Full moon sky on a winter night

Another quick oil sketch looking out of the window in the evening when the full moon started to rise and shine in her full glory.

The last glow

The last glow of the day. There is always a tender feel about this time of the year in winter season when the warm wash of the late sunlight is giving way to the cool shadow of the evening.

Friends of Riding Mountain National Park building

After the first painting I took shelter in the Friends of Riding Mountain National Park building to warm myself up and to have some food and drink. It just happened to be the Winter Day with the on going Occupying the Winter events. There I met Celes Davar who owns and operates  Earth Rhythms, Inc.  I started this painting across the street when the temperature plunged further down with blowing wind and snow. My oil paint started to freeze as well as my brush. I had to use palette knife to complete this painting. Celes came out to take pictures of me painting in such extreme weather and he also interviewed me regarding winter painting. Here is the recording of his interview .

Returned to Riding Mountain National Park on a cold cold winter morning !

It was absolutely a delightful experience to paint in Riding Mountain National Park today despite of the frigid weather with temperature plunging to 40 below with wind chill! Standing on Wasagaming Drive  painting this view surrounded by absolute serenity, I could feel the joy pulsating through every muscle of my hand with brush and knife.

At noon hour

A second oil sketch done today looking out of the window at noon hour when it was so sunny and bright outside.

When the sun was shining outside early in the morning

A quick oil sketch early Saturday morning looking through the window.

Winter afternoon, sunny but cold

A quick oil sketch outdoor after work. It was so cold that oil  paint started to freeze once it got exposed to the cold air.

When the sun came out in the afternoon

A few hours later, the sun came out when I did this quick oil sketch of our backyard.

Walking her dog

A glimpse out of our window on a snowy winter morning when a lady with her dog passes by

a Snowy winter night

Painted on the eve of a winter storm on the way to the Westman area with blowing snow and gust of wind.

When street light was on

a quick oil sketch through the bedroom window late in the evening.

Capturing the sunset moment

Spent half an hour painting the sunset moment in our backyard.

Our house on Balmoral Bay

Painting across the street in the bright winter sun was an exciting new year moment!

On the first morning of the new year from our front yard

It was a hoarfrost morning when I set up my easel outdoor to paint this first painting of mine for the new year.

A window view on the last morning of the year 2012

Standing by the window,  painting on the last day of the year, I bid my silent goodbye to the year gone by.

On the full moon wintry night

A quick oil sketch of the full moon window view at night.

a window view on a sunny morning

Another quick oil sketch early in the morning from the same window.

a window view late in the afternoon

a quick oil sketch of our window view late in the afternoon.

a glimpse from our doorway

A quick oil sketch from our doorway!

Looking out of our bedroom window early in the morning

In the intense winter morning light from our bedroom window!

Early Christmas morning looking outside from our window

Early in the morning looking out of the window on Christmas Day of 2012!

Sunny but cold!

A window view at noon on Christmas Eve,  one of the coldest winter days of the year!

Standing in the twilight of a winter afternoon

A beautiful moment in the winter afternoon from our front yard!

A winter wonderland from Balmoral Bay

The light was fading so quickly in the afternoon when I set up my easel to paint this view from our driveway in the afternoon.

From our front yard on a hoarfrost morning

What can be more unearthly beautiful than a sunny hoarfrost winter morning ! Painted this view from our front yard.

A hoarfrost morning

A beautiful hoarfrost morning !

On the night of 12.12.12

On the dark winter night of 12.12.12.

On a cold winter morning

Setting up my easel close to our living room window in the morning and painting this window view while listing to CBC Radio2 , I feel myself totally submerged into an  entranced world .

On an early winter morning

Pulling up the curtain of our  bedroom window early in the morning, I set up my easel in a rush to try to capture the moment when the sun started to rise pouring its radiant light through the wintry early morning landscape outside.

Cloudy and snowy at the moment when the lights are being switched on

It was dark, cloudy, cold  and snowy at 4 p.m when I set up my easel at the end of our driveway on Balmoral Bay. However, there was something indescribable about the cosy serenity of the view in front of me, spellbound by the beauty only winter could offer. Finishing my 16"x20" painting in an hour at around 5 p.m when all of a sudden the street lights were turning on transfiguring the whole mundane landscape into something bordering on divine.