Day 29 of 30

Sunset on the Dock

8 x 8

Acrylic

I have painted this previously but am drawn to the shapes and contrasts.

Day 24 of 30

Flooded

6 x 6

Acrylic on Canvas Paper

The weather is beautiful so I'm not sure why there is so much evidence of flooding around unless it's the result of the dense layers of fog that seem to drift around. 

Singing in The New Year

Bewick's Wren

6 x 6

acrylic on canvas paper

This is Day 1 and the start of Leslie Saeta's 30 day Challenge for 2014.  Last year I found a vast improvement in all things involved with completing a 6 x 6 painting due to the fact that painting for 30 days in a row forced me to be organized, helped to simplify the process and made me realize that just sitting down and getting started got me over the hurdle of what to paint, how to paint it and all those other creative blocks that pop up and stall the effort.  This little wren was sitting in a bush across the street from me and was singing up a storm so I thought it appropriate for the start of the New Year.

Beautiful Fall Colours

Delta Farmlands

14 x 11

Acrylic

One of my favourite walks is along the dyke in Delta and though usually I'm looking out across the marshes to the Strait of Georgia on this day I was fascinated by the beauty of the farm fields in their fall colours with the coast mountains as a back drop.  This painting started off as a study for a larger piece but I think sometimes the studies done in a loose and stress free style often evolve better than a tightly crafted well planned piece.