Jim Elwood, Steveston Sketch, 2015 Ink on paper, 8 x 11 in. $75 plus $15.00 shipping and handling within Canada If you are into old wooden fish boats (who isn’t), then Steveston B.C. is the place to visit, so many great boats. I sat and drew this boat while my family patiently cruised the…
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Village Bay, graphite and watercolour on paper, 2016
Jim Elwood, Village Bay, 2016 Graphite and watercolour on paper, 22 x 30 in. $475 plus $45.00 shipping and handling within Canada I love drawing, love watercolour and fish boats so this is my “perfect art storm”. The graphite gives the image line, detail and tone. Sometimes the tones in a pure graphite drawing can…
French Creek Boats, oil on canvas, 2012
Jim Elwood, French Creek Fishboats, 2012 Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in. $325 plus $35.00 shipping and handling within Canada The first thing that attracted me to this scene at French Creek was the colour of the boat in front. The “Ishuda” was this beautiful turquoise colour. Had to be painted. I went back…
French Creek Boat, oil on canvas, 2015
Jim Elwood, French Creek Boat, 2015 Oil on Canvas, 30 x 24 in. Not for sale Most people think of this as a painting of a fish boat. Makes sense, it is the main subject. But in terms of effort and time in this painting it was the water that took the greatest amount…
Chistina B #2, ink sketch,2015
Jim Elwood, Christina B #2, 2015 Ink on paper, 11 x 8 in. $75 plus $15.00 shipping and handling within Canada This boat has to be one of my all time favourites. It is always in the same spot at French Creek. When I go in the early morning to photograph there it always gets…
Canoe Pass, oil on wood panel, 2015
Jim Elwood, Canoe Pass, 2015 Oil on wood panel, 16 x 20 in. $450 plus $35.00 shipping and handling within Canada One of the trickiest aspects of painting my favourite subject, fish boats, is the reflections on the water and the busy backgrounds. I have learned to choose subjects with reasonable reflections, not too…
Tartu, ink sketch,2012
Jim Elwood, Tartu, 2012 Ink on paper, 8 x 11 in. $75 plus $15.00 shipping and handling within Canada My two favourite places to photograph and draw are Steveston in Richmond, B.C. and French Creek, on Vancouver Island. This boat I have drawn in both places. Having drawn so many of the boats they become…
Christina B, oil painting, 2015
Jim Elwood, Christina B, 2015 Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in. $450 plus $35.00 shipping and handling within Canada As soon as I saw this boat at French Creek, Vancouver Island, I knew it was going to be one of my art pieces. If a fish boat can be cute this one is it. …
Christina B #1, ink sketch, 2015
Jim Elwood, Christina B, French Creek, 2015 Ink on paper, 8 x 11 in. $75 plus $15.00 shipping and handling within Canada For me nothing is like sitting in front of a scene with pen and paper. And then to be drawing my favourite subject fish boasts at my favourite spot French Creek on Vancouver…
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