Whyite Avenue in Edmonton in morning sunshine

Came to Whyte Avenue to paint  early in the morning before heavy traffic on the street started to rush by. Met a gentleman with Romania Roma origin to chat with me and he even offered me a Lonnie for my efforts.

Urban dwelling--- from Sarah's balcony on a rainy morning

It was raining heavily when I was painting  this view from Sarah's balcony this morning.

The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Edmonton Canada

Sarah drove us to Downtown Edmonton to visit the farmers market there. The view of the Fairmont Hotel there delineates a striking profile against morning light. I decided to stop there to paint instead of visiting the market.

MKT Fresh Food & Beer Market on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton

I remember painting this view a few years ago when the building  was called  Iron Horse Bar. Drove all the way to Edmonton to spend some time with Sarah who lived only a short distance from Whyte Avenue. Had a nice chat with the owner of a barber's shop across the street who moved to Edmonton from Beirut, Lebanon.

Our house on Balmoral Bay

In the early morning sunshine - a house on Princess East in Brandon

In the downpour of summer rain

After a shower of rain

The post woman came to deliver the mail after a shower of rain when I did this quick oil sketch in our backyard braving the constant attack from mosquitoes.

My last sketch of the lone poplar tree from the back alley

Have painted sketches of the lone poplar tree in the back alley numerous times over the last ten years. Not realizing that it would be my last sketch of it when I painted again on June 18. When we came back from our week long trip two days ago, we found it  uprooted by the strong wind in the summer downpour which ravaged Manitoba during our absence.

House next door in late afternoon sunshine

A quick oil sketch of our patio

From my first visit to Rapid City of Manitoba

Cloudy Day on Balmoral Bay

Fengping cooking supper

In the last light --- our backyard

Summer green in the afternoon light

Pots of flower from our patio in the late afternoon sunlight

In the early morning light

Brandon University original building in the summer

As my 23rd anniversary of living in Canada comes soon in a few days, I came back to Brandon University campus again to paint. The campus is a picture of absolute serenity which is only broken obsessionally by the cheerful sound from a wedding party and cheerful voices from  few young kids riding their bikes around.

Flowerbed in afternoon sunlight

Flower bed in our backyard

Over the hedges with summer green

On a cloudy evening -- looking across the front yard

Blossoming across the street

The tree is in full bloom across the street in the late afternoon sunshine.

Brandon Downtown

I could feel the heat of summer on my back while painting this view on 8th street in Downtown Brandon  at 11 this morning.

Ping's flower bed

It was dark and muggy  with ominous clouds looming large in the sky and muffled roar of thunder in the distance, I set up my easel doing a quick oil sketch of Ping's flower bed with constant distraction from mosquitoes.

Pots of geranium on our patio

Pots of geranium steeped in the late afternoon sunshine from our patio.

Dan's canopy over his deck

The last light of the day fell on Dan's canopy on his deck in the receding sunlight of the day.

Over the hedges

Already so green now! A glimpse over the hedges towards the evening.

From Kin Park of Brandon Sunday afternoon

A bit cloudy today when I got to this site to paint this view of a grove of aspens on Kin Park there. Lots of mosquito already which did not hold me back from painting this delightful view of aspens stretching their limbs with  their  budding green .