One Bright Spot

acrylic on canvas, 12 x12 $395
I love the way the sunlight is hitting the side of the hill..but husband thinks it's too bright. What do you think?

Light The Hills

small 8x10, $195.00

acrylic on gessobord ( thanks http://studiotodorovic.com/)

Been awhile since I painted. Guess I needed a small break and had company. Hard at it now though...lots of ideas!

'Textural Mountain Bloom'

Acrylic 16x20 , 550.00
Having lots of fun with the texture...not so much with titles. Again, you must full view to get the full impact. For any questions or purchases please contact me at l.wilder@shaw.ca

Tangle Light

Acrylic on canvas, 18x24 ,$695.00
Back to getting my hands dirty...lots of texture
( don't know how many times I have reworked this painting!)
Please full view
for any questions or purchases please contact me at l.wilder@shaw.ca

"Trail View'

Acrylic on canvas, 12x12. $295.00
Funny how some painting can take forever...hours, and then others seem to just happen so smoothly...this one... 45 min. I really like the light.

Come Together

Acrylic on canvas, 24x36

I've given up the plein-air and painting a day...for now. I was getting a little frustrated and felt I was stifling my creativity. So back to my larger canvases and getting my hands dirty...much happier! I have changed my blog name to reflect this change...I will still paint everyday but not force myself to produce a painting everyday.

I've been looking at an older painting (2008) "The Gathering" it had always bothered me and I couldn't figure out why...it was time to fix it, change it and make it better. I think I have succeeded. Took out the human element and added a few more horses. Still...not sure if it's done but good for now. What do you think?

l.wilder@shaw.ca

Foothills

acrylic 8x10. Not use to all this smoothness in my landscapes but plein air does not allow me more time for my texures in acrylic...will have to come up with something

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Between the Trees

8x8 acrylic on gessobord.$ 165.00
No palette knife for this landscape and I'm not sure I like the smoothness and I think I'm trying to put too much detail in these tiny ones

Elbow River, Plein Air

acrylic, on gessobord, 8x10, $195.00

When Plein Air painting with artist friend Kathryn Manry. Went twice now to this beautiful secluded spot just before Elbow Falls ( Elbow boat launch) I really am surprised more people don't go there to enjoy it...picnic tables fire pits, loads of trees and the ability to dangle your feet in the refreshing water. I'm still not equipped for this kind of painting so parking the car close by and not having to walk far is a must! Some day would love to buy a soltek easel ( if they ever drop in price!)

You Looking at Me?

While driving around Elbow Falls, we had to stop for all theses cows crossing the road ( slowly I might add). They were grazing on either side of the road got out to take pictures...I now have tons of reference photos!
Acrylic on gessobord, 8x10, $195.00

Apple Slice

acrlic on gessobord, 8"x 8 "

$165.00

Shadows and Pears

I just loved the shadows on these pears...but I think I over worked the pears a bit.

acrylic on gessobord, 8x10, $ 195.00

Pears

Tiny 5x7 acrylic on gessobord, $125.00

White Portrait

Tiny 5x7, acrylic on gessobord

Misty Walk

acrylic on gessobord, 8x10 , $195.00
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acrylic on gessobord, 8x8, $165.00

This happened quite by accident and I'm really quite pleased with it. I covered a small 8x8 gessobord with gel, just to get some background texture and as I was adding some tint I saw a horse emerge so...I went with it. Didn't want to mess around too much with it so I could keep it fresh. PLEASE FULL VIEW

thanks to my sponsor studio Todorovic

Rocky Mountain Mist

Acrylic on canvas, 20x24 in

Here is another older canvas I painted over ( how can you tell I was running out of canvas). On the upside though, I now have a sponsor! Studio Todorovic. in Art Central who also sells my jewellery.http://www.studiotodorovic.com/

I am also represented by Swirl Fine Arts in Art Central, who sells my paintings.http://www.swirlfineart.com/

Rocky Mountain Texture

acrylic 18x24 on canvas

Painted over an old painting ( again). I really like to do this to create more texture and depth to my paintings. I still need to workout a few details but this was a lot of fun to play with.

Hidden Stream

Acrylic 8x10

Been away for a few days.

Here is a tiny fast painting to get me going again

Waterfall Colors, Rocky mountain

acrylic 3ftx4ft

again thanks to Alek Borsuk..see original photo http://citizenolek.deviantart.com/art/MT2-159-121104661

Between The Trees

Acrylic on canvas, 20x20

I wish I could say I was here, and took this picture,but I was not. The photographer, Alex Borsuk, lives in Manitoba and used to do a lot of hiking in the mountains. He has graciously given me permission to use his photos as inspiration and reference for my paintings.
You can see the photo here: http://citizenolek.deviantart.com/art/Through-the-Trees-MT3-125-120774572

Bow Falls, Banff Alberta

acrylic on canvas, 22x26, palette knife SOLD

I was part of the Federation of Canadian Artists ( Calgary Chapter) show in Okotoks, Alberta. I had three paintings in the show, this being one of them.I went today to pick up my paintings as up until friday no paintings had sold. When I got there I discovered one of mine missing....yay, it sold the day before!

Rocky Mountain Memories

acrylic on canvas, 2ft x 4 ft

I wanted to create another waterfall similar to my Athabasca Power, but I wanted it larger and a different composition. Because I didn't use a reference I put the word 'memories' in the title but it's still inspired by Jasper National Park water falls. I got a little messy with this one...brushes, palette knife and lots of blue shop towels to scrump with.

Rocky Drop

acrylic 9x12

another old painting I painted over with a palette knife.

available $250.00 +SH

Wildflower Pond

acrylic 11x14

I was out taking pictures and looking for plein air spots and was amazed by all the wild flowers out in bloom now. I just love the pink Alberta Rose. This was an old painted that I painted over...basically keep the same composition but added mountains, totally changed all the colors and added more trees and flowers. A little too 'postcardy' and commercial perhaps?