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2013-06-17 13:47:04 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

Plein-air painting in Germany: cows and many mosquitos, oil on canvas 16 x 20 inch.

2013-06-13 15:49:22 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Traveling until Tuesday

I am off to delivery a painting to a new collector today and for a few days on the west coast of Vancouver Island. So you will not hear much if anything from until Tuesday morning. Have a great rest of your week and a fine weekend.

Until later!

2013-06-13 00:10:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

aspiring architect

The afternoon slips passed me in a haze of overexposed summer light from a mottled sky. My bags are packed. Groceries are bought stored and prepared for the person staying home. There is anticipation for an upcoming five-day trip beginning tomorrow midday. I am restless with not enough time to start a new project but too much time to just curled up with a book. So I decided to take a browse through a few of the set aside but unedited images from last month. This is where the work of an anonymous architect was rediscovered. I love these random half-creations that accent our beaches from time to time. They are usually found after long weekends when city dwellers come and have yet to learn the power of imitating the seals lounging on the sun-warmed  sandstone. But that aside, there is a beauty to randomly (or even purposefully) organized pieces of drift wood and stone... more »

2013-06-12 17:28:14 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Roses for Friends - paintography

There is a local farmer who has beautiful rose stems for sale at a roadside stand this time of year. I picked out ten and slipped two fives into the lock-box as required. When I got them home I went out and snipped salal and ferns from the yard to build an arrangement to take with us when we went to friends for dinner. Maybe if there are still some of these roses next week I will get a bunch for me and pull out a canvas to render them forever freshly cut.

All the best of Wednesday to you!

#breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa at +Breakfast Club #paintography #roses  

2013-06-11 17:45:45 (21 comments, 1 reshares, 29 +1s)

Private and Public life - does the boundary exist in an online world?

Today, I sort through what image to share with self-conscious need and commitment to say “hello” to the outside online world where my daily visit is anticipated and to some degree expected. That is, if I don’t show up after a few days there are those who will come looking to make sure I am okay. This is likely to occur faster than anyone will notice I am missing in my physical community. Admittedly there is some overlap yet there is a speed to a facebook timeline update, a twitter tweet or a Google plus update that defies the now-rather-intimate telephone call. What does this mean to my creative process, my dividing line between private and public life? Where is that line? Does it exist?
 
The line appears to be clearly defined for me in what is shared and not shared. This is easy. I have a clearintent... more »

2013-06-10 22:21:01 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

The Edge is where it's at - could be the Mayne Island theme song so dedicating it to +J. Hancock and her tree-free garden.

2013-06-10 22:03:24 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)

Released today....

End of Storm Georgina Point Mayne Island 8 x 10 inch oil on canvas

The waves are rolling at the entrance to Active Pass. Even though the clouds have broken, the tail end of the storm is still whipping the sea.

Detailed view and purchase information at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/product/End-of-Storm-Georgina-Point-Mayne-Island

#art #oilpaintings #westcoast #mayneisland  

2013-06-10 17:36:29 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

This morning's painting...

A Gift of Roses - resting 12 x 12 inch oil on canvas

This #workinprogress is far too shiny and wet and it is way too early in the morning to take a respectable photograph. But I decided it could as easily rest with you as it does with me.

I find painting roses or any vase of flowers challenging. It is not the technical aspect of the painting of them but the reality of trying to get through the gazillion painted translations that overlay what I see right in front of me with my own eyes. I do not seem to have this same driving need to remove internalized filters when I am painting our landscapes. They are somehow so much more my own and the language of the landscape and my own are much more direct and mutually understood. These roses I had to observe with much more attention to keep the visual memories of the middle painters from telling... more »

2013-06-09 19:15:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

New post at my Creative Potager blog this morning...

Sunday roses in June at la casa de inspiracion at
http://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/sunday-roses-in-june-at-la-casa-de-inspiracion
#rosephotography #breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa #sundaybuds  

2013-06-08 16:33:06 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 39 +1s)

Released today for #weekendartmarketplace with +Matt Shalvatis

From Felix Jack Road Mayne Island - 14 x 11 oil on canvas

A view that surprises as the viewer emerges from thick forested road. A predominately plein air painting with minimal edits back at the studio.

Detailed view including plein air photo and purchase information at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/product/From-Felix-Jack-Road-Mayne-Island

#art #oilpaintings #pleinairpainting #landscapeart #mayneisland #westcoast  

2013-06-07 19:47:03 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)

THE EDGE 48 x 24 inch oil on canvas

A sandstone bluff is battered by the wind and sea but also hosts a familiar arbutus tree on its top most tip.The Edge, a rare large long-lean painting to out of my studio, it is about strength, beauty and opportunity.

