Bob Shabasson Art

I was inspired by my Spirit Animal the Owl. I wanted to combine a spiritual aspect to this painting where man is communication with his spirit guide. The constellation represents the owl spirit. The bonfire lights the way. This spirit of the owl answers the man's call. I particularly like the was the upper portion of the flame forms the owl's beak.

My Wife and I fell in love with the Public Garden while vacationing in Halifax during our May 2025 vacation. This view was amazing. Watercolor on paper.

I was inspired by the view from Signal Hill, St John's Newfoundland. My wife and I visited St John's in May 2025 and loved the Island.

While visiting Nova Scotia, our tour guide insisted on delaying our tour so that we could see the bay during low tide. I am glad he did.

Petty Harbour is a cute little fishing village near St John's, Newfoundland. Maya and I discovered this little fishing village while vacationing there in May of 2025.

I wanted to play with colors and maybe go a little wild.

I wanted to catch the action and intensity of this bird of prey.

Here I was playing a little more with color and composition.

I wanted to catch the light of the sun shining through its feathers.

I was trying a different way to float the colors into this painting.

I wanted to invert the colors. I like how it turned out, don't you?

I achieved an interesting result while blending colors and going a little crazy.

I found using a black watercolor to be challenging as it didn't quite do what I was hoping. I added some dark blue and it worked out better. 

I was trying a different way to float the colors into this painting.