Monday, March 23, 2009

Stuck on the Ice

This drawing was taken from a photograph in the Arctic near Baffin Island. The new Skidoo's were just beginning to take the place of the sled dog, however with a sled when things broke or a dog became injured or died, the owner still had at least half a dozen healthy dogs that would allow him to continue traveling.
Now if your sled has a problem you had better be able to fix it no matter what it is. Your life might depend on your ability to keep these machines running.

The House Warmer



This one is for my daughter and her husband. They just bought a new house and will be moving into it at the end of March. It's 11x15 " or 16x20 with the frame. I'll try a larger one later on, in the meantime I hope they like this one.

Bent All Out of Shape



One of the first paintings I did of a flower. I can't remember when ,I took the Picture, but I do remember it seemed to be a somewhat strange looking flower. One of my daughters liked it and took to Calgary. She's a good daughter, she likes everything I do!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Leaving Saskatchewan



An early snow and the geese are already gathering together for the flight to the southern states. One of Canada's most prolific hunting grounds, geese often cover farmers fields in Saskatchewan by the thousands sometimes destroying whole fields of grain. In Saskatchewan hunters are welcome.

Spring



Full of light and warm colours.
This is the kind of picture you want on your wall when the temperature breaks a 50 year record for the month of March in Alberta.
This year it fell to minus 32 or somewhere near minus 46 with the wind chill added.

This painting is an 8x 10 watercolour on very rare and very rough paper.