5 Span Stone Bridge in Pakenham, Ontario and a few Cows

Title: Five Span Bridge,Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario 
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 24 x 18 inches.
For Sale: $150.00 plus shipping
My photo reference

 TANGLE FLAGS 1 LUNCH TIME
Size: 9 X 12 inches
 Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
For Sale: $45.00, plus shipping.

Twins, Wild Hair Day and Coming Rain

Title: Twins
Soft pastels and pastel pencils on Uart 400 pastel paper.
Size: 11.5 x 8 inches, will be matted to 14 x 11 inches, NOT framed.
For Sale: $50.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Click to see full size.

Title: Wild Hair Day 
Pan pastels and soft pastels on Uart 500 pastel paper.
Size: 12.5 x 12.5 inches, not matted, not framed.
For Sale: $90.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Thanks so much Karen Broemmelsick for the lovely reference photo.

Title: Coming Rain (framed)
Size: 14 x 11 inches
Oil on canvas
Price: $70.00, plus shipping.

Purple Finch, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

A few of the latest things I have done and one that I had forgotten to post about.

Title: Purple Finch
Soft pastels/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/handling,(approx. $5.00 in Canada, without insurance.)

Title: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Soft pastels/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/handling,(approx. $5.00 in Canada, without insurance.)

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.

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.

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.

Works In Progress

I have been lazy about blogging; but in between other things in life I have been painting.
At the moment I am working on two- 12 x 16 inch canvases for a lady.  She loves Pansies and asked me if I could paint some for her.  I am enjoying doing them as I have never done Pansies before so I started another bigger one just for the heck of it.  I haven't gotten far enough along on that one to show anything; but here are the other two for the customer.

Pansies 1 & 2, oil on  canvas, 12 x 16 inches.

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.

Misha The Wolf

My first wolf ever.  

Title:  Misha The Wolf

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted

Size: 9 x 12 inches

For Sale

Fajir

I can now post a photo of a commission painting that I did before Christmas for a lady.  She managed to get together with her friend and says that she is happy with the painting of her horse.  I am very glad that she likes it.

So here is the painting.

Title: Fajir
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size:  11 x 14 inches
Commission/SOLD

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.

Black Friday Sale

I thought I would post a few paintings for a Black Friday Sale.
Prices are in effect until 6 PM Friday, November 27,2015.  Pick up in Lloydminster, Alberta or customer pays shipping charges.

1.  Title:  Tiger
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted, unframed
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Price: $40.00 CAD

2.  Title: Rooster

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted, unframed

Size: 9 x 12 inches

Price:  $25.00 CAD

3. Title: Noisy Blue Jay

Soft pastel on pastel paper, matted and framed

Size: framed size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches, painting size: 8 x 10 inches

Price: $40.00 CAD

Tiger - Finished

I finished this guy today and he will be ready to go to a new home in a few days.

Title:  Tiger
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 9 x 12 inches
For Sale

Work In Progress - Tiger

This is one of the things I am working on at the moment.  It is not done, several areas that still need work on; but coming down the home stretch with it.  Won't be long now.

Work In Progress:
Title: Tiger
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 9 x 12 inches