Painting by Committee

I finished this painting abut a week ago. The reference photo I used had a flat white sky with no light, so I painted that part out of my imagination. This is challenging for me- I mostly lean on my powers of observation, rather than make stuff up. Changing the sky colours changed every other colour decision in the painting so there was a lot of back and forth-ing before I got something that looked ok. During the process I showed the panting to my husband, sister, and two groups of workshop students. Everyone had something to say and a lot of it was very helpful. I ended up taking a lot of colour out of the rocks, so that the sky could be the star of the show.

"Tofino Sunset"  24 x 36" oil

Day's End

This is my most recent oil painting. I am still enjoying oils so much and learning with each piece. This painting will be on it's way to the Adele Campbell gallery in Whistler soon.  "Day's End 24 x 36" oil.

I just spent 5 weeks of acrylic classes with this lovely group of people. The next session will be here in Fort Langley, starting in October. Details will be on my website.