Grant McLean · originals

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Bath Time Acrylic	Painting With Perry Acrylic

Baker in Spring 18 x 36 acrylic	Sumas 2 Original acrylic 20" x 30"
Here is the 3rd and latest in the BAKER SEASON group,  BAKER IN SPRING. It will be released as a limited giclee reproduction, probably towards the end of December	Since switching into Acrylics 4 years ago, I have looked back at some of my earlier Watercolor works, and have wondered how I would have approached the subject in the acrylic medium. The Sumas Prairie area remains a fascination for me, with endless shapes, shadows and designs. The farmers in the area must think I have some pins loose, wandering around in their fields, camera in hand, while they labor away at legitimate work...."Look, Martha, it's that loony in the white station wagon...is he back here again?!" But there is spectacular beauty at hand in the Fraser Valley, especially if caught at the "magic hour", Robert Genn's phrase to describe how the late afternoon/early evening sun casts long shadows, blended with the warmest hues of all colours. The Sumas Prairie region also is the theatre for unique mixes of weather, such as in this image, where the sky almost seems to slide down into the valley below.

South Pender View Acrylic 11" x 14"	Live from Pender Acrylic 11" x 14"
This is one of many  plein-aire images painted on Pender Island recently. I seem to find Mt. Baker everywhere I look, for example this scene from  South Pender Island, which was a one hour on-site sketch.	This view is looking northwest from the west side of North Pender Island, across to the Gulf Islands, with Salt Spring Island featured prominantly. As with many of the plein-aire pieces, I don't really know what I have until some distance passes, then I take a closer look. These are one-hour works, and unlike studio pieces which are looked at over and over, sometimes for weeks, there is only a one hour  relationship with the painting...then it begins to become more familiar...then becomes one of your favorite pieces. This image is to be released in early summer 2006 as an upsized Giclee print.

Orange Blues Acrylic on canvas 20" x 30" original

	Sumas Prairie II 9x12 watercolour $575		French Beach 15x22 watercolour $1,200

	Deception Pass 15x22 watercolour $975		Summer Wages 11x14 watercolour $975

	Upon Downes Road 15x22 watercolour $1,200		Harbour Rain 9x27 watercolour $1,200

	God's Promise I 8½ x 11 watercolour $575		God's Promise II 8½ x 11 watercolour $575

			The Fraser Valley region, including the sprawling Sumas Prairie, has so many possibilities for a painter, that if you stood on your head, you would still likely see a picture finished in your mind. The way the sky blurs into the land if the haze is right, and the multiple layers that unfold perfect for the artist trying to deal with the concept of values. This image and the painting, "Into the Distance", wrestle with the balance of foreground, middle and background. After painting in watercolour for so long, it was great to see this acrylic work in jury in the FCA Medal Show Oct 2001.
	Up the Valley 9x12 acrylic $975

	Sumas Prairie III 9x12 watercolour $575		Rathtrevor Beach 15x22 watercolour $1,200

	End of the Day I 11x14 watercolour $750		Roche Harbour 9x12 watercolour $975 at Art and Frames Gallery

	Whidbey Island Breezes 22x30 watercolour $1,500
			Into the Distance 8x25 watercolour $1,200 at Charisma Gallery
			Once again, playing with values was the key to getting this one right. The setting is the Sumas Prairie, close to the vantage point for Up the Valley. This painting was part of the group of 10 works submitted in 2001 for consideration for Signature Status with FCA.

French Beach 12x14 watercolour $950	End of the Day II 11x14 watercolour $750

	The Friendly Giant 15 x 22 watercolour		The Light House sold

	Walker Hook 15 x 22 watercolour $975		Walker Hook 8½ x 11 acrylic $575

	Sumas Prairie IV 22x30 watercolour $1,200		The Coast Guard 17x25 watercolour $1,500

	White Rock Pier Sold		Just Passing Through 22x30 watercolour $1,200 at Art and Frames Gallery

	Once Upon a Time sold

	End of the Road 15x22 watercolour $975		China Beach 22x30 watercolour $1,500

	Sumas Prairie 22x30 watercolour $1,500		Oregon Riverside sold