WHERE TO NOW

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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The deer are everywhere right now, they pick and choose which garden they will go to next with a keen eye for the delicate new buds...they so enjoyed the fresh growth on my favourite hydrangea that is displayed on our deck. I guess I will wait for flowers until next year...sigh.

CONTEMPLATING PERENNIALS

6 X 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch premium canvas panel
$60.00

I started with a rust underpainting. The original photo had a much lighter background, I decided to darken it and add a little more interest. Though I see deer all the time where I live, I never tire of their innocent look...ok, maybe only after they have been  in my garden enjoying my flowers.

LITTLE LOVELY

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Another deer painting.  I so enjoy painting them, even though when I look out my front window I can see what they have been eating out of my garden.

MOTHERLY LOVE

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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Yesterday I was driving home and saw these deer casually walking across the street, I pulled over of course and snapped some pictures. I started with a white canvas(no under painting), I completely finished painting the deer before I started the background, the photo shows them in front of a white shed.  I decided to add the foliage for a more interesting background.

LOOKING FOR LUNCH

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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We really do live among the deer in our town, they are everywhere and so nonchalant when I stop to take photos.

FLOWER SPOTTING

6 x 6 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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I have painted this image before and enjoyed it just as much the second time.  These sweet fawns were just heading into the forest after their mother...possibly to look for something to nibble on.

WHERE TO START

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
$75.00

I took this photo last summer, the deer in Qualicum seem to know where the best delicacies are. They prance up and down our street as if it was made for them, scoping out each garden they pass looking for just the right meal...they especially love the brand new growth...delicious.

ROMEO AND JULIETTE

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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I just had to paint these little beauties again, this time I used purples and blues against the foliage, love the combination.  I will definitely be painting them again.

ADAM AND EVE

size 6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gesso board
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I took this photo last summer, the fawn was looking at me quizzically before heading into the trees with her friend. The foliage is quite busy but it seems to work. I took the liberty of adding the flowers to break up the greens a little...always experimenting.

GARDEN PATROL

6 x 8 inch
oil on 1/8th inch gessobord
$65.00

I got this photo from morgue file which is a site with thousands of photos which you are free to use.  When I enlarged the photo it became quite blurry but I loved composition and the great big deer ears.  I actually really enjoyed doing this painting with so little detail and just adding my own.

Where to next

6 x 6 inch
oil on panel
$50.00

Though the deer have been feasting in  my garden all summer, I never tire of their sweet faces.  I took a few photos last week and today after looking at my garden(not a bloom left) I decided to paint one.

Flower connoisseur

6 x 8 inches
oil on board
$65.00

I live in deer country, walking down the street, in my yard...everywhere, they have had many meals in my garden.  No matter how annoying that is I just love them.  My friend sent me some photos of the little darlings so here is my very first deer painting.