On the Water

Sometimes it takes a while for me to move from liking a photographic image to transitioning it into the actual process and commitment of painting. Two years ago, we spent a wonderful couple of days exploring Victoria, British Columbia. The weather was perfect and the scenery spectacular. On the first day, we visited the Buchart Gardens, a 54-acre estate composed of 10 incredibly beautiful gardens; and the second day, we took a Pickle water taxi, the designated mode of transport across the Gorge Waterway, to the busy Victoria Harbor and the scenic floating villages. This is a photo that Paul took as we walked along the wide decks between the lovely shoppes and a neighborhood of floating houses.

This week’s painting, Harbor Life, 10” x 13” on 300 lb. watercolor paper, features a harbor waterway flanked on both sides by a fleet of brightly colored houseboats.