Watercolour Paintings of BC West Coast Scenes
Breakfast at
Shinglebolt Bay Cafe
I don't have to go far (although I can and do) to see a new and wonderful view of ocean, islands and sky - I can just sit on my front deck or take a run down the pass in my speedboat, SeaRose
On this early morning run in Cramer Pass, I was caught by the luminous backlighting of the eagle with a fresh-caught salmon just landing on the rock at the entrance to Shinglebolt Bay. An unusual visitor to our area, a sea otter floats below in the kelp, munching on a sea urchin. How lucky was I!
This was a not a quick painting as I chose a large canvas and a detailed format to capture all the luscious colour and light of the moment. The original found a home very quickly and several others inquired about a print. I no longer do giclee reproductions on canvas as the surface is very vulnerable and scars easily so I decided to try it on rag watercolour paper. Art Ink Prints in Victoria did the proof and the beautiful print and it proved popular to studio visitors this summer.
Unframed Limited Edition Giclee reproduction, 11 x 17 $325 plus tax, shipping & handling extra
Shinglebolt Bay Cafe
I don't have to go far (although I can and do) to see a new and wonderful view of ocean, islands and sky - I can just sit on my front deck or take a run down the pass in my speedboat, SeaRose
On this early morning run in Cramer Pass, I was caught by the luminous backlighting of the eagle with a fresh-caught salmon just landing on the rock at the entrance to Shinglebolt Bay. An unusual visitor to our area, a sea otter floats below in the kelp, munching on a sea urchin. How lucky was I!
This was a not a quick painting as I chose a large canvas and a detailed format to capture all the luscious colour and light of the moment. The original found a home very quickly and several others inquired about a print. I no longer do giclee reproductions on canvas as the surface is very vulnerable and scars easily so I decided to try it on rag watercolour paper. Art Ink Prints in Victoria did the proof and the beautiful print and it proved popular to studio visitors this summer.
Unframed Limited Edition Giclee reproduction, 11 x 17 $325 plus tax, shipping & handling extra
Above L-R, Eastbound Train at the Picnic Stop, Cat Face in Stone, Scott Cove in Broughton Archipelago, Free Biffy, Crescent Beach, Plein Air sketch in the Burdwood Group. Ask me about the above paintings.
Pacific Coast Tidepool
A central image of the tidepool surrounded by scallop, frilled dogwinkle, moon snail, and other shells, and even a teredo tube eroded out of the log within which the creature once lived show and celebrate only a tiny portion of the vast variety of sea life within and around the Pacific Coast tide pool.
16 x 20 Museum Quality Framing $725 plus tax and s&h
Pacific Coast Tidepool
A central image of the tidepool surrounded by scallop, frilled dogwinkle, moon snail, and other shells, and even a teredo tube eroded out of the log within which the creature once lived show and celebrate only a tiny portion of the vast variety of sea life within and around the Pacific Coast tide pool.
16 x 20 Museum Quality Framing $725 plus tax and s&h
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By Echo Bay Creek
This beautiful woodland creek once hosted a small run of pink salmon, provided water for a grand village of indigenous people for thousands of years, was the site where schoolchildren floated wooden boats and imagined scenes of marine disaster. It was the path along the creek that thousands of visitors trod from the now demolished Echo Bay dock to Billy's Museum. Many know and remember its tranquility and the sense of peace they come away with. Limited Edition Giclee Reproduction 11 x 14 $200.00 |
Holding the Light
Another of my favorite places over the years has been Chesterman Beach and I have been there in many weathers. In February one year, I awoke to a snow covered beach and walking in the blue dusk at the end of the day, came upon a lonely snowman with the Lennard Island Light beyond. This idea came to me as I envisioned the snowman more warmly dressed for the weather.
11 x 14 Unframed, 1998 $525
Another of my favorite places over the years has been Chesterman Beach and I have been there in many weathers. In February one year, I awoke to a snow covered beach and walking in the blue dusk at the end of the day, came upon a lonely snowman with the Lennard Island Light beyond. This idea came to me as I envisioned the snowman more warmly dressed for the weather.
11 x 14 Unframed, 1998 $525
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Treasures of Spring
Since I was a young painter I've loved to paint the daffodils of spring. Yellow and blue, with a sprinkle of pink seems the perfect colour combination as the daffs and the flowering current sparkle in the greens. Favourite things...an antique perfume bottle found on the Burdwood Beach, moon snail shells, a bear claw and my treasured string of trade beads all symbolize aspects of my life story. Original Watercolour 16 x 20 Museum quality framing $795.00 plus tax and S&H |
#1 Nootka Rose; Broughton Archipelago
Set of three Watercolour Wildflower prints $5750.00 Can (plus pst and shipping) |
#2 Goat Island; Spring Passage
#3 Cox island; Scott Islands 11" x 14" Individual prints unframed $200.00 (plus shipping) |
Colin's Flowers
Our friend Colin, once a west coast hand logger is now the inspired hotelier and creator of the most appealing inn, Seine Boat Inn on the Alert Bay waterfront. The garden he and manager TerryLynn tend in the open-air deck access to rooms glows with jewel tones for the happy visitor watching for whales...
16 x 20 $795.00, plus tax, S&H Framed, Watercolour,
Museum Quality Framing 2017
Our friend Colin, once a west coast hand logger is now the inspired hotelier and creator of the most appealing inn, Seine Boat Inn on the Alert Bay waterfront. The garden he and manager TerryLynn tend in the open-air deck access to rooms glows with jewel tones for the happy visitor watching for whales...
16 x 20 $795.00, plus tax, S&H Framed, Watercolour,
Museum Quality Framing 2017
Orca Buddies
These two big bulls are not members of the same pod, the one on the right "Rainy", TO11A is an orphan and was with "Rocky" TOO2C1 for a while. The original is sold, however so many were interested in this painting I asked Art Ink Print in Victoria to create a beautiful print. 11 x 14 Giclee Reproduction on watercolor paper $200 plus tax, S&H |
Hidden Shell Beach
Another of the sweet coastal secrets are the numerous white shell beaches signifying a homeplace or food-gathering site on one of the many small islets scattered throughout the Broughton Archipelago. Often these places are tranquil, rich with edible seafood and plants. 16 x 20 Museum Quality Framing, 2017 $795.00 |
Ecstasy is an Island in June
Few places mean more to me, and are so full of gorgeous flowers, shells and sunsparkle, as the Burdwood Beach... 16 x 20 Museum Quality Framed Original Watercolour SOLD
Few places mean more to me, and are so full of gorgeous flowers, shells and sunsparkle, as the Burdwood Beach... 16 x 20 Museum Quality Framed Original Watercolour SOLD
Helliwell Park, Hornby Island
My daughter and I on a Mothers Day week visit together, she composed music, I painted every day on the bluffs. Bliss.
Museum quality framing, watercolour
Size 16 x 20
Price unframed $425.00 plus PST and S&H
My daughter and I on a Mothers Day week visit together, she composed music, I painted every day on the bluffs. Bliss.
Museum quality framing, watercolour
Size 16 x 20
Price unframed $425.00 plus PST and S&H
Grizzly Bear Picnic
Since discovering the remains of a gull in a pile of grizzly scats, I've carried in my mind a painting of a family of these bears, surrounded by a border depicting some of the great variety of food items upon which they survive- from black bears to the tiny rice like bulbs of the rice root lily.
Original Watercolour 21 x 27
Museum Quality Framing SOLD
Since discovering the remains of a gull in a pile of grizzly scats, I've carried in my mind a painting of a family of these bears, surrounded by a border depicting some of the great variety of food items upon which they survive- from black bears to the tiny rice like bulbs of the rice root lily.
Original Watercolour 21 x 27
Museum Quality Framing SOLD
Dusk at Gwaysdums Village
The boat is safe on the beach, the old totem stands
with wings aloft embracing the dusky light as evening draws near. The muted evening colours lend a calm and mysterious quality to the scene.
Original Watercolour 16 x 20, 2018
$795 Museum Quality framingplus PST and S&H
The boat is safe on the beach, the old totem stands
with wings aloft embracing the dusky light as evening draws near. The muted evening colours lend a calm and mysterious quality to the scene.
Original Watercolour 16 x 20, 2018
$795 Museum Quality framingplus PST and S&H
