1000 Outremont, Montreal Winter Scene, 8x10, oil on board

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999 Sunflowers and Blue Bird, 18x24, oil on stretched canvas

This bluebird figurine adds two things to this painting. It balances the composition and adds an element of narrative. I found bluebird at a consignment shop in Victoria a few years ago. He's appeared in a number of paintings. I'm always on the lookout for bird figurines. I'd be glad to find one even damaged but I think people just don't want to part with these darling things. Sigh.

998 Sunflowers in a Mason Jar, 8x10, oil on board

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997 Sunflowers in a Mason Jar, 8x10, oil on board

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This is another bunch of sunflowers I got from the local weekend farmers market. I have a collection of different Mason jars. I really like flowers in jars. Especially the type of flowers grown in local gardens. Just such a homey feeling.

996 Market Sunflowers, 8x10, oil on board

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I picked these sunflowers up at a local farmers' market. It's sunflower season!

995 Le Plateau Mont Royal, Montreal Winter Scene

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I did this a while back and just found it amongst my stuff. I'm posting it here as a preview of what's to come. Sigh, after a long wonderful hot summer we will have a cozy snowy slushy wonderful winter.

994 Poppies in the Veggie Patch, 12x16, oil on canvas

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I did this yesterday in the garden. Someone gave me some poppy seeds and what a lovely varied assortment came up. We had a heat spell that lasted two months and the veggies just loved it. I just tossed another handful of poppy seeds into the bed. I want to be painting them into the fall. All the other flowers have gone but the bachelor buttons are coming back. and there are a few pink roses still.  I just love summer.