Sunset sky

Tried to capture the moment when everything in view was suddenly transfigured by the fleeting sunlight in our backyard.

Before night taking over

Did this oil sketch in less than 30 minutes before sunlight faded away completely. What attracted me to this view again is the contrast of the brightly lit leaves of the tress and the encroaching dark shadow of the evening.

Color of the fall

The virginia creeper dangling from our patio has turned into a flame of red color in the afternoon sunlight. Painted this view after work from our patio

In in remaining sunlight

It was almost 6:30 in the evening when I started to paint this view over my driveway.

A view on Balmoral Bay

Turning around my easel I painted another view from the same spot.

A view on an empty lot on Balmoral Bay

Painted this view framed by the ash tree turning into vibrant golden yellow in the morning sunlight.

A house standing on 15th Street

Half an hour into painting, it started to drizzle and never cleared up again for the day. However I stayed on to finish this painting keeping in mind what it was like in the brief morning sunlight.

A path on Balmoral Bay

I have painted from the same spot countless times now. Yet each time I remain excited about what I see as if I had never been here before. Painted this view after I came back from work.

A glimpse of our backyard neighbour's house

A beautiful sunny afternoon! You can smell the fall season in the air.

Same view again on a rainy afternoon

Painted this view from the same spot in an opposite direction. It was very cloudy and it started to drizzle.

Remaining sunlight in the fall

Light fades away so fast now when the day is getting shorter and shorter. Painted this view again before supper.

Sign of the fall

Leaves of the trees start to change colors now and no doubt fall is here now.

Clear Lake from Wasagaming Drive

It started to rain heavily by the time we got back to Wasagaming. After lunch we waited in the car for the rain to stop. As soon as the rain stopped. I set up my easel and painted this view of the lake under the roof of a picnic gazebo.

A glimpse of the Golf Course

We went to Clear Lake today to take down my paintings from the exhibition at Wasagaming Gallery. It was still too early when we arrived and, so we drove up to the Clear Lake Golf Course. It was rather cloudy when I set up to paint this view.

Caught in rain

It was pouring when I drove to Dinsdale Park in the morning. Painted this view from my car.

Lake Katherine of Riding Mountain National Park

We came to Lake Katherine around noon to have our picnic here on the Loon's Island on the shore of Lake Katherine. It was such a tranquil spot when the silence was only broken by the occasional call of the birds. There is sign of fall all around us now and Sarah is leaving for Edmonton to start her second year of university there. It is always sad at the end of summer to see your kid leaving you again.

Our house viewed across the street

It is our 24th wedding anniversary and I decided to paint a view of our house. We have been married almost for a quarter of a century now and can not believe how a concrete real life experience could so soon fade into distant past. There is always a mixture of sweet sadness in our emotions.

Deep Bay on Clear Lake

Came to Deep Bay to paint again when it was much quieter today without much of a disturbance from flocks of tourists. I was attracted by the interplay of warm and cool lights and colors and the shadow casted over the surface of the lake by the spruces on the shore.

A cottage of Hydeaway

Nestled between the wood and the lake is this beautiful cottage on Wasagaming Drive at Clear Lake. I came to paint this place at about 10 am when the morning sunlight was pouring onto its facade against an azure blue sky and lake.

Brandon City Hall

It was again windy and cold when I came to paint a view of the city hall this morning but just perfect for outdoor painting.

A house on a farm near Shilo

Drove for about 30 kilometers southeast of Brandon to find this house on a farm against the forest on the edge of Spruce Wood Provincial Park near Shilo. Half way through the painting I was caught in a downpour of a summer storm.

A quiet path on Clear Lake

Another demonstration for the workshop also around noon.

Visitor Center at Clear Lake

Did this painting as a demonstration at my workshop of outdoor landscape painting around noon.

Valley view on No. 10 Highway

Just past Minnidosa drivers will find this view of a valley with a church in the distance on highway No. 10 in Manitoba on their way to Riding Mountain National Park. I painted this view in the late afternoon when the sky was lit from the west by the glow of sunset.

Steeped in the late afternoon sun

Painted this view behind Visitor Center in the late afternoon when the late afternoon sunlight was pouring in from behind the wall of spruces.

Clear Lake

Went back to Clear Lake this morning and painted this familiar view of the lake on a big stretched canvas.

A glimpse of our backyard

Painted this view in a hurry with swarms of mosquitoes behind our hedges in the late afternoon.

Dinsdale Park of Brandon

A view on Dinsdale in Brandon painted at noon when it was very humid and hot surrounded by swamps of mosquitoes.

Assiniboine River

Another view from Dinsdale Park of Assiniboine River with Mackenzie building and downtown skyline.

Across the street

Painted this view numerous times now. Still intrigued by the light pattern in the morning when sunlight seeping through the trees early in the morning.