My Paintings

This gallery is very special - these are my digital paintings. Hidden in each and every one is my blood, sweat and tears (& I mean that literally - well, maybe not the blood but most certainly there is no shortage of sweat & tears!). I am currently using Painter 2021 (Corel), Rebelle 4 (watercolour painting), Procreate on the iPad and Photoshop (mostly for adding the finishing touches).
Thanks so much for sharing my 'work' - it means a lot to me to have you here... :)

Wetlands, water & sand
Abstract in the 'Z' or 'S' composition, had a lot of fun with colours & contrast in this one....
river sand wetlands abstract painting
Enduring winter at the lake
Our boat winch on a cold November day at Lake Manitoba - another photo with textures added that turned out quite nicely when printed.
lake Lake Manitoba snow winter
Winter on the shores of Lake Manitoba
More textures over a photo, printed as a pair with the shot above.
rock lake winter
Yellow!
My painting of this gorgeous yellow rose that blessed my house in the dark cold days of March....
(painted March/17)
Yellow rose painting
A most beautiful rose
The same rose... photographed instead of painted, with a bit of texture added. I just could not stop taking pictures of this rose, it was amazing!
Yellow flowers roses still life
Sunfower petals
Enhanced with textures...
Yellow flowers sunflower still life
Sunflower, up close & personal
Enhanced & texturized.
Yellow flowers sunflowers still life
Snow falling in the forest
Painted in Rebelle, (watercolour software program) Some fun doodling that actually turned into something! Surprise, surprise!
(painted April 2017)
SAG forest snow trees painting rebelle
Mountains under a stormy sky
More fun doodling in Rebelle... the sky just happened, by putting lots of water on the digital canvas, adding a little colour, and then just tilting it this way and that, and watching what happens. It just turned into a sky, all by itself!
(painted April 2017)
mountains sky painting rebelle water
Waterfalls & Ice
More playing in Rebelle, with one colour and a very wet (digital) canvas - tilting and letting it run. This picture literally created itself, except for the trees.
(Painted Feb/17)
painting rebelle water ice trees watercolour
Winter Tree
added dark brown canvas from MG textures
Snow tree final best textured sig
Winter Sun
The other half of the pair I painted after taking Melissa Gallo's online class. (Painted 2016)
painting winter sun snow
Morning Light
My first 'impressionistic' painting, after taking an online class by Melissa Gallo. Love her work, not sure if it's my style or not....Painted 2016
Painting winter sun snow
Mackenzie and the Hat
The hat was goofy and the photo taken when we were just playing around.... but it was fun to practice my portrait painting. Still not sure if I like it, but what the hey... (Painted 2016, from an older photo)
Mackenzie painting painted
Beach Day & the Doyles
One of my favourite photos ever! Still struggling with portrait painting, still much to learn.... Painted, summer 2016, Photo taken in 2015
Kids together
Willow Bay Relic.... part of the Curse of GlennHelm
Old trucks are such a cool find.... I'm not sure why, but we all love them, don't we?
(Added a bit of painting here and there)
05.01.15
old truck painted
Prairie Glow
This is our back yard.... our 6 acres of Native Prairie .... wearing it's coat of many colours in the Autumn. Painted Oct.'16
Prairie grass painted
Yellow Overflow
Almonds & Calendula, I really like the textures on this one, now if only I could remember how I did that!! (Painted 2016)
Almonds calendula
Double Garlic
Painted & textured. 2016
Garlic banner painted
Shadows & Laundry
Blowing in the breeze at the lake... I like the little flash of red.... Painted, Summer 2016
towels sun shadows painted painting
Daisies Painted
Smile for the Camera!
Big Shelby smiles.... :))
Painted 2016
Shelby smiling
Mackenzie & the Hat
There is something about this version that I like better, but I really never finished this one...
Mackenzie portrait painted painting
The Doyles - a softer version
Going for the dreamy look, but I think I missed the boat... :)
Kids together painted soft
Garlic 027
The Colour of Lilacs
Lilacs, the way I see them. (Painted Spring, 2016)
Lilacs painting flowers
Garlic
Autumn Walk at Hecla
Painted 2016
Forest walk
A Paler Walk in Hecla
This is really not that great. I probably should delete it... but sometimes I work so long on something that I just can't trash it, even if I could not make it work. This is one of those....
Forest walk Hecla painting painted
From our own patch of Michaelmas Daisies, always so bright & cheerful, they must be the most optimistic flower of all! (Painted 2016)
Daisies texture paintings
Autumn walking in Helca
Another version... I did SO many!
Forest walk painting painted Hecla
The gnarly old lady who lives at the top of the hill
I love this old tree - she is a survivor and the only one still standing amoungst the scrubby bushes on the top of a hill. (A painting from a photography done with Corel Painter).
Winter tree painting
The Bleeding Rose, version 2
Spent an incredible amount of time on that purple flower but just did not like it, found it too distracting. So the version I like best does not have it included at all. (Painted Aug.'16)
Rose Daisy painting flowers
Another version of my sketch... trees & water
A little strange, but I sorta like it...maybe a little. Not sure actually.
Trees water textured painting painted
The Tree & The Water - I drew this myself!!
Trees water painting painted
Daffy's Done Badly
This is sorta odd. But another one I can't drag to the trash bin, so here it is!
flowers painted painting
Merry Christmas Shelby again
After working on this painting for (what seemed like) months...!! I finally realized it didn't look right because her head was way too big. But I just could not figure out what to do about that, because that's the way the photo was shot. Oh well ... I am hoping for a nice Christmas portrait someday...
Shelby printed painted painting
How I made a Painting
A little video of the paintings I saved as I struggled to make this painting of Shelby wearing a Christmas wreath. It was a strange photo and the painting looked even stranger, so although the video is included in the gallery, the finished painting is not. Maybe I should add it anyway....
Painting Shelby
happynewyear

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