Niagara Plein Air paintings

Thought I'd share some plein air paintings made in Niagara over the past few months....

SPECIAL OFFER
I have been accepted for an international residency in 2016 and in order to raise funds for the journey, all paintings here are offered for half of the listed price: ie if you see a painting for 300, it is yours for 150.

December
oil & cold wax on canvas

8x10in 2015
300.

December, remains of the day
oil & cold wax on canvas
12x12in,
400.

November
the more things change
oil & cold wax on canvas
14x16in, 2015
450.

November
oil & cold wax on canvas
9x12in, 2015
sold

November
oil and  cold wax on canvas
8x10in
300

November
oil and cold wax on canvas
9x12in, 2015
350

October
oil and cold wax on canvas 12x12in, 2015
400

October, remains of the day,
oil & cold wax on canvas
8x10in
300

October
oil and cold wax on canvas 9x12in,2015
350.

October
it's all right to fall
oil and cold wax on canvas, 8x10in
300

October
after rain
oil on canvas
16x20in, 2015
500

Cold wax workshops resumed

Yes I have disappeared from blog world. A house move and other projects have put the brakes on making, but after the life shifts are sifting in, they seem to be making their way into the work..

I also made a conscious decision NOT to take up extra time that could be used to make art so I've had to pick my battles. My current work is posted on facebook so if you would like to keep up with it, please 'like' my page, which can be found here.

I really do appreciate all who take a moment out of their busy lives to peruse my work and when it connects with even one of you than I am happy.

In the meantime I am still working with cold wax and oil and have just resumed teaching in these mediums. Info can be found here.

November, oil & cold wax on canvas, 9x12in

 copyright Jan Yates 2015, available

plein air, June

I am behind on this blog. This is a plein air painting made in June on the Niagara Escarpment

'Little June'
oil on canvas
8x8in
copyright Jan Yates, 2015

Shetland art residency update

in progress: St. Ninian's, Shetland

 
in progress: Sumburgh Head, Shetland

This body of work is new and I will be delving into it throughout the year-probably much longer. The series is evolving out of a recent (April 2015) residency in the Shetland Islands, of which I thank the Ontario Arts Council and those of you supporting me by purchasing paintings via the 'Wild in Shetland' crowd-funder. Those paintings were all made looking out to the sea, listening to the laughing gulls and lapping waves and breathing in the heady sea air-some were supervised by a seal.





in progress; St. Ninians






in progress: Scalloway walk 1

Since my return, beeswax (encaustic) has given me the freedom to preserve forever the things that have found me on the Shetland walks.

 

The plein air paintings below were made especially for the caring individuals who sponsored me via the 'Wild in Shetland' crowd-funder. 

 


  








 

 

above works now sold

Esheness: sold

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Fare Well, oil and cold wax, 8x10in, private collection

all images and content copyright to Jan Yates, 2015

upcoming painting workshop

Plein Air Painting
on the Niagara Escarpment
(a UNESCO Biosphere reserve)

presented by the Grimsby Public Art
Gallery

Paint the summer golds and greens in fields, orchards and vineyards in this painters' paradise. For those preferring structures, there are barns, fences and wonderful fallen down sheds for inspiration. 

You will receive individual guidance in the media and subject matter of your choice. We will address personal challenges, goals, approach and technique on an ongoing basis.

Through 4 sessions, there will be lots of time to immerse yourself in making art. Painting outdoors improves your skills when working back in the studio. Learn about simplifying your pallet, working fast in the changing light, mark making/ brushwork and paint handling, as well as colour and value relationships.

Saturdays: July 25-August 12,  2015 10am-12pm 4 Sessions $45 Members/ $55 non-members *Class Location: Grimsby, ON Tuesdays: July 21-August 11,  2015 10am-12pm 4 Sessions $45 Members/ $55 non-members *Class Location: Grimsby, ON SPECIAL: Sign up for BOTH SESSIONS!  $75 Members/$80 Non Members register here

Shetland April 30

new post on the Shetland blog can be found here

Shetland blog

 Some new posts and paintings about Shetland are on my other blog. To save me some time pasting them onto this one, I hope that you will just click here to see what I have been up to! Thanks for visiting!

Time Circles

Mirknen haps a rummelled broch 
on Houlland’s knowe, rowes hit 
in a twilt o lavendar: saft smored 
as a Danish Hjøllund a year ago. 
Da line o da prow is sib 
an da soonds on da tongue, but 
dis laand canna scoarn da forest, 
fat byres an grit rigs o coarn. 
Here hit’s a tooder o hedder 
an da mintiest flooers. Fae da broch 
da Wastside raiks aa aroond: 
Eid Voe spörs ta da nort, 
bi wast, a headicraa ta Burrafirt, 
ta Foula an Waas. Soothbye, 
a vire o voes at Sandsoond 
an Skeld - Skjáldr o da sagas. 
A year is come richt roond. 
I da simmir dim, sungaets, 
we mark da rim o da broch 
– time circles: walk da mairches 
o a twalmont gien. 

Christine De Luca

 from Wast wi da Valkyries (Lerwick: Shetland Library, 1997)

Shetland: April 17, 15, 14, 13

Once again I am behind on posting. It is so very hard (impossible) to articulate my feelings about being here. I am nourished. The way of life in Shetland has led me to question the status of my own life ways in Canada. With the last leg of this residency I am trying to subdue  a sense of foreboding. Being here has excavated a truth in myself that I thought was buried deep.

This residency is very different from the time in Ireland. Then, I was an objective outsider and in an altogether different state of mind. That residency was deeply profound and still affects my work, it is just a different experience than this one. In Shetland, I am IN the sea, IN the hills, IN the skies. There is no dividing line, no objectivity-just a divine surrender to a place in time.

April 15

A heady day in Shetland-sea birds ( some puffins that you CAN'T see in these photos),, cliffs white beaches, wonderful company and laughter -and the weather was bonnie too. Anne and Mike hope you know how much it means! At St Ninian’s Isle http://www.shetland-heritage.co.uk/st-ninians-isle

and Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve http://www.sumburghhead.com/

 

 

April 14

I told myself that I must hunker down today and work-and was only going to the store (5 min)and back.....but the sun was out... Scalloway-

 

 

April 13

had such a wonderfully exhilarating walk (climb) today-