Caroline Butler

Painting of guy hanging outside coffee shop on a red bench

Today’s practice just happed to include some red and white. Happy day, all ❤️🇨🇦🍁

#art #urbanlandscape #coffee

It’s almost here! Next Saturday is the annual Esquimalt Urban Arts Tour! Am I ready? Not in the slightest - but I work well under pressure 😁
July 5, 11 am to 4 pm
I’ll be at 915 Dunsmuir Road
Check out townshiparts.org for all the details.

#urbanartstour #esquimalt #artshow #gardenshow #artwalk

The Esquimalt Urban Art tour is back and you know what that means? Time to whip up some affordable, original art options - I know what it’s like to be on a budget ❤️
I’ll be with the lovely @artbyjulieproulx at 915 Dunsmuir Road. The garden is spectacular!

#artshow #artforeveryone #art

More fun with cloudscapes. Good gravy, we get some fantastic sunrises in my neighbourhood ❤️

#painting #allaprima #art #cloudscape

I am once again in the Esquimalt Urban Art Tour, Saturday July 5. So time to paint some mini landscapes!
#art #oilpainting #landscape

Trying something a bit different today. Attempting to blur the line between object and background. Generally pleased but more experimenting is needed 😊
#art #stilllife #oilpainting

Exciting news! The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria selected these 4 works to be in their annual summer Small Works Show!
Yay, me! #art #aggv

Does Memory Serve
Oil on cradled panel
Playing with satin and shapes
#art #contemporarystilllife

“Every which way”. Exploring the exciting world of striped fabric! It is both fun and challenging to paint, especially alla prima (wet on wet)
#art

It’s been a while since I worked on a painting that needed so many different brushes!
#art

They say they are worried about a “lack of diverse viewpoints” but didn’t they eliminate DEI?

I swear I’ve been doing stuff! I just haven’t been posting about it. Stripes are hard alla prima so I’m trying a different approach. And Monday morning was spent doing a wee demo at the @vicfca spring show at @artseacommunityartscouncil gallery 🎨🖌️🖼️
#art

I think this might be my favourite nest ever ❤️

I assume by “record setting” he means lowest ever

Thank you!

Practice day. 2 x 15 min warm ups and a 30 min seascape. Sometimes I just need to play around with some paint, with no expectations.
#art

Sat on this for a couple of weeks - which is like an eternity in me time! Ended up making a few tweaks and now I’m happy with it. I think my cats would agree that it looks like a very comfy blanket ❤️
#art #oilpainting #contemporarystilllife

Not sure if it’s done - going to let it percolate a bit

#art #traditionalart #contemprarystilllife

One more cloud study to round out a rainy week.
#art #oilpainting

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Let’s see if this works

As many others have said, a better way to put it would be, “how do Canadians feel about the possibility of being forcefully annexed into the US”. I know the press is supposed to be neutral, but don’t normalize this 51 state bullshit

The reason I rarely get any painting done after the day job
#cats

My birthday is too soon after Xmas for me to want birthday dessert. So we celebrated this weekend - my love made me this pie from scratch ❤️

I’ve been falling behind on my posts. Unsurprisingly… one day I plan to be organized but that day is not today.
Another wee sunset, 5x7.
#saanichton #landscapepainting #art

It’s challenging- I’m finding myself on both more often than not

Thanks, that means a lot (see what I did there?) :)

Red, I got

Some wee quick landscape painting was it for today. Sometimes I’m just too pooped to put in a lot of effort on a big one!

#art #painting

I don’t have silver, but I have a nice grey

Small version in what I hope to paint much larger in a couple of weeks. I don’t normally do two versions of the same image, but I had a couple of things I wanted to work out in advance of the big one, and I’m glad I did 😁

#painting #fineart #stilllifepainting #contemporarystilllife