nature's offering....

Nature never stops giving us beautiful scenes to look at.  Places of quiet beauty where silence is the natural response.

Last fall we spend a few days near Waskesui and wandered a few paths including Boundary Bog.  Love this trail.  Although the boardwalk soon became treacherous due to ice we were able to experience the quiet beauty.  I have tried to capture some of the roughness of the branches, twigs and tree limbs amongst the moss where there are various tiny plants which sometimes give a rusty glow.  Love the moss.  This painting is done in oil.

We also spent a short time at Candle Lake and one warm evening the sky was particularly beautiful.
A larger painting done in acrylic.

River Views:  I never get tired of looking at the river!! Here are a few paintings  - the scenes are from virtually the same spot but looking in different directions.  One from the top of the hills and one looking down into the river valley where there are lots of ravines with various trees.

Small cloud studies....

Clouds have always fascinated me and inevitably I look up to see them when I go outside.  Morning and evening - they give me the weather report!

I realize that the sky is never the same and clouds do not have a "pattern" so, as far as I can see, trying to paint them provides me with a huge challenge as well as great liberty.  I finally rolled out my oil paints and did a few small studies of clouds, trying to capture a small part of their variation.