Photos, videos and docs of Jim O'Neil, with the keywords: "landscape"

Mount McKinley

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:25:09 +0000

I started scanning some slides last night, transferring from film to digital. Here is a picture of Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, that I took 20 or 30 years ago.

Diamond Willow

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 22:01:28 +0000

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Diamond Willow; My very last plein air painting before freezeup! OK maybe the last. I'm reminded of, some years back down in Juneau, on the inland passage, I helped crew a boat during the last freezeup sailboat race of the season. Actually that was the 3rd 'absolutely the last race' that season. Hey, if the wind's good you get in one more sail and if the weather ain't too bad you do one more last painting! -grin-

This diamond willow is over 40 years old, rather ancient for this type of tree. They usually get squeezed out by the birch and cottonwoods long before that, but I've been clearing around it and keeping the bigger threes from crowding it.

Water soluble oils on wood panel, 5 by 7 inches.

serene

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:49:09 +0000

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Watercolor on Canson's Bristol paper, 11 by 14 inches

and then there's the watcher

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:21:44 +0000

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Sumi-e, brushed ink on 'rice' paper. 21 by 14 inches.

The Picnic revisited

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:37:15 +0000

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More playin' around.

I did this originally as a watercolor and watercolor pencil work on Bristol paper, 11 by 14 inches and posted it a few days ago as 'The Picnic.

Subsequently I've re-worked it using soft pastels. So! It's the same picture posted earlier but wit a layer of soft pastels added to the watercolor.

The picnic

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:40:18 +0000

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Just playin' around.

Watercolor and watercolor pencils on Bristol paper, 11 by 14 inches.

Memories of summer

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:02:54 +0000

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A small watercolor.

Away from it all

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:42:43 +0000

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Yarka watercolors on Canson's 140 pound cold pressed, 9 by 12 inches.

Portrait of the model as logs in a glade

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:10:39 +0000

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Watercolors and water soluble oil pastels on 11 by 14 inch sketch paper

Misty morning light

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:45:37 +0000

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Watercolor, mostly wet on very wet, on Canson's 140 pound cold pressed. Appox. 9 by 9 inches.

Interlude

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:46:46 +0000

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Steven H's. Paul Gauguin portrait ( www.flickr.com/photos/34757743@N08/5626571243 ) reminded me of a very pleasant month or more that I spend on Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands.

I'm still playing with my really really basic palette; using only red, yellow and (Prussian ) blue and mixing any other shades or colors from those 3 pans.

Watercolor on Canbson's 140 pound cold pressed paper, 11 by 15 inches

Winter's last (I hope) Hurrah

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:09:38 +0000

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A light dusting of snow one morning last week.

The model as a secluded cove

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:11:10 +0000

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More experimentation with doing 'scapes from life drawing sessions. Watercolor (Yarka pans) on Strathmore Bristol vellum, 11 by 14 inches

3 color 'scape

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:00:04 +0000

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Just playing around with a really really basic palette; I used only red, yellow and (Prussian ) blue.

On Canson's 140 pound cold pressed paper, 11 by 15 inches.

Painted one day after viewing Cat's Windy Beach

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:24:54 +0000

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Each and every one of us need find a place;
A space where the winds tear asunder the cobwebs in our minds,
A place where the sun's alchemy burns away the dross within our souls...

Watercolor (a 3 color palette, red yellow and blue) using a 1 inch flat brush on 9 by 12 inch Canson's 140 pound cold pressed paper.

& Oh yea, what inspired me to do this one, Cat's beach: www.flickr.com/photos/7486535@N03/5646770170/in/photostream

The canal, the road not taken

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:54:13 +0000

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n my opinion, one of the wrong turns we made, as we stumbled up through history, was away from canals and toward roads and railroads for long distance goods transport.

Yep we can move goods faster via truck train or plane but many of our day to day needs can be transported slower (and far far cheaper) without any harm to the goods (Rice, Portland cement, lumber, etc., etc., etc.)

Consider: According to ‪A dictionary of science, literature, & art,‬ By William Thomas Brande, Joseph Cauvin 1872, A single horse and cart, could move about one ton (907 kilograms) from point A to point B, all day long and be happy doing it.

Now consider: If you put the horse on a towpath next to a canal, run a rope from his harness to the canal boat he can comfortably draw 50 times that load (50 tons or 45,000 kilograms!).

Now today, if we still had/used canals for goods transport, it wouldn't matter if we put a horse on the towpath or a one horsepower engine on wheels, we could still draw 50 tons!

Oh yea, the picture: Done with a three color palette (red, yellow and Prussian blue) on Canson's 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper, 9 by 12 inches.

The model as the edge of a boreal forest

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:22:12 +0000

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Watercolors, Creatacolor Bricks, on Strathmore's Bristol vellum, 11 by 14 inches.

The road to my house

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:42:26 +0000

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Yep, we had a white Christmas and we'll certainly have a white April Fool's Day too!

Be it ever so humble

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:26:48 +0000

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Soft pastel on 12 by 12 inch colored card stock

山之神

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:02:36 +0000

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山之神, Yama no kami: Spirit of the mountain.

[When I posted this I originally made a spelling mistake in the title; I wrote 山え神 (Yama e kami) instead of 山之神 (Yama no kami), I used the hiragana letter え（e) instead of the kanji 之　（の）(no). My friend Kumikosan politely corrected me. Many Japanese have trouble hearing the difference between the 'R' and the 'L' sound, me, I obviously have trouble seeing the difference between the 之 and the え!. Thank you, Kumikosan!]

soft pastel on 12 by 12 inch card stock.

Photos, videos and docs of Jim O'Neil, with the keywords: "landscape"

Mount McKinley

Diamond Willow

serene

and then there's the watcher

The Picnic revisited

The picnic

Memories of summer

Away from it all

Portrait of the model as logs in a glade

Misty morning light

Interlude

Winter's last (I hope) Hurrah

The model as a secluded cove

3 color 'scape

Painted one day after viewing Cat's Windy Beach

The canal, the road not taken

The model as the edge of a boreal forest

The road to my house

Be it ever so humble

山 之 神

山之神