Water as mirror

Sometimes the wind does not blow, the tide is slack, and the water is like polished glass.

Haddington Island

Changing the horizon line lessens the importance of the water. In this one I was especially interested in the line between the water and the sky on the left side of the island.

Curiouser and curiouser

This is one of seven or eight paintings I did of Haddington Island in British Columbia. I painted it again and again as a stake in the ground to mark my resolve to quit painting "pretty pictures." Not that there's anything wrong with pretty pictures, but it is a wrong goal for me with my work.

Instead, my goal is for every painting to be an opportunity to let curiosity have free reign. To follow what intrigues me and not consider the outcome.

Land, sky, water. How they meet, mingle, ignore, and embrace each other. How they are interesting apart as much as together. I find that even writing about it makes me want to paint it again.

Aaargh!

Sometimes the shapes stay separate and don't blend in the under painting. It seems that there's nothing brings together the elements. I hate it when that happens.

Foggust in Port Mc Neill

Beauty in nature

I heard the screech and looked up in time to catch a sequence of shots of this bald eagle hunting at Namu, BC. Eagles are plentiful and always a joy to watch.

Hard to tell from this shot if he was successful, but he kept his legs down while flying back to his nest. I'm guessing he caught something.
At Fury Cove with Fitzhugh Sound right beyond the trees and narrow sandy beach, the clouds lit up in pinks and magentas as the twilight lingered on and on.
Humpbacks! Life is sweet.