https://www.douglevitt.net/events-2 daily 0.75 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/3aeb1428-e89e-4dd0-884a-6bd088029fbe/Stampede2024+copy.jpg Events - past and future - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626917949508-6MFF5AZBCKMTHIYGX3GA/DougteachingAnnette.jpg Events - past and future - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626915046732-UWPTL3FC8TGUSE93HN62/Birds+Eat+Mosquitoes+for+Instagram+or+Facebook%5B1%5D.png Events - past and future photo courtesyC. M. Russell museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584236035618-JXQXTQ39LDPSUYZN5ZLS/cover.jpg Events - past and future Courtesy of Western Art Collector magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626917157504-0GR3YYHA7GGKBGOCA2J7/DougsYouTube.jpeg Events - past and future - Make it stand out Click image to go to Doug’s YouTube channel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/2a69b9d2-7dad-44a2-b795-0d19a615c2f0/Russell2024+copy.jpg Events - past and future - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584666969642-JAMT2XRB2VSQ488912K7/page34Websitesize.jpg Events - past and future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584661757454-XOIWYEJHCI6JNNA22OYK/StudioPic+copy.jpg Events - past and future Come and visit Doug in his studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584666941836-YH9C354S1MM0TFN4W7JA/Page21Websitesize.jpg Events - past and future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584668050030-BX0800K5LKSE3VBIU7VO/StampedePoster.jpg Events - past and future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/633e0db2-8e66-4f2b-81ec-3f1db12b432f/Website+Events+post.jpg Events - past and future - Make it stand out Come down and help Doug celebrate his 20th anniversary. His new works are a must see in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584666750964-LOMW5ES77W4Z3057MZP5/CoverImageWebsitesize.jpg Events - past and future Doug is very honoured to have been selected for the cover of one of his favourite magazines. This is a highlight of his career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584236126067-IU9RHZH7F5B0TIBCP4HV/Article.jpg Events - past and future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584668020648-1M4EB6GT9VS23AVEJVSU/PosterHighlightsSecondTry.jpg Events - past and future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/7702f254-020b-45be-bbbd-958eeea1014d/Levitt-d-animals.jpg Events - past and future - Make it stand out “Early Spring”, oil on panel, 20” x 20” - this is Doug’s winning entry into the Portrait Society of America international Members Only competition. It is a major highlight in his career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1583453606937-33HPRX3SH7O02OBJG14Q/FinalLogo.jpg Events - past and future https://www.douglevitt.net/paint-collect daily 0.75 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572761470076-0DDSJX1WM7HV3PYW2BJT/PaintCollectBanner.jpg Paint/Collect Thank you for visiting - enjoy your creative journey! https://www.douglevitt.net/about daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572684599818-LDG34EF0ES7VPJYYVTLH/IMG_7197.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1583483171840-FOOLMC7N3PQ656JNNTLO/DbSmallerandPleinair.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584742260307-QA658HTDAYDS5K9MMHKF/TeachingMontage.jpg About Doug has been teaching - or ‘passing on knowledge’ as he calls it, since 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572741590785-OKV3RY18BT3DY9S2MG92/DougLevitt.jpg About https://www.douglevitt.net/home-margot daily 1.0 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584745140156-XMHBLU0Y7SYYCHXDAKQY/FrontpageWestern.jpg Home - Western https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584745235614-M65CBBPCXXI172D75QIT/FrontpageLandscape.jpg Home - Plein Air/Landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584745361883-KERWYXTFDMZV0BMUYHB9/FrontpageContemporary.jpg Home - Contemporary portrait stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584745465435-Q89NDYSJLC3BZXCJK3CR/FrontpageWildlife.jpg Home - Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1584745530234-WS26T9G0VFXWYE88KC5R/FrontpageCommissioned.jpg Home - Commissioned Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572743293461-34BFTTTNFJBUS563A9FI/DougLevittPaintinginRiver.jpg Home https://www.douglevitt.net/contemporary-portrait-1 daily 0.75 2020-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574214593912-4CL278Q1CBAI5UCMJUJ9/FarFromHome.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "Far From Home", oil, 20"x30" - SOLD This piece is the first in my ‘Lost’ series and comes from thinking of the current epidemic of substance dependency and mental health issues in our world today - I wanted to say something about how lost we can all feel and how that is often the starting point to the road to addiction. I don’t know the answer to it all but if I cause the viewer of the painting to feel empathy for the young woman, then I’ll feel the painting is successful. And perhaps that’s a starting point… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572759006882-NB3SDSYG5E1XAT2W2HD0/InFromtheCold.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - 'In From the Cold", oil on board, 12"x8" This is a study for a larger piece that will be a part of the ‘Lost’ series I’m working on. After a rather cool afternoon shooting in Victoria my model and I stepped into a warm pub for a bite to eat and a drink. The look of fatigue combined with relief is what caught me and led to this idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574216101455-JUTMRHTVUYC21RTP9RRV/SmokeBreak.