 x 16 inches

The 3 together.

Now I am working on 4 Pug dogs that another lady has commissioned.  I have 2 of them finished.

Title: Bob
Soft pastel
8 x 10 inches, matted and framed

Title: Snugs
Soft pastel
8 x 10 inches, matted and framed

Now to work on the other two.

Missing In Action

It has been a long time since I posted.  I was sick with pneumonia for quite a while and spent 3 weeks in the hospital and took some time at home to recover as I was very weak after.

Before I got sick I did finish this commission painting for a lady.  I like doing elevators as they are disappearing rapidly from our skyline, sad.

Title: Vermilion Elevator
Size: 16 x 20 inches
Oil on canvas

I have done a couple of pastels since I have been back at it and am also working on a commission painting for a lady;but cannot post a photo as 1.) it is not finished and 2.) it is a gift for her husband so is a secret.
So, here are a couple of pastels anyway.

Title: Marsh
Soft pastel
Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches
For Sale:

Title:  Got Milk?
Soft pastel
Size: 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches

That is all for today.

Colmer Elevator

I grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan very near where this elevator stood at the time.  It is no longer there and hasn't been for a very long time; but someone sent me an old photo of it and so I attempted to paint it. Good memories.

Title: Vanished Giant
Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 16 inches
For Sale:

Prairie Ghost 1

Seeing as these beauties are so quickly disappearing from our horizons I thought I would paint a couple of them.  They bring back memories of growing up on the farm.

Title: Prairie Ghost 1
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
For Sale

Some More Finished Pieces

I have been lazy posting some of the pieces that I have finished so here we go.

Untitled
Soft pastel on Canson pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches
For Sale:
  

Untitled
Soft pastel on Canson pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches
For Sale:

Title:  Winter Sunset
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 20 x 16 inches
For Sale:

Title:  Tangleflags 2, The Lonely Sentinel
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 12 x 9 inches
For Sale:

Title:  Autumn Forest
Soft pastel on Canson pastel paper
Size: 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches
For Sale: Sold

What I Am Working On

I am working on a couple of oils at the moment; but nothing is finished as yet. As these are just works in progress I didn't worry about getting great photos of them.
The first one is a 20 x 16 inch gallery wrap canvas, working in oil.

The second one is a 12 x 9 gallery wrap canvas, in oils also.
This is from a photo I took years ago, 2004, so it is not the best picture to work from; but I really liked the area we were at.  It is around the "Tangleflags" area close to Lloydminster. A very scenic area if you like to take photos.  The day we were wandering around there we saw a badger and of course, gophers and many birds.  The old school is still there as well as a church, or were there in 2004 anyway.  We haven't been back since so I am sure there have been some changes.

Colourful Daisies

I took a break from the commissions to finish this one off.  I had fun playing with the colours on this one.

Title:  Colourful Daisies
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 16 x 20 inches
For Sale: message me for price, customer also pays for shipping costs if not in Lloydminster.

Update And Current Works In Progress

**First just a note**:
 I do still have a couple of openings for commissions for pet portraits or other paintings to fill your Christmas list.  If you are interested in getting prices, etc., please email me soon as time is getting short, especially for oil paintings.  I won't be taking any more Christmas orders after December 1st/2015.

Now back to the regular blog post.

I don't have any finished works to post today; but I do have a fair amount of unfinished works in progress.

  A couple can't be revealed as they are commissions for Christmas gifts.
All I can say is that they,(2), are in oil.

Now, on to regular just doing what I like paintings.
This one is about 3/4 of the way finished.  It is on a 20 x 16 inch gallery wrapped canvas and is in oils.


This one is in the ugly stage, it is just roughly blocked in.
When we were in B.C. this summer, on one of our trips, we saw this mother bear and her cub.  They were walking across the road, when someone honked their car horn at them.  They ran across the road, jumped over the barrier and then stood up and looked back over the road as if to say, what is all the fuss about.  Their pose just struck me as being funny so I thought I would try and paint them.
It is on an 8 x 10 wooden panel and is in oils.

I haven't even finished blocking this one in yet.
This summer one of the places we visited was Prince Rupert, B.C..  We watched a few seals in the harbour just hanging around waiting for a free dinner.  They did get what they were waiting for eventually; but while they were waiting they swam around and allowed us to watch them.
This is on an 8 x 10 inch wooden panel and is in oils.


So that is what I am working on.  Some day I will finish them and of course, I have other things waiting that I would like to do. It seems like I always have more ideas than energy.

Log Cabin At Lea Park # 2 (Cabin of Roy Maas)

I had done a painting of this cabin before and it sold to a niece of the original cabin owner.

This one is a commission painting that I did for another niece of the person who originally owned this cabin.  She saw the first painting I had done and also wanted one.

Title: Log Cabin At Lea Park #2, (Cabin of Roy Maas)
Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
Commission painting, SOLD

Sunset From The Dock

Decided that this one is finished now.

Title:  Sunset From The Dock
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
For Sale

Works In Progress

All of the following are works in progress, in other words, nothing is finished. Some are in the first, very rough stage.  I put in a good day at the easel today and got a lot done; although it probably doesn't look like it to most people.  Paintings tend to go through some "ugly" stages before reaching completion and these are definitely in that category at the moment.

I am doing this painting,(below), using a reference photo that my nephew, Carson Dales, has graciously given me permission to use.  Thank you Carson, and honestly it will look better when finished or I hope it will :)

Autumn

I have been out and about on holidays so I haven't been doing much painting lately.
I finally sat down this morning and finished one I had started a while ago.

Title:  Autumn
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size:  16 x 20 inches
For Sale