August 2010 – My Painted Life

Grizzly Bear in the River

Grizzly 8″x10″ graphite on bristol $150.00 Soon to be framed, and on display for sale at the Bella Coola Valley Inn Gallery. Framed Price, $200.00. The Bella Coola Valley, where I live is one of the last wild placesContinue reading “Grizzly Bear in the River”

Grizzly Bear Sow and Cubs painting demo

I only decided to make this a demo at this stage…sorry, I didn’t get an earlier pic! But this is only about 40 minutes in. The canvas is only 9″x 12″. I didn’t draw or grid this one at all. I just eyeballed the main shapes and distances with reference marks, filling in the darkest darksContinue reading “Grizzly Bear Sow and Cubs painting demo”

Postcards from Europe – Venice Window

Venice Window 4″x6″ watercolor postcard Another from my Postcards from Europe series. I shot the reference photo for this from a gondola in one of the canals. It was so cool!Continue reading “Postcards from Europe – Venice Window”

Stonehenge postcard

Stonehenge Sunrise 4″x6″ postcard watercolor, pen and ink I was so excited to see Stonehenge, finally. I’ve always felt drawn to all things pre-historic and ancient, and Stonehenge was no exception. I stayed in Bath, England, a beautiful city about an hour or so drive away. Bath is gorgeous and old in itself. It was founded byContinue reading “Stonehenge postcard”

Postcards from Europe

Stow on the Wold, England 4″ x 6″ watercolor, pen and ink postcard This was a lazy day scene at sunset of one of the wonderfully picturesque Cotswold villages in England, where I was fortunate enough to travel last fall.

New Website Finally up!!

It’s at http://www.gofficart.com. Finally! All this time, I thought I needed help, but I finally realized it wasn’t going to get done unless I did it myself, and I’m better at following instructions than I thought I was. (IWeb helped a lot, too!) Well, I hope you like it! Ciao:)

The Guardian

The Guardian 20″x24″ acrylic on canvas This painting is somewhat of a companion piece to an older painting of mine, called “The Sentinel”. I’d envisioned it after seeing an eagle on a piling at the wharf, and I liked the vertical, powerful, format. It certainly seemed to give the eagle some authority. The village whereContinue reading “The Guardian”

Team Work- Draft Horses

“Teamwork” 9″x12″ oil on canvas SOLD This is a painting I whipped off in about a day, a week or so ago for the ArtWalk in Williams Lake. It had only been hanging for two days when they called to let me know that it had sold. Yay!! Gotta love that!:) But, I have toContinue reading “Team Work- Draft Horses”