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "Smoke Break", oil, 20"x30" Another in the ‘Lost’ series. My model Ilona, worked at the local art store I bought my supplies at and even though I found her to be a very upbeat and cheerful person, she was fantastic at giving me whatever I asked for. ‘Be sad’, I’d say and she’d give me a great sense of loss and sadness that fed the paintings. This moment came when we literally just took a break in shooting and it was better than the scene I’d been shooting so I painted this instead. It taught me to remain aware of the moments around me so I don’t miss a good story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572759006801-HKYBV84KL8TF0KDPLAID/NovemberSunday.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - 'November Sunday", oil, 30"x20" This is my daughter, Shealynne, who has been a great model for me over the years. We were out on a cold day hanging around the ocean when I caught this moment. She is good at presenting emotion in a scene and I felt her loneliness in this moment even though we were chatting and giggling moments before. Good emotional models make all the difference when you are telling a story in paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572759003204-XU2T8EXKLWOTIU3XJ6TJ/AttheLight%27sEdge.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "At the Light's Edge", oil, 30"x24" I deliberately posed my daughter in deep shadow for this painting, because the light hitting the edge of the door was so symbolic of how we can hover between a good place in life or a very dark place. One step either way brings a profound change in our circumstances… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574216214679-VR7UNIHK9UTBGFPA1575/studyCellist.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - study for "The Cellist", oil, 8"x12" - SOLD This piece was painted as a study for a larger piece. I had done a painting of the cellist, Britton Riley, at the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra fundraiser and wanted to gift Britton his own piece as a way of saying thanks and this was a demo I did for my painting class - this one was for me to keep as a memory of such a great experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574216442106-I00NO4SZICOHFM9D5458/CellistBrittonRiley.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "Cellist Brittion Riley", oil, 18"x24" - SOLD This is the larger and final version that I painted of Britton. This was a gift to him for being so willing to model for me at the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra fundraiser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574216559805-VDMHNDTLUE5QW621VO5A/TheCellist.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "The Cellist", oil, 30"x20" - SOLD This piece was painted live and auctioned off at a fundraiser event for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. I had the cellist, Britton Riley, actually play while I painted him in front of the crowd. I wanted him to play so his art could inform my art and make the piece stronger for that. He had a concert immediately after the event so I gave him frequent breaks so even though I had a scheduled 3.5 hours the painting was actually done in about 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574223618427-90PNJCJ65KSMX9N4R8A3/Reflecting.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "Reflecting", oil, 18"x12" - SOLD My daughter Shealynne is a great model for me. She has a terrific ability to emote through expression. This was another of those moments between scenarios I was shooting when we took a quick break and I asked her where we should head to next and I just loved the look on her face and the great reflection in the window so it became a painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574223811235-0G8T85TM007NW9J5O9XN/Rest.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "At Rest", oil, 20"x16" - SOLD This was taken down in Sedona and is a study for a larger piece I’m planning. The little shopping village of Tlaquepaque in downtown Sedona is very evocative of a Spanish/old Mexico location and my daughter Shealynne looked right at home there. We had been shopping for several hours and she literally sat for a quick rest in this shady spot. She’s never safe from becoming another painting when her old dad is around… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574224139523-YDS2Q6ER7GJWPYPORVJM/GrandfathersWatch.jpg Contemporary Portrait/Stories - "Grandfathers' Watch", oil, 32"x12" - SOLD My model Ilona and I were taking a lunch break in a small pub in Victoria where we’d been shooting references for my ‘Lost’ series and I loved the light limning her and bringing emphasis to her tattoo and the watch. Painting that watch was pure joy to me. https://www.douglevitt.net/plein-air/landscape-3 daily 0.75 2020-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587343745128-LMZL6SPBOPA9LOPR6QN3/TheMiningShack.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "The Mining Shack", oil on canvas, 8"x12" This shack is rumored to be a leftover set from the Clint Eastwood movie, Unforgiven. The movie was shot in my old stomping grounds in Drumheller, Alberta. I don’t know if this is true but I like the notion so I’m going with it. I’ve painted this little guy several times and will do so again. I love it’s mood and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587337907593-JUX17EC6F8NGYFQ4NVRS/EveningatBurrardStBridgeSm.