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Sharp-eyed Cedar Waxwing

Sharp-eyed Cedar Waxwing (4″x 4″ oil on raised panel)

Another mini oil painting to celebrate the coming colder days. Looking pretty fierce for a fairly small bird! Maybe just defending some sweet berries he found.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Winter Chickadee

Winter Chickadee (4″x 4″ oil on raised panel)

Getting a winter feeling through the use of a mostly cool palette …also, look how fluffed up his feathers are! Keep warm little chickadee!

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Autumn Feeling

Autumn Feeling (8″x 8″ oil on raised panel)

This one was an intuitive piece. Standing water and rusty coloured leaves make for an autumn feeling …just how I was feeling when I painted it. You can see where I scratched through the top layer of paint to give some texture and show the layer below.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Raven’s Quest

Raven’s Quest (16″ x 20″ oil on canvas)

In the autumn, ravens flock and vocalize and …go off on quests! or so it might seem. This one has something on his mind as he flies high above the treetops.

I am really happy with how this one turned out – the loose flow of the semi-realistic raven and the pops of colours in the trees.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Shore Raven

Shore Raven (8″ x 8″ oil on raised panel)

There are always ravens around where I live. I see them most often in the forest but sometimes they are at the shore too …seeing what they can find there, I guess!

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (4″ x 4″ oil on raised panel)

Another one of the adorable tiny birds that I have been introduced to since moving to the west coast of Canada. So fun to paint with his tiny red feather “crown”!

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Plum Tree Nuthatches

Plum Tree Nuthatches (12″x 12″ oil on canvas)

This piece is earmarked for a show in early 2024. I like to do these things with a good amount of lead time so I don’t worry about them being dry enough to varnish in time (but yeah, this one is very early lol) I like the interaction between the two nuthatches in the context of the somewhat impressionistic plum tree. Pretty happy with how this turned out.

To be honest, I haven’t decided yet on the title of this one. It deserves something a bit less prosaic I think …but so far I haven’t hit on the right words. Suggestions welcome!

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Pink Poppies

Pink Poppies (11″ x 14″ oil on raised panel)

When I was at Butchart Gardens in Victoria this summer there were many manicured and grand gardens but this wildflower meadow was just about my favourite part. I took a lot of photos and based this painting on those and my memory.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Tom near the Shore

Tom near the Shore (8″ x 10″ oil on raised panel)

A quick painting of my husband for his birthday.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer

Morning Vigil

Morning Vigil (12″x 24″ acrylic and oil on canvas)

This one started life as a completely different painting in acrylic. I was never quite happy with it but left it for quite a long time before deciding to paint over it. I don’t do this often but I think it’s important to be ready to discard experiments that weren’t successful.

I love the quiet intensity of herons and tried to capture that feeling here.

(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer