Windermere Lake--evening

This is one of the paintings I got done just before my show at Centre 64 and it is on its way to a new home.

I am off to Vancouver!

Nurses of Pynelogs

Here it is.

Still Proceeding

I added more glazes. Now the stamps become a subtle accent, hopefully not too much so. I toned down the yellow of the ground and windows because it was competing with the rest of the work. Tomorrow...the big finale.

Proceeding

I fill in areas with color and then proceed to lay glazes over them. You can see this in the right side of the middle nurses cape. This painting is already taking off in directions I didn't anticipate. Oh well, no guts...no glory.

Getting Started-- Nurses

Pynelogs is having its 95th birthday party in the coming week or so. There is an invitation out to artists to paint their interpretation of what Pynelogs means to them. I know lots of people are painting scenes of the building. I, however, am a sucker for old nurses uniforms--love the cap and tights. Because part of Pynelogs history is as a hospital, I am working from an old photo of some of the nurses that served there.

I am starting out with laying down my stamped collage bits. I will go back in with colors and glazes to make some kind of statement. This is always a learning process! Oh, and it has to be done by friday.

Rams to go

Not having anything else accomplished, I pulled this little sketch from a group of Bob Burridge inspired work from last November. I would consider trying something like this on a big scale.

Stepping Out

There are historical skits performed at Ft. Steele. This character is one of the ladies of ill-repute from across the Kootenay River. I love the striped dress.

I get to be a judge at the Kootenay FAll Fair at the fort this afternoon. But Bruce and I are going to make a quick run to watch the wife-carrying race at Windermere this morning.