A view over our hedges

Cloudy afternoon and was just about finish the painting when the sun started to come out.

Winter hedges and shadow

Just could not resist the temptation to paint the hedges when I came back from work in the afternoon and saw through the kitchen window the hedges and shadow cast across the snow in our backyard.

Assiniboine River

It was so warm today. I drove to the bank of the river at the Dinsdale Park and painted this view in two hours. It was early in the afternoon when I started it and it really was quite warm and I felt an absolute serenity all around me. Yet after an hour the wind started to blow from the river and I felt rather a chill in the temperature and my hands started to feel numb. I packed up in a hurry.

A glimpse of the wooded spot

It was warm enough again to allow me to paint outdoor today. Yest half an hour into painting I still felt cold enough to stop in a hurry.

A view from our doorway

Early in the morning when I opened the door, the brilliant light just poured into my eyes. I sat down on the last step of our stairway and painted what I saw.

Snow-covered hedges once more

It is finally warm enough to allow me to do some painting outdoor. I painted this view at noon standing on our patio against the dazzling winter sunlight.

Snow-covered hedges

Could not resist the temptation to paint the snow again. A view from Sarah's bedreoom window in the afternoon.

A window view

Back to Canada and to the snow-covered landscape, and to the cold arctic weather! Sketched this view from the window on a cold and cloudy day.

My sister

Finally I painted my dear sister who is quite willing enough to let me paint her now after almost 30 years! 30 years ago when I was a teennager and she was just a little girl. I tried to "coerce" her to pose for me so that I could sketch her but she was always so reluctant. That was 30 years agao. For the past 30 years I barely touched any brushes and paint until 2003.

The house across the street

Finally the sun came out! The house across the street looks quite identical to theirs. The previouse owner of the house had moved away but their fond memories stayed with my sister and her family.

Another rainy day

It was raining rather heavily and I had to paint looking through the window on their door.

A glimpse of their neighbourhood on a rainy day

It drizzled all day today and when it stopped I came out to paint again, and again I did not go too far to paint this view of their neibourhood.

A big impressive tree

What an impressive tree across from the street where they live! Sitting on their front lawn I painted a study of the tree caught in the glow of late afternoon sunlight.

My sister's backyard

Looking through their French window, I caught a glimpse of their backyard drenched in the warm afternoon sunlight, and I can feel the warmth of spring already.

My sister's house

Columbus, Indiana where my sister and brother's families live. I came to join them for a family reunion on the occasion of Chinese Luna New Year for it happens that my parents had arrived from China! What a difference a few hours of fly can make. Now I find myself in early spring when it is still 50 degrees below zero back in Prairie Canada ! Painted a view of my sisiter's big house on the very following morning.

Another window view from the same apartment

Painted another view from a different window from the same apartment building on Willow Dale Crescent in late afternoon when part of the sky clouded over.

A window view from an apartment on Willow Dale Cresent

Painted this view from a bedroom window of an apartment around 12 p.m.

A glimpse of a quiet street on a winter afternoon

I drove by the 2nd street in North Hill and stopped there to paint the view of the street which slopes up as many streets do in this part of the town.

Impression of the snow-covered ground

A quick impression of the snow-covered ground viewed from our living room window in the early afternoon.

Looking out of the window

Looking out of our bedroom window in the late afternoon, I painted a quick impression of the view when the light was quickly receding into dusk.

A window view

It was just too cold to paint outdoor today. Instead, looking out of our kitchen window I was struck by the view from the window. How the warm color of the red rug on our patio juxtaposed with the cool color of the snow and shadow.

Downtown Brandon

Another extremely cold day! Nevertheless, I decided to drove towards downtown area since it was such a sunny and bright day. It was about 12 o'clock when I found myself driving down 9Th Street north and caught a glimpse of downtown at the junction of Rosser Avenue. Half an hour into painting my hands and feet were numb with cold and had to stop to get into the Art Gallery to warm myself up and also to see how my exhibition had been going on there.

Snow on the hedge

It was extremely cold today with temperature plumbed down to minus 40. I did not venture out even in my car. Instead I sketched the dazzling snow on the hedge in our backyard from Sarah's bedroom window in the afternoon.

Sunset on Balmoral Bay

I really love the shapes and patterns formed by the trees in our front yard against the late afternoon sunlight in the winter season. It was very cold when I sketched this view in oils from my car.

Stopping by Brandon Cemetery on a snowy afternoon

It was a very snowy afternoon when I stopped by the cemetery and sketched this view in oils from my car. Somehow the last scene described in the short story "The Dead" in James Joyce's " Dubliners" came to my mind.

A shed on a back alley on Balmral Bay

It was very sunny and bright outside but cold. I do not know how many times I have painted this view of this back alley right along our house. I was struck by the tranquil mood of this view at this time of the year, and painted it again.

On a snowy Saterday afternoon

This is one of the most impressive houses in Brandon. Located on 14Th Street and Louise Avenue this house is currently owned by Dr. Dector. I remember taking pictures in its front when I first came to Brandon from China 17 years ago! when some international students lived there as tenants. I parked my car on Louise Avenue and painted this picture from inside of my car. It was quite dark and snowy in the afternoon.

Christian Reformed Church

It was very warm today as I drove down 14Th Street north in the afternoon. Snow started to melt and I came to the junction of 14Th and Victoria Ave painting the view of the church standing on the corner.

A pond of heavenly delight

This painting is created as a donation for the art auction event which will take place at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba on 29th of Feb. and the theme of the even is called " the Garden of Earthly Delight"

Snow-covered junipers

Standing on my patio, I painted the junipers covered with snow in our backyard in the afternoon.