Category Archives: junk

Forgotten

When my Aunt relocated to a new farm yard, this relic of that farm’s early days was left out in the pasture below the corrals.  Unlike today’s fiber glass and plastic vehicles, this one will gradually return to the earth from which it was made. Unless someone comes along and restores it. 

Again, I used only my flat brush for this one.  Can you tell?  It’s really fun and I think I’m less inclined to “over work”.  

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Old Glass Insulator

A person needs to be of a certain age to know what this is, am I right?  I have saved a couple of these old insulators from the power lines of my childhood, simply because I think they’re beautiful.  And they make great practice when you’re trying to understand painting glass objects.

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Deanz Garage 2

Here’s another trip down nostalgia lane.  One of my road trip favourites is “Deanz Garage”. Located 20 or 30 miles east of High River, this lovely retro-garage has provided me with several painting opportunities…the latest being this one here. This summer I came by there, and instead of  the usual ancient old trucks, he had this really bad-ass car.  I mean what IS the story here?  It’s a 40’s vintage somethingorother, with an Iron Cross for a rear view mirror, and yes, those are spikes  across the sun visor!  It’s painted matte black, and it looks just plain…..cool!  So what is the story here? Any guesses?

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Pumps @ Embudo Station

One of the most interesting places to stop in at when you find yourself in New Mexico, is “The Classical Gas Museum”. It’s located north of Santa Fe, halfway to Taos on the main highway. The fellow who owns the place has a fondness for old gas station memorabilia…..which I happen to share!  Check out this row of  pumps standing in the New Mexico sunshine, lookng for all the world like a row of people waiting for a parade! 

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Ravenscraig Truck

 This old truck, with barely visible paint on the door, “L. Hansen, Orkney, Sask” was probably state-of-the-art in it’s day.  Who was L. Hansen, and where is Orkney?  What did this old boy haul? Did L. Hansen have a family, and if so, is my friend Sid a descendant?  If old timers like this could talk, what stories they’d have to tell!
  As for now, he’s rusting away on the edge of a pretty coulee north of the Cypress Hills, at Ravenscraig.

  As for “Where’s Ravenscraig?”, that’s a story for another day.

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

The Garage, Dorothy

We’ve visited the tiny ghost town of Dorothy before on this blog (mid-January).  This painting is of the old garage, with a “dead” car abandoned outside.  It was almost dusk, and the place seemed to whisper to me, the buildings watching my every move. One of my  favourite pass-times, time travel, is very easy when I’m in Dorothy at dusk.

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

GMC 9300

 This vintage GMC truck has been parked in a driveway in Redcliff for several years, and I’ve enjoyed it’s presence every time I’ve driven by on my way to see Polly, my horse.  If you’ve been paying attention to my blog, you’ll know that I love old trucks.The colour of this one holds a particular fascination for me, and the vintage is early 50’s, which I am really  partial to.  When I zoom in this close though, it’s hard to tell what I’m painting….it becomes an abstract…..you could say I have an abstract attraction., eh?!

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Embudo Pumps

 Embudo Station is a village right on the Rio Grande River, mid-way between Santa Fe and Taos.  The “Classical Gas Museum” is one of the local attractions there.  Thank goodness for people who treasure our cultural artifacts.  This place is a haven for everything pertaining to 50’s vintage (and older) gas stations.  Don’t these pumps look like a group of people gathered to have a visit.  Lookit that one guy  leaning on his shovel!

If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

GMC for Sale

This cool old truck lives on the route I take to see my horse, and it never fails to entertain. Right now it’s virtually buried in snow, and makes a gorgeous picture that way as well.  I remember having a truck like this when I was just a little kid.  Anybody else out there that old?
If you’d like to own this original watercolour, email Gena with your bid today! gena03@telusplanet.net Minimum bid $100 (plus gst and shipping). First bid, or highest bid wins the painting.

Cimarron Truck

Remember me saying how many delights were to be found around Cimarron New Mexico.  Here’s one of them.  How about this truck?   It sits along the fence just on the edge of town, as if waiting for opportunity to come knocking and give it new life.   I wish I could be the one to do that….wouldn’t I just be the cat’s pyjamas riding around in this!?  SOLD