CALGARY STAMPEDE

Though this piece did not make it into the auction...

PATROLLING HIS TERRITORY (24x36 oil on board)


...I am happy to say the the following 7 pieces were selected for the Western Showcase at this year's Stampede. All thanks to Tanya!


 EARLY FALL (Bow River Parkway, Canmore, AB. 16x36 oil on board)
          
LONG COOL SHADOWS (Cochrane Ranche, Cochrane, AB. 11x14 plein air oil on linen)
                     
EARLY MORNING (Dog Pound Creek, AB. 9x12 plein air oil on board)
        
OLD SNOW FENCE (Towers Trail, Cochrane, AB. 18x24 oil on board) 
 
 UPPER WATERTON LAKE (Waterton Lakes Provincial Park Town Site. 8x10 plein air oil on canvas)

 UNTOUCHED WETLAND. (4x16 oil on board)
 
COYOTES HOWLING (Above the Wine Glass Ranch, Cochrane, AB. 9x12 plein air oil on board)
 
       

My 30 in 30 - well my 7 in 30

I had a friendly request from someone wondering what happened to the rest of the paintings from the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Well, like I said in my newsletter under the heading Success in Failure I just couldn't get it done = the failure part. The challenge did however help me start clawing my way out of my 2 month "block" = the success part. 

I said I'd post the paintings whether they were finished or not. Frankly, some were just to unfinished to post. I just couldn't do it. So, here are the ones that are a little more finished but not quite - except one.

 Bowness Park, Calgary, plein air (bit of tweeking required)


 The mountains behind Pringle Bay where we were last Christmas (quite a bit of tweeking required)


 Oupa's mountain early in the morning. What my in-laws see from their kitchen window on the farm (moderate tweeking needed)


 These grow in mom in-law's garden (some tweeking needed)


One of the Calgary Zoo's young tigers (a bit more tweeking to do)


ICY BRAGG CREEK - Done Tweeking this one now. Sorry about the shodows. Just held it near the window and click!


Big cloud. Just want to put the silver lining on this thunderhead and deepen it in the distance. 


Horse Creek Road Chinook. Camera couldn't match the color of the painting (needs a tiny bit of tweeking)