After the storm

Still wet and just off the easel...I have been demonstrating waves recently and when I found this old photo of the Ucluelet area, on the West Coast of the Island;  I wanted to try and capture  the energy of the waves... I  thought I may need to mask out the whites, but chose not to use frisket.  I wanted to try to paint around the the whites... I am pleased with the result, but in the end I did add a bit of gouache...but only a bit...

let me know your thoughts on the piece...any and all comments are appreciated...be ruthless!  I need to know if this piece is worthy of putting in a show?

Birgit O'Connor in Victoria BC in early Spring 2012?

OMGoodness...really?...wouldn't that be just amazing.  I've wanted to take a workshop with this woman for years...ever since my mentor Leslie Redhead introduced me to her work.   I've added a couple of images of her work...take a peek.

Birgit O'Connor is an internationally recognized artist, published in many watercolour and artist magazines, she has a DVD collection of demonstrations of her work.
If you are interested in coming to Victoria to participate in this workshop please email me for details...sam@samboehner.com

3 day workshop next week with Greg Swainson

Looking forward to a 3 day workshop next week with Greg Swainson. A Victoria artist, his work is done on rough paper with a much darker palette than I'm used to, but the affects are great check out his work

Spain Plein Air

Wow, what an experiencce. We visited 4 cities outside of El Molino Del Conde. All were a painter's dream.
Our accomodations were amazing...anyone interested in this type of excursion definitely check out http://www.flavourofspain.net