Detail view and purchase information is available at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/product/The-Edge

A work-in-progress post with several photographs is available on my Creative Potager blog at:
http://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/working-on-the-edge-can-offer-some-interesting-possibilities

#firstfridayartwalk  

2013-06-07 14:38:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Stop feeding the WOW-smacked dragon!

Yesterday's morning walk provided this one image with the only hint of soft sunlight we saw all day. It is not very exciting and in fact, it is very ordinary - just a bit of soft sunlight coming through the cedar trees on a path in the woods. The image has not been heavily edited and rendered and is truly the ordinary of the ordinary everyday anywhere one might find a path in the woods. So why might I share it with you then? 

Well, I have been reading here and there how people are feeling bad, sad and insignificant when they visit their "friends" on social media. They are mumbling about how their lives just don't measure up as being as successful, exciting or happy as these other streams of wall, tweet, circle, blog postings. And since I have been recovering from a miserable cold I have had lots of time to muse about these... more »

2013-06-07 14:30:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The #firstfridayartwalk event for +First Friday Art Walk now has a  community :)....

2013-06-06 20:57:33 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 44 +1s)

Today's painting study...

End of Storm Georgina Point Mayne Island - resting 8 x 10 oil on canvas

Still too shiny and wet to really photograph and possibly will make some edits later but for now it is resting. Often I find the most freedom in painting these small works because the risks are so much less than an adventure on a large canvas. I love the smashing resistance of waves against the rocks - neither land nor sea willing to give in easily.

#art #painting #workinprogress #seascape #westcoast #mayneisland #georginapoint  

2013-06-06 17:07:22 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Released today...

New Growth West Coast in late May - 8 x 8 inch oil on gessobord

The winter and spring rains have left both moss, salal and trees dressed in new frocks of vibrant green. It won't last. As summer progresses the new growth will harden off and become dull and crunchy in the summer's heat. Today though - we celebrate!

Detailed view and purchase information available at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/product/New-Growth-West-Coast-in-late-May

#art #landscapepainting #oilpaintings #westcoast #mayneisland  

2013-06-06 16:53:11 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

Painted this one yesterday as my daughter swam in the lake beside me.

Tree Portrait - Lakeside
20" x 16", oil, plein air

2013-06-05 17:30:12 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

Released today...

Remembered Untold Mystery – 10 x 10 inch oil on canvas

The beauty of trees, rocks and the angle of the sun have their untold stories we are forever wanting to tell. These stories are some of the eyes and ears for World Environment Day.

Detailed viewing and purchase information is available at:

http://www.artsyhome.com/product/Remembered-Untold-Mystery

More about the background of this painting on today's Creative Potager blog post at:
http://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/remembered-untold-mystery-for-world-environment-day

#worldenvironmentday #treesoftheworld #oilpaintings #art  

2013-06-05 15:58:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

My first World Environment Day share is the film Chasing Ice with the incredible work of National Geographic photographer James Balog and his team. The story of our world and its demise is in the ice or rather in what is left of the ice...

#chasingice #worldenvironmentday  

2013-06-05 15:10:51 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Tree June Evening

The moment before getting to a view is often the place I pause. Shadowed at the edge of a forest with the comfort of its shelter a person can wait and listen before stepping out into view.

Happy Tuesday!

#TreeTuesday ( +Tree Tuesday )  Curated by +Christina Lawrie , +Shannon S. Myers and #breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa 

2013-06-04 15:06:17 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Reaching

The larder of new images is rather bare this morning. I this one of a sandstone washed bowl I suppose... though I hope to go back and photograph it again in a slightly different perspective. For now, I have a small painting to pack up for shipping. Then it is off to the Post Office.

All the best of Tuesday to you! 

2013-06-04 01:03:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Nice! My photograph of the pileated woodpecker made the cover of our regional Island Tides Newspaper  for June 6 - 19th - circulation 21,000 copies. 

#frontpage #photography #woodpecker  

2013-06-03 01:32:03 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

SOLD to a collector in Alberta, Canada

Island with the Lighthouse - 8 x 10 inch oil on canvas

This painting was just released yesterday and now - off it goes!

