You CAN dress up a hockey player. Here's J LeL, home from economic exile in Alberta and weekending at his cousin's wedding over in Prince Edward Island. Oils on canvas.
October in Shubie- The Shubenacadie canal cuts across Nova Scotia and Shubie park is named for it. The little brook on the left is one of the overflows from the canal. This was my first attempt at painting a sunny day in a forest as a preparation for the next painting. It definitely needs people. Acrylic on canvas.
Explorers- So this is the painting which followed October in Shubie. The same spot, same day, my good friends OPL and HCL and I. I think I back dated my hair by a few years :-) There's a smidge more gray in it than this shows! Acrylic on canvas
DeeDeeS on Deck- One of my young neighbours was home visiting her parents, so I did this quick graphite sketch for them and washed in over with a few strokes of watercolour. Here it is before and after the watercolour wash. Graphite and transparent watercolours on (dry media) sketch paper.
Sloshin' to school- Taking pictures of our local school crosswalk as part of a plan to get drivers to park further away from the white lines, I kept getting schoolkids and their parents in the picture. The nerve of them! Watercolour on Curry's 200 lb. wc paper
His Beak Can Hold More Than His Belly Can- ZMB was on her holidays in Florida and sent me a snapshot of herself and flying friends. Charcoal on drawing paper
KML as Tintin. KML was almost completely blind at this point in his life but never lost his great, ironic sense of humour. Here he is sharing a laugh with his brother. A few months later we lost him to cancer. A lesson for us all to enjoy each day as he did. Charcoal on sketch paper.
A Rude Awakening- Another practice painting. This one is for an upcoming show on the theme of "Awakenings". I've just started the next version, trying to concentrate the image showing only the central portion but on a larger canvas- if that makes sense. The osprey is giving a "Rude Awakening" to the poor fish. Acrylic on canvas
That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed these latest pictures. - Joe
