Red Rock- Glacier – 8 X 10

Red Rock- Glacier – 8 X 10

Painted on location in Glacier National Park, Montana. Red Rock is the name of the area where this lovely creek flows threw. It spoke to me so my friend and I drove back into Glacier just to paint this location. However on the day we planned to paint it, it began to rain, pour and then even snow! Thus is Plein Air Painting experiences. We set up behind my vehicle along the side of the road. This is the piece i was able to create during a down pour. I love the mood it depicts. Plein Air painting at it’s best! The teal and the red rocks in the creek sang against the dull overcast sky.

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Hen House – 8 X 10 – Rosebud AB

Hen House – 8 X 10 – Rosebud AB

This little piece was created on location. On a farm just north of Rosebud, AB. I loved the weathered look of the shed set against this unique rural landscape. It was raised of the ground, not sure of its past use, but guessed it used to be a “hen house”. The yellow moss growing on the shingles told of how old it was. The lovely tree that sheltered it from the cold west winds also tells a story of how old this little shed was. I so enjoyed this experience and finding a way to share the beauty in the ordinary.

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Simpler Days – 8 X 10 -Rosebud, AB

Simpler Days – 8 X 10 -Rosebud, AB

Painted on location in September of 2024. The simple shapes and the old barn create a unique piece that tells a story of days gone by. No longer used for animals, but you can tell it had a purpose. Oh if the walls could speak.

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Home on the Prairies – 8 X 10 -Rosebud, AB

Home on the Prairies – 8 X 10 -Rosebud, AB

This piece was painted on location, however in my car during a rainy day. Each year Rosebud village, hosts a plein air event. Rosebud is a theatrical village, near Drumheller, Alberta. There is a growing community of plein air painters from western Canada who travel to this event every year. This little farm site has often caught my attention. it’s just to the west of the main street area. I love old farm sites and wonder who lived there and what farming and family history they have to that land. It’s always a mystery and I like that. I love the green tin roof’s in this scene, that they choose to protect the old buildings with.

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Larch Fever – 12 X12 – K Country, AB

Larch Fever – 12 X12 – K Country, AB

This one was painted from a photo inspired from a hike at Ptarmigan Ridge in Kananaskis, AB. Canada. It was a glorious hike, done with my husband and granddaughter during the fall 2020. I absolutely loved the day together! I did a plein air that day and so did my then 12 year old granddaughter. It was a moderate hike yet still enabled us to see the golden larch shining forth their colours.

  • Artwork size: 12″ X 12″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 12″X 12″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Columbia Lake Beauty – 8 X 10

Columbia Lake Beauty – 8 X 10

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed
Tranquility – 8 X 10 -Fish Creek Park, Calgary AB

Tranquility – 8 X 10 -Fish Creek Park, Calgary AB

Painted on location on the shores of the Bow in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, AB. We painted at Leighton Art Centre in the morning and then headed for some shade at this location in Calgary. It was hot! I loved listeind to the kids playing in the water and people visiting as they walked down the path behind me. What a beautiful location right in an urban setting.

  • Artwork size: 8″ X 10″
  • Sub-straight: Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 8″X 10″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Framed
Standing Strong – 10 X 8 – Rosebud Grain Elevator

Standing Strong – 10 X 8 – Rosebud Grain Elevator

Painted on location on a bridge at the edge of the village of Rosebud. What an amazing view and fun afternoon we had. Blocking off the traffic with some orange cones. This view was only obtained via standing on the bridge for the road traffic. It brings such a smile to my face as I think of us three artists trying to capture this while at times truck traffic drove by, all bit it slow, I wondered what they thought. Crazy Artists ! is likely what they thought. This too is at Route 22 Gallery in Cochrane AB, availalbe for purchase through them.

  • Artwork size: 10″ X 8″
  • Sub-straight:  Linen Panel Board
  • Finished size: 10″X 8″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Framed
Days of Harvest – 11 X 14 – Rosebud Grain Elevator

Days of Harvest – 11 X 14 – Rosebud Grain Elevator

Painted on location in Rosebud at their annual Plein Air Event. I have always had an affinity to Grain Elevators. I simply loved painting this on location right near where I was camping this fall.  Our small town of Carstairs once had 7 of these “Prairie Giants”. Sadly now we have none. I gravitate to them, the hard work, the  vertical shape against the prairie horizontal landscape, the joy of bringing in the harvest. It all speaks to me, as a rural Alberta person. This piece is available at the Route22 Gallery in Cochrane.

Artwork size: 11″ X 14″

  • Sub-straight:  Panel Board
  • Finished size: 11″X 14″
  • Medium: Oil
  • Style: Impressionistic Landscape
  • Un-Framed