Landscape

Below the statuesque Lions Mountains is the harbour of Vancouver.  Familiar freighters tie up at the docks to load and unload goods. This piece was painted plein air looking across the water.

This piece was painted plein air from a close up and personal view of Lynn Creek. The glacial colours of the melting snow in the creek were the big attraction for me!

A shape of this little tree became very contemplative for me. This iconic tree sits securely in its home on the edge of the ocean.

This piece was painted plein air towards the end of the day when the sun was shining directly on the little Prospect Point lighthouse under the Lions Gate Bridge.

At the end of the big government wharf in Horseshoe Bay is the little building with the red roof. In the calm waters of the bay it all reflected beautifully!

This piece was painted in the morning when the sun was rising in the east casting a warm light on Stanley Park’s iconic Siwash Rock. The viewpoint was from Ambleside Beach.

A unique and beautiful iconic tree grows happily on the shore at Caulfeild Rocks.  I studied the shape of this tree for a few hours before I captured it in paint!

As the quiet evening closes in, a little islet reflects beautifully in the surrounding water. I painted this piece from a photo I took while kayaking in the Broken Group Islands , near Ucluelet, BC.

I painted today at Lower Cypress Bowl, looking east towards Stanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridge. Here this is the result.  The dark clouds hung low in the sky in the morning, but the day just getting brighter and in the end it was a lovely sunny day!  Most enjoyable!

The colours in the sky at the end of day, as the sun sets, are truly fleeting. It takes only minutes for the beauty of the light to disappear into the night.