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Evening at Burrard St. Bridge", oil on board, 9" x 12" This was another piece done in an hour in the studio from a photo reference I took on Granville Island in Vancouver. I wanted to catch the very last shard of sun hitting the water before full night fell. Although I’d plein air painted on the island all day, I didn’t have anything to light my board so I couldn’t see well enough to paint this from life - even though I gave it a good try. Now I carry an LED in my kit - lesson learned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572914488691-RRCN440JD9XXUKN29T23/EarlySpringThaw.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Early Spring Thaw", oil on board, 12"x8" - SOLD This is a piece I did in the studio because I couldn’t get this angle safely en plein air style - I had to stand on the railing of a very busy bridge (don’t tell my wife) just to get the view I most wanted so painting it from life wasn’t going to happen. I limited myself to an hour in the studio, however, just to try to keep a spontaneous feeling in the painting as though I’d painted from life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587338151559-GTLU7SD64APLYM7ERW51/ElbowFalls.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Elbow Falls", oil on canvas, 8"x12", - SOLD This painting is part plein air and part studio - something I don’t usually do. I like the plein air sketches to be pure and if I like them enough, expand them in the studio on a new canvas. Sometimes, though, I like it enough to want it to be a more polished painting so I touch it up in the studio. This is one of those. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572914496375-F0O4ANE755YB1MKHYY0S/SittingPretty.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Sitting Pretty", oil on board, 11"x14" This was a plein air piece done in Victoria - one of my favorite places to paint in the world. I’ve painted this little dingy about 6 times so far - several from life and a few others in the studio. It feels like we’re old friends now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572914495851-ZA6UOVRNJ6ZAUD5F882N/WinterSun.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Winter Sun", oil on canvas, 9"x12" This piece started as a plein air but I was perched on a small shoulder off a secondary highway and felt too much wind hitting my back when cars would go by so I decided to finish it in the studio. Probably a good decision. To my wife I say, ‘See, honey, I can be taught!’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587355684998-1A14DUVB7YMY44WXSUPU/DoneItsTime.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Done It's Time", oil on board, 9"x12" - SOLD This is a barn I painted in Southern Alberta - there’s a stretch of highway heading from Calgary to a town called Vulcan (yes, Star Trek knows about this) and along that road there are about 15 or so barns in various states of decay that make for amazing paintings. This is one of those. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587338289179-KPEU6HJSPRO12B5TUGDT/FallsRythmSm.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Falls Rhythm", oil on canvas, 22"x28" - SOLD This is a fall scene done from a photo. I was driving through BC heading to a show on deadline and didn’t have time to pull over to paint plein air, so I resorted to the trusty ol’ Canon camera. Even though I love painting from life so much, I also love that a photograph allows me to capture something fleeting so I can try to recreate it in the studio at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587356543874-J57UBG2C13VEBFPEFEI8/TheOldTractor.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "The Old Tractor", oil on canvas, 8"x12" This old tractor has become a fine friend to me over the years. It’s only a 12 minute drive from my house so it’s easy to pop out to paint it. It also rests beside a pond that gives me great bird references. Plus I’m in the fresh air in the country. What’s not to love? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587338579609-JWSYWGEOW4MAL0KPY8KP/GoodBonesSm.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Good Bones", oil on board, 20"x20" This house is in Rowley, Alberta - I took artistic license and changed the color of the house to yellow from it’s actual light powder blue. I worked hard to try to capture everything else as accurately as I could. I love old things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587339796448-3CD6TPTBH67E0P73HQ4V/ReflectionsinaBeaverPond.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Reflections in a Beaver Pond", oil on canvas, 28"x28" - SOLD I did a small plein air of this piece but loved it so much I wanted to do larger studio piece. I remember when I stood there, how much I liked the water and reflections and even though a spectacular mountain view was just above those trees, this was the view that grabbed me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587355910601-VA2B6NGX11IBHWS5OHBX/TheFirstDayofSummer.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "The First Day of Summer" oil on canvas, 28"x28" - SOLD Capturing moments you experience as you hike out in the mountains is the main reason plein air painting calls to me so deeply. For that reason, spring, summer and fall are precious to me. In the dead of winter, it’s nice to pull out a photo from one of those moments and try to recreate it to relieve the winter blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587344662519-INEAFV0IGTZ8VH68CYA9/VictoriaStiltHouse.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - "Stilt House, Victoria, BC", oil on canvas, 12"x9" This was a quick 32 minute plein air. Because I was too dumