Divinity Within

Divinity Within

18x24"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #139 - I enjoyed painting this landscape - I think it shows. I noticed that my marks are expressive. There seems to be a lot of energy in this painting... it must be my inner self because that wasn't my intention.

Home on the Range #2

Home on the Range #2

6x6"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #138 - Well, I do like the end result but boy oh boy was this tractor difficult for me to paint. From the angle of the tires to the details in the engine - I think my eyes "hurt" after this one! I like the pipe and the blue can!

Watch

Watch

10x10"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #137 - This is my final example for the Revive project. Here I've used analogous colours instead of primary colours like my previous example. The "grace" card I chose was "watch" and thus, I incorporated this word by using  zentangle patterns in each letter.

Reflections

Reflections

6x6"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting # 135 - My colleague gave me a picture of Gull Lake. I used its best features - sky, lake and trees, to create this little painting of a warm summer day.

Home on the Range #1

Home on the Range #1

6x6"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #135 - This was a fun painting to complete, however, all of those angles were tough! Thanks to my colleague Ken who provided me with the picture.

Alberta Thaw

Alberta Thaw
24x36"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #134 - This painting is inspired by another one of my colleague's photographs. I think I'm in the painting stage of trying to go tight so that I can go "loose." Yes, its a very traditional painting. I feel I need to go here so that I can get to the place of going loose with lots of colour.... I need to understand the realistic landscape before I move on to a more exciting imaginary landscape (I think!!).

Key Goals

Key Goals
10X10"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #133 - Another painting example for the wellness group.

Primary Goals

Primary Goals

10x10"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #132 - Another project for the wellness group, which uses primary colours and line designs.

Within My Light

Within My Light

10x10"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #131 - Just experimenting with painting projects that I could do with adults in a wellness group.

With Love

With Love

16x16"

Mixed Media on Board

Painting #130 - Those flower petals were quite challenging!

Daisy Cluster

Daisy Cluster

16x16"

Mixed Media on Board

Painting #129 - I'm not sure why, but this painting was challenging. I wanted to add colour instead of grey for shadows but the painting aways felt like something was missing. I needed a painting partner for this project!

Petuna Shower

Petuna Shower

6x6"

Mixed Media on Board

Painting #128 - The rain drops were a bit challenging and I'm still not happy with them - I'll try them again in another painting. I like the colour palette.

Shade-loving

Shade-loving

6x6"

Mixed Media on Board

Painting #127 - I'm finally starting to get faster at painting these little guys! I like the bold colour palette of this painting.

True Alberta

True Alberta

36x48"

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting #126 - A colleague of mine took a beautiful photograph of this landscape. I wanted to see if I could capture the beauty of the landscape in paint that he did with his photograph. In the end, I like his photograph better, however, I developed more skills in the area of atmospheric perspective through this endeavour.

Day Lily

Day Lily

6x6"

Acrylic on Board

Painting #125 - I'm still enjoying painting my flowers. My goal is to complete two more small ones and then move to a larger surface.

Shasta Daisy

Shasta Daisy

6x6"

Acrylic on Board

Painting #124 - and another flower. Still enjoying my flower series!

Water Lily

Water Lily

6x6"

Acrylic on Board

Painting #123 - and more flowers!

Rocky Mountain Columbine

Rocky Mountain Columbine

6x6"

Acrylic on Board

Painting #122 - Still painting flowers and enjoying it!

Centred on You

Centred on You

12x12"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #121 - I love the little "furry" white hairs around the petals of this flower. I also like the centre. Its interesting and I like how I captured its shadows. I should have perhaps had more light on the petals in the foreground.

Time Honoured

Time Honoured

36x36"

Mixed Media on Canvas

Painting #120 - This started out as an unfinished abstract painting, which consisted of collaged clocks, airplanes and beautiful orange Japanese paper. I thought an autumn tree and time were a perfect match so I painted the sky and then used thick paint for the trunk and leaves ... very fun! I left just hints of the underground painting showing through.