I have 3 oil paintings on the go at the moment. None of them are even close to finished. 


1) 24 x 18 inches,Malpeque Small Boat Harbour, P.E.I., my reference photo.
2) 12 x 9 inches, Curious, my reference photo.
3) 11 x 14 inches, Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, USA. Copyright free reference photo. Click on photos to see full size.

I finished this pastel painting the other day.

Title: Kata Tjuta, Austrailia

Soft pastels on Uart 400 pastel paper
Size: 11.5 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches.
For Sale: $40.00, plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster. **uninsured shipping is usually around $5.00**Reference photo: Joe Price

I also finished this oil painting on canvas board. 
Title: Pansies
Size: 7 x 5 inches
Not for sale.

This one is also done now.
Title: Pansies
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Size: 12 x 9 inches, not framed.
For Sale: $55.00 plus shipping if not picked up in Lloydminster.
Thank you to Eva Butowska for use of her lovely photo.

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.)

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.

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

Tangleflags

I was going through some of the older photos that I took quite a few years ago and happened to come across a couple that I thought I would like to paint.

Tangle flags is an area near to Lloydminster, it is a pretty area and we enjoyed our day.  We also happened to see a Badger hiding in the grass that afternoon.

I finished this one today, so here it is:
Title: Tangleflags 1, Lunch Time
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted, ready to hang
Size: 12 x 9 inches
For Sale

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

Prince Rupert Seal

Well, I finished the second painting of 3 on the canvas covered wood panels with black frame.  The paintings are 8 x 10 inches and the frame measures 11 x 13 inches.

This is the second one.

Title: Prince Rupert Seal
Oil on canvas covered wood panel on a wooden frame
Size: painting - 8 x 10 inches, frame size - 11 x 13 inches
For Sale: message me for details


This is the first one.

Title:  Bears Watching Tourists
Oil on canvas covered wood panel on a wooden frame
Size: painting - 8 x 10 inches, frame size - 11 x 13 inches
For Sale:  message me for details

I am working on the third one which is the same size as the two above.  It is of the salmon we saw on their spawning run when we were on holidays.

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.

Bears Watching Tourists

This summer while driving through the mountains we saw a mother bear and her cub on the road.  The people in the car ahead of us honked their horn at them, they ran across the road and climbed/jumped over the cement barriers.  When we got to where they had jumped over they both stood up behind the barrier and watched the cars going by.  It made me laugh to see them watching us the way that we usually watch them.  I managed to click a fast, blurry photo before we passed them.  Everyone time we think of them we laugh so I decided to try and paint them.

Title:  Bears Watching Tourists
Oil on canvas panel with black frame
Size:  Painting 8 x 10 inches, size with black frame:  11 x 13 inches

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

Night Of The Full Moon

Here is another one ready to leave my easel and make its way to a new owner.

(The colours on the painting are brighter than the photo shows.)

Title: Night Of The Full Moon
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, edges painted
Size: 9 x 12 inches
For Sale,message me for price. Customer pays shipping charges if not in the Lloydminster area.

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