Phil's Paintings

These are more of my brother, Phil's paintings, you know, the one from Chilliwack, B.C.

 Cassin's Finch                                                

Northern Cardinal                                                                          












Blue Jay

Shanna's Portrait

                                          Just black and white...on canvas.

Cousin Jamin

This is the photo Shanna did her painting from. Shanna and cousin, jamin are an "item".

Cousin's Portrait

Here we have the beginning of a full blown portrait  in  three  stages until  it reached completion.
         
               

Guardian Angel

This Angel is painted on canvas in Acrylics, a timely message we all can pay attention to...safe driving!

The Rose

                               My brother Phil's painting...a symbol of love.

Artist's Display

My brother,Phil who is retired now shows some    of his Art talent here.....these three paintings were done on cement block walls and cupboard doors in his apartment in Chilliwack, B.C.

Swallows

Humming Bird

                             



                             

Northern Flicker

Of all the beautiful birds of Alberta this is one of my favourites, and the Chickadee....

Happy bear carving

A happy bear with a salmon he caught. Another one of my brother August's carvings as is the carved chest.

Do you get the play on words?

If you are of German descent you may get the joke that this sign represents. It's another piece of carving from my brother August.

The Old Home Town Where I Grew Up

My 65 Chevy parked in front of my childhood home. Notice the dirt road.

We had running water by this time and we had power as well even natural gas. No telephone however. This all happened after the kids grew up and left for the wide wide world to seek their fortunes.

My Mother and Father. Dad was a Jack of all Trades and a Master of all. Trained in Germany. My Mother of course had her hands full with taking care of and feeding 9 kids. I have no idea how they managed through the Dirty Thirties but they did. 

And here I am today, no worse for ware a successful artist, graphic designer, sign painter and competitive archer. Now as you know, I spend a lot of time feeding and  watching my birds, rabbits and pussy cats!

My first bow. I managed to shoot a rattle snake on this day. The only other animal I shot was a rabbit and that cured me of ever shooting a living thing again. It was targets only forever more and I have the trophies to prove it.

More from brother August

The shop that my brother August works in is absolutely filled with shelves holding his past work. I keep telling him to create a blog or put his work on E bay because it would be an excellent way for him to earn extra income.

He seems to be too busy carving to get around to selling anything!!!

A Couple More

Simple and unique candle holders crafter by my brother August.

Another Brothers Work

I have 7 brothers and 1 sister. Almost all of us are artist's in one way or another. We used to say  we had a baseball team just among ourselves.

Enough trivia, the pictures you see here are just some of my brother August's carvings. He has done a lot more believe me.

These are just a sample, a toilet paper holder and two urns for ashes of the deceased.  All of his work is for sale and you will find more pieces later on.

Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker came visiting today. the first day we've had sunshine in over 2 weeks. I don't know who is happier about the sun's return, me or my feathered friend.

License Plate Art

I painted this "Vanity Plate" at the request of the owner of Buffalo Air, Joe McBryan  when he first started his company. The dollar bill is an actual copy of the actual "First Dollar" his company made.

The serial number is the actual one off the paper bill. One final note is that paper 1 dollar bills no longer exist in Canada. The Canadian Mint now produces only the Looney, a coin version of the currency once represented by the 1 Dollar Bill.

For those interested in Buffalo Air follow this link:

http://www.buffaloairways.com/ 

I also painted a replica of the license plate on the nose of his first aircraft, a WWII Vintage DC3 which is still a working part of the fleet.

Centennial Park Dedication

This picture was taken at Ponoka AB earlier this fall in the park where the bucking bronc statue is located. The park is called The Lions Club Centennial Park. This is also the place I met Cherry the British Bulldog.

So Ugly I'm CUTE!!!

My name is Cherry and I'm a young English Bulldog.
All the boy dogs go wild when they see me because...

I AM SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! NOT TO MENTION EVER SO CUTE.

Dark-Eyed Junco

This fellow isn't in the Birds of Alberta book so once again I had to go down to Kerry Wood Nature Center to find out what he was. Dorothy the staff member on duty was most helpful and nice. We had a good chat and I even made her one of my famous Rick Name Tags. And that folks is a whole other story in and of it's self... 

Cedar Stump Carving

This carving was done by my brother Peter. It was carved out of a large cedar stump with the roots still in place. I have removed the background clutter so the details of the carving are more evident.



The actual carving is about 4 ft wide by 3 ft by 6 ft.

Haida Carving

                     
This bench with beautiful Haida Art carvings was done by my brother, August of Medicine Hat, Alta. Watch for more postings of August's handywork...
                                                       

Sunrise

                                                      Captured like 5 a.m.

Scott's Tree in Autumn

A little frost is all it takes. Jack Frost is an artist too.

Artist's Palette Sign

When my brother Peter the prolific artist decided he need a name sign for their home, his creative mind went into overdrive as usual and this is the result.

Peter over the course of his career created Old McDonald's Farm south of Kelowna BC., Calloway Park in Calgary, The Bucking Bronc Statue in Ponoka, AB, the Gopher statue in Torrington AB, not to mention the Walt Disney Stage Coach to name just a few large projects.

He continues to create from his studio in Windfield BC.

Carson's Birth

                   I did the graphics for this birth announcement card in 1972, before digital art.

                       This picture of our son, 24 hours after his birth is when I took this picture in the hospital .              

A Berry Nice Day

Ok so it's a bad pun but I love the berries on the Mountain Ash trees this time of the year. Later on in the winter around Feb, the berries have fermented somewhat and the Cedar Waxwings come in huge flocks to the trees. After the feeding frenzy has ended, quite often there are birds staggering around on the ground like a bunch of drunken sailors on shore leave. You guessed it... They are drunk from the alcohol in the berries !!!!

And I'm not kidding about this, I've seen it in past winters. What a hoot. Speaking of which, I need to get a picture of a Hootie Owl

Full Moon Rising

A Harvest Moon, taken this last weekend. The Harvest Moon name has it's roots in the past. In times gone by, this full moon in September told farmers of long ago that it was time to start their corn harvest. No really, it's a fact. Another tid bit is that when the September full moon happens to fall on September 21st, it is called a "Super Harvest Moon" .

Now you have been dazzled not only by the moon light but by my brilliant store of useless knowledge.  LOL

Fall

                                              Signs of fall all around us...

Visiting Cat

                                              I'm sure I saw a bird up there?

The Robin

                                        One more visit, before the next season arrives.

Early Morning

                                                    Out my front yard....

"The Welcome Rock"

                                 I painted this rock for my back lane friend, Scott.