Landscape

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.

The vast skies on the west coast allow for the most beautiful cloud formations. The clouds make a wonderful backdrop for the little sea stack!

The inlets and islets on the west coast are numerous and create a network of waterways and safe anchorages!

This little piece was painted for a good friend who heads up a fundraiser for GOGOs, which is an organization that supports grandmothers in Africa raising orphaned grandchildren.  My friend is an amazing person,  painter and a lawn bowler!  Capturing the body language of the lawn bowlers made this a fun one to paint.

This sea stack acts like the punctuation of the landscape along the long vast beaches of the west coast.

The beautiful soft pale colours of the sky and the ocean make a perfect backdrop for this sea stack as it catches the warm golden hue of the late afternoon light.

This little islet lives within the protection of an estuary and the tall west coast trees beyond provide guardianship from strong winds.

In the vastness of the beach the little islet reflects in the calm tidal pools at low tide.