St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral of Brandon Manitoba on Easter Sunday afternoon March 27, 2016

St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral of Brandon Manitoba on Easter Sunday afternoon March 27, 2016 --- Just came home from painting out today. Stopped at St Mathew's on 13th Street and spent two hours painting there. A beautiful day with a bit cloudy sky but much warmer than yesterday.

Manitoba Provincial Exhibit Brandon Manitoba

The Dome Building ---- Manitoba Provincial Exhibit . Just came back from my stop at Keystone Grounds with this painting of the dome building. It was so cold and windy that I had to hold down my easel with one hand firmly to keep it from being blown away. However, in the middle of painting for one terrifying moment, my easel was knocked over by a strong gust of wind with my pallet , turpentine and paint and brushes scattered all over the ground. I did not give up however, picking up my scattered brushes, I continued to finish the painting with both hands and feet numb with cold,

In the early morning light

Augustines's of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church of Brandon Manitoba

Augustines's of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church of Brandon Manitoba on Good Friday Morning March 25, 2016 It is Good Friday today and it is only natural for me to stop at this magnificent place of worship to paint my third painting for today the Good Friday despite of the sub zero temperature and gust of cold wind blowing right into my face. After two hours of painting my hand get too numb with cold to hold paint brush steady.! I remember St Augustine is one of very first church buildings that came into my sight when I first moved to Brandon 25 years ago from China and spent my very first day in a place on the corner of 15th Street and Lorne Avenue. Through that big window facing Stanley Park there , I remember how comforting and how strengthening my very first sight and sound of the towering church with its bell in the distance down Lorne Avenue seemed to

Over the hedges -- sign of spring

Full Moon Rising

Sunset moment

Cloudy afternoon

Standing in the last light of the day

Fresh green over the hedges

Flower bed in our backyard

In the morning light

A back alley on Balmoral Bay

A glimpse of our neighbour's home on Balmoral Bay

The Half-Way Tree on the way from Brandon to Winnipeg

In the warm wash of evening light

Wild turkeys in our backyard

Half a dozen turkeys are drifting into my backyard in the afternoon. A quick oil sketch of them to mark the Pi Day , yes today is Pi Day a rounded pi day 3.14156 when you round it up to 3.136 which happens to be the date today. Pi Day has nothing to do with Turkey, of course. Unless you stretch it a bit thinking of Round Turkey Pie?

A glimpse of Brandon University Campus on Sunday morning with students heading towards the library

Home on Balmoral Bay

Neighbour across the street on Balmoral Bay

Sign of spring -- a window view early in the morning

The last patch of snow --- a glimpse of the back alley on Balmoral Bay in late afternoon sunlight

The Gross's home on Balmoral Bay

An urban oasis --- the Leech Home in Brandon North

Brandon University Original Building

Early morning sunshine

A window view late in the afternoon

Sunset moment

510 Victoria Avenue Brandon in early morning sunshine

A window view early in the morning

In the street light