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I am celebrating the first day of Spring this year with on of my cherry blossom paintings. Though the Mayne Island Japanese Memorial Garden season of sakura is about a month away and the first plum blossoms are just starting to open, I want us all to be ready for this seasonal spring event with a special story about plein air painting shared in the alt notes of the painting image. Happy Spring 2023!

Cherry Blossoms Mayne Island Japanese Garden by Terrill Welch, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.

More information and available at: https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/terrill-welch/artwork/cherry-blossoms-mayne-island-japanese-garden

Artist notes: Clouds of pink blossoms fill the morning sky with petals drifting slowly onto the garden paths. It is Cherry blossom season in Mayne Island’s Japanese Garden. The season of sakura is here! Want to go hanami?

#WestCoast #MayneIsland #CherryBlossoms #SpringEquinox #TerrillWelch #Art #OilPainting #PleinAir #MastoArt

After a morning painting in the studio, I went down the shores of the Salish Sea on Mayne Island for a bit. Mount Baker was catching the last of the afternoon sun. A large first year Glaucous-winged Gull sat atop a sandstone rock while Surfbirds at the water’s edge. A beautiful break in the weather making one more glad than usual to be alive.

#photography #nature #Birds #Gulls #Surfbirds #Wednesday #WestCoast #SouthernGulfIslands #MayneIsland #Canada #ThrivingInPlace #afternoon

This morning took us to Oyster Bay where the seals had moved in close to shore with the winter high tides. An eagle swooped in to land on a sandstone islet at one point. Then the sun came out. I never did make it into the art studio to work on a painting that is midway complete. 😉

#photography #nature #WildLife #Tuesday #WestCoast #SouthernGulfIslands #MayneIsland #Canada #ThrivingInPlace #mornings

Nature delivers abstract forms and designs as I gather references from an old driftwoods stump washed loose during winter high tides.

#nature #westcoast #winter #MayneIsland #SouthernGulfIslands #photography #abstract #designs #forms #TextureHunterGather

Down by the water in Oyster Bay on Mayne Island the mood was quiet and brooding. There is a wind warning in effect. A fairly common occurrence this time of year. Still beauty to be witnessed.

#nature #seascape #westcoast #winter #MayneIsland #SouthernGulfIslands #photography #CozySeason

A few snippets from yesterday’s hike in Saint John Point Park on Mayne Island. The day wasn’t very promising and I almost didn’t go but once on the trails it was pleasant enough in pungent earthy dampness with traces of wood smoke coming from nearby homes keeping their inhabitants cozy and dry. The alt descriptions offer a little more if you care to read them.

#hiking #trails #seascape #nature #arbutus #madrona #fir #juniper #trees #WestCoast #MayneIsland #SouthernGulfIslands

Happy New Year!!

Thank you to our many visitors to my new Terrill Welch Gallery Pod since it opened on Mayne Island B.C. in September. Your support has been amazing! My very best wishes to everyone in 2023! May this coming year be all that you wish it to be.

And online viewing is also available at: https://terrillwelchartist.com/online-art-gallery/

See you soon,

Terrill 🙂

#art #TerrillWelchGallery #Painting #LandscapePainting #ContemporaryArt #Nature #SouthernGulfIslands #MayneIsland #GalleryPod #HappyNewYear

The roads are not yet plowed at 428 Luff Rd. here on Mayne Island and the ferries are not running either. However, if you happen to be on island and you are feeling bored and ambitious with a set cross country skies, feel free to come browse in the Gallery Pod until 3:00 pm. The door is unlocked, the lights are on and everything is cozy warm.

Or, you can stay cozy and browse our online gallery at https://terrillwelchartist.com/online-art-gallery/

Happy winter!

#WestCoast #Winter #MayneIsland #Art #GalleryPod #ArtPod

The roads are not yet plowed at 428 Luff Rd. here on Mayne Island and the ferries are not running either. However, if you happen to be on island and you are feeling bored and ambitious with a set cross country skies, feel free to come browse in the Gallery Pod until 3:00 pm. The door is unlocked, the lights are on and everything is cozy warm.

Or, you can stay cozy and browse our online gallery at https://terrillwelchartist.com/online-art-gallery/

Happy winter!

#WestCoast #Winter #MayneIsland #Art #GalleryPod #ArtPod

Fog Lifting at the Springwater Lodge by Terrill Welch, walnut oil on linen board,
11 x 14 inches.

In Private Collection

Artist notes: The heavy November morning fog in Active Pass starts to lift, revealing and concealing with equal amounts of effectiveness.

#art #painting #nature #ContemporaryArt #BritishColumbia #LandscapePainting
#SpringwaterLodge #MayneIsland #morning #MastoArt #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17

Fog Lifting at the Springwater Lodge by Terrill Welch, walnut oil on linen board,
11 x 14 inches.

In Private Collection

Artist notes: The heavy November morning fog in Active Pass starts to lift, revealing and concealing with equal amounts of effectiveness.

#art #painting #nature #ContemporaryArt #BritishColumbia #LandscapePainting
#SpringwaterLodge #MayneIsland #morning #MastoArt #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17

Orca #whales entering Active Pass near Helen Point on #MayneIsland from #BCFerries ship.

As a painter who has hiked the same trails for over 15 years, views often remind me of paintings from earlier. These photos are ones I took yesterday while the first painting of the fir tree by the ocean was painted in 2015 and the second of the far reaching view in 2019. Both are in private art collections. Kind of fun to see together.

#hiking #WestCoast #landscapepainting #art #rurallife #slandlife #MayneIsland #MastoArt #painting #artist #seascapes #acrylicpainting #oilpainting