Other paintings currently available can be viewed at:

http://www.artsyhome.com/author/terrillwelch

#art #oilpaintings #mayneisland #lighthouse  

2013-06-03 01:31:06 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

SOLD to a new collector in British Columbia, Canada

Winter Sun II - 18 x 24 inch oil on canvas

This painting was just released five days ago but is the painting of choice for today's studio visitor.

Other paintings currently available can be viewed at:

http://www.artsyhome.com/author/terrillwelch

#art #oilpaintings #westcoast #seascapesunday  

2013-06-03 00:17:45 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Can you guess which two paintings sold today?

Both paintings can be seen in my youtube home-style artist studio visit today...

One painting is going with today's studio visitor for a special place that has been designed for a painting as part of her home renovation.

The other painting is going to a collector who checks out my online Artsy Home gallery every Sunday to see what new paintings I have released at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/author/terrillwelch

#art #artist #artstudio #oilpaintings  

2013-06-02 18:27:42 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Roses and Lavender today for Studio visit...

These are the first of my 'grandma roses" this year which is a Scottish Brier rose with an exquisite fragrance with lavender and a sprig of young salal.  

All the best of Sunday to you!

2013-06-01 18:32:43 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

Released today...

Island with the Lighthouse 8 x 10 inch oil on canvas

The southern gulf islands are not always easy to name individually if you are unfamiliar with how they relate to one another. Mayne Island is often described as the island with the lighthouse as it is viewed from the ferry traveling from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. This small window to the sea is what you might view on a fine day from that ferry as you near the entrance to Active Pass.

Detailed view and purchase information available at:
http://www.artsyhome.com/product/Island-with-the-Lighthouse

Posted today for #weekendartmarketplace with +Matt Shalvatis #art #landscapeart #oilpaintings  

2013-06-01 18:22:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Calling Photographers and Artists:  Join us at the Weekend Art Marketplace.

PLEASE!  It’s very important to share this event.  You can either use the “Invite” function within this event, or share this event to your circles.  

……………………………………………………………………

Just what is Weekend Art Marketplace?  

This weekend and every weekend thereafter, is the Weekend Art Marketplace.  So what is it?  It’s a time where G+ artists share their art with a worldwide G+ audience, and G+ art buyers can see what the community has to offer. 

Ooh, ooh, I’m an artist.  Can I participate?  

Yes, you sure can!  

See the Rules for Marketplace Participation below.  

What kind of art is suitable for the marketplace?

Photography, Drawings,Digital Art, Paintings, Wood Carvings, Music, Sketches, Caricatures, Cart... more »

2013-06-01 07:13:58 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 49 +1s)

One more capture of my favorite Fritillaria meleagris couple at twilight :)
Styria, Austria.

+AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS  #austrianphotographers  
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS  #10000photographersaroundtheworld  
+HQSP Flowers  #hqspflowers  
+HQSPPromotion  #hqsppromotion  
+HQSPwinners  #hqspwinners  

#naturephotography   #floralphotography  

2013-05-31 16:22:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Dead Wood

There is a point after death that it seems we become something else. The steer becomes steak. The lettuce becomes salad. The tree becomes dead wood. If we care to look, we can often imagine the subject’s former living structure. With the steak I prefer not to go there and even with the lettuce it is best not to wonder if it noticed being pulled up by the roots for our dining pleasure. But with the fallen tree, I often imagine. I wonder how long it has been laying there. I wonder what was the precise moment that we understood that this former tree is now dead wood.

Prints of this image are available in my redbubble storefront at:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/terrillwelch/works/10403176-dead-wood

#treephotography #naturephotography  

2013-05-31 14:47:02 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

* Aiguille du Midi, France* ... Amusing Planet - "The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842 meter tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. The name "Aiguille du Midi" translates literally to "Needle of the Noon" or "Needle of the Mid-day". The mountain gets its name from the fact that it lies to the south when viewed from in front of the church in Chamonix.

A cable car runs to the summit where there is a viewing platform, a café and a gift shop. The cable car was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3842 m.

The Aiguille du Midi lift was first thought of by two Swiss engineers in 1905. Their plan was to link the hamlet of Les Pelerins with the summit of l'Aiguille du Midi. The project met... more »

2013-05-30 19:06:41 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 38 +1s)

Today's work...

Reaching the Sea resting a 2nd time 30 x 40 inch oil on canvas

A year a go in January I thought I was done with this painting. But within a few months I knew we were not finished. Still, I set it aside and even showed it last summer for a while. Eventually, I just turned its face to the wall and waited. Today was the day. Around and round we went untangling and tangling up again within the tension of land sea and sky.

Here is where we have come to rest at the moment. I hesitate to say it is done but it could be... or it could be a #workinprogress indefinitely :)

Oh! If you are curious here is the Creative Potager post with where I left it last January:

http://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/reaching-the-sea-original-oil-painting-by-terrill-welch

#art #paintings #landscapeart #westcoast  

2013-05-29 23:54:48 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

Today's work...

An Edgy Kinda day

Painting the edges of my larger paintings is a little like cleaning closets for me - it has to be right kind of day. We are on... I forget how many... straight days of misty warm spring-time rain.

I finished packaging and shipped a painting this morning that had sold to a collector in California. I released a new painting over at +Terrill Welch Fine Arts Then I wandered across the studio and did some small edits on yesterday's study. And then... I started on edges. Only one really large and one just large painting left to go for now.

There is a promise of a wee bit of sun tomorrow - it won't be an edge-painting kind of day I am thinking ;)



#artstudio  

2013-05-28 22:54:19 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 38 +1s)

Today's small painting study inspired from my walk...

new growth west coast in late May -  resting 8 x 8 inch oil on gessobord

2013-05-28 19:47:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Pileated Woodpecker foraging for grubs

These are large crow-sized woodpeckers are listed as uncommon in my bird book. I am not so sure this is the case as much as they are usually extremely shy. I can only assume this is a young fellow and he was more interested in the grubs than my proximity. These are also the woodpeckers that make the loud laughing sound like the cartoon character Woody.

This one is throwing moss and dirt like mad trying to catch up to his breakfast.

Prints of this image are available in my redbubble storefront at:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/terrillwelch/works/10392348-pileated-woodpecker-foraging-for-grubs

Mayne Island, British Columbia Canada

#woodpecker #birdsinfocus #naturephotography  
 

2013-05-28 19:34:33 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Pileated Woodpecker foraging on an outcrop

I eventually got completely rained out of my walk this morning but not until after a lovely visit with this Pileated Woodpecker. These are large crow-sized woodpeckers are listed as uncommon in my bird book. I am not so sure this is the case as much as they are usually extremely shy. I can only assume this is a young fellow and he was more interested in the grubs than my proximity. These are also the woodpeckers that make the loud laughing sound like the cartoon character Woody.

Prints available in my redbubble store front at:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/terrillwelch/works/10392329-pileated-woodpecker-foraging-on-an-outcrop

#woodpecker #breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa at +Breakfast Club 

2013-05-28 01:30:58 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 36 +1s)

Thank you for your circle love!

I just looked over to the right and saw that this very art page is in 5,000 circle. I am humbled and just wanted to send out a wee wave to let you know it is appreciated! :) Blowing cyber kisses and frilly hugs to you all!

#artpages #waves #appreciation #art  

2013-05-27 13:52:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

A post from yesterday's plein air competition just outside Rome, Italy.

2013-05-26 23:53:32 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)

Today's Creative Potager post is all about tasty bites for a Sunday Dinner and includes my recipe for Oven-baked mild chicken curry with rice at http://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/oven-baked-mild-chicken-curry-and-rice

You may not believe this but there is more to my life than photography and paintings. Some of my days in fact are swaddled in domesticity. Today is one of those days.

Can someone pour the wine now please?

#sundaydinner #food #chickenrecipes  

2013-05-26 17:16:16 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

Seaside Trail Mayne Island

One of my favourite trails on Mayne Island follows the sea down both sides of a point of private land. The landowners have given local residents permission to hike here but you will not find the trail marked on any map. For this reason, I most often leave the location unnamed. It is a privilege not a right to be able to enjoy this particular piece of earth. I am most grateful. This is the Strait of Georgia side of the trail where the waves visit with you the whole stretch as you watch your footing so as not to trip and end up going for an unplanned and not very safe swim.

All the best of Sunday to you!

2013-05-26 00:10:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

My share for #weekendartmarketplace
Oil on gesso coated watercolor paper.
16 x 12 inches

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/133062

2013-05-25 18:07:14 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

The Settling

While I was waiting for the moon to rise last evening in the east there was a settling of time over the sea. The defining shapes of the landscape began to recede into darkness. Birds were making their last calls before roosting in the nearby trees. A full tide slapped lazily against the shore as the warmth of the day was brushed aside with the whisper of a breeze. These are moments of forgiveness.

#sunsetsaturday at +Sunset Saturday  #mayneisland #breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa at +Breakfast Club 

2013-05-25 05:54:40 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Full Moon May 24 2013 Mayne Island

Last one! Up in the sky he goes......

#fullmoon #fullmoonfriday  

2013-05-25 05:48:29 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Full moon Rising May 24 2013 from Mayne Island

Love that big ball of orange yellow that sometimes blows kisses to the sun as we turn.

#fullmoonphotography #fullmoonfriday  

2013-05-25 05:40:11 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

look who is peeking over the island  at sunset

I was almost too tired to wait for the full moon to come up but here it is rising at Mayne Island on the southwest coast of Canada.

#fullmoon  

2013-05-24 21:55:47 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 38 +1s)

From Felix Jack Road Mayne Island - resting 11 x 14 inch oil on canvas  - plein air

Well here it is. There is a magic to this spot that is extremely difficult to translate. As I was standing on the side of the road painting today, I think I discovered what is so difficult. You see, the drive from the ferry terminal at Village Bay to this spot is heavily treed. Once a person turns onto Felix Jack Road this view becomes visible. It is not that this view is so incredibly spectacular in itself. Rather, it is spectacular because the view is shrouded in the tall trees until getting here. None the less, I like this spot and painting it is a good way to enjoy the view.

#pleinairpainting #mayneisland #workinprogress #art #paintings #oilpaintings  

2013-05-24 21:08:36 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

side of the Felix Jack Road, Mayne Island

It is getting to be that time of year where it is most pleasant to be taking my studio on location and paint en plein air. Sometimes the results are more satisfactory than others. But every time is invigorating and stimulating to the senses.

shortly, I will share another image of just the painting from today's work.

#pleinairpainting #mayneisland  

2013-05-24 16:02:51 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

dripping bells Japanese Garden, Mayne Island

The sun is shining like a fiend this morning - taunting me for sleeping in an hour later than usual. But I will take its yellow face beaming down on me even on a snuggle-in-and-snooze-a-little-longer day. It is Friday. The painting "No Reason" I released on Monday has sold and I am just waiting for all the details to fall into place so I can package it for shipping to California on Monday.

As an artist, what can be better way to start a Friday than this?

Enjoy your weekend doing whatever you do to that feeds your inner being!

#breakfastclub with +Gemma Costa at +Breakfast Club 

2013-05-23 19:22:54 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 40 +1s)

Today's work...

winter sun II resting 18 x 24 inch oil on canvas

Actually, I started working on this yesterday or possibly it might be more accurate to say three years ago. The underpainting for this painting is a winter sunrise that fell out of my favour. Since it was still in the studio, this is what happened to it!

I suppose it really doesn't need to be in the #workinprogress folder as I have no intention of doing anything other than taking a better photograph once it is dry. However, I felt this way about the painting study I shared yesterday too. Then I got up this morning and made some edits. So, just in case, I am giving myself permission to tweak as necessary.

#paintings #art #landscape #seascape #oilpaintings  

2013-05-23 18:33:03 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

#gpluscollecting  The rich have their Jeff Koons and Damien Hirsts, and collections of Impressionists, Picassos, and Old Masters.  I though it would be fun to see how many of us regular people here on Gplus collect the work of others Google Plus People, and see their collections.  Do you collect prints from G+ Photographers, from +Joe Azure +Jay Patel  or +Athena Carey ? Do you collect original pieces of artwork,  from +Lena Levin or +Terrill Welch ? Do you collect Google Plus books, like the Plus One Collection put together by +Ivan Makarov or the How We See It book I compile for charity?  Do you collect awesome nature books by +Mike Spinak , fun items by +Paul Stickland , jewelry by +Jewelry by Rita Sunderland, or do you collect photos from G+ photo walks or photos with other G+ people you have met.  If you answered yes, to any of the above, please share your collections, and use thehashtag #gplu... more »

2013-05-22 21:18:23 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Today's #workinprogress ...

remembering an untold mystery resting 10 x 10 inch oil on canvas

Now this one is definitely best viewed from a distance. Get up from whatever device you are using that is bigger than a smartphone and step back 3 to 6 feet. I promise you won't be disappointed.

It reminds me of a very strong memory I have from grade three when a boy in the next row looked at my drawing of "the bush" with a fawn next to it looking longingly at a garden and said with absolute disgust "What a mess! You didn't draw anything. It is all just scribbles!" So I took him and my hurt feelings farther down the row of desks from where all the drawings were pinned on the classroom wall. Then I said "look again." He did and though still not terribly impressed he could see how all those lines gave the impressions of trees, grasses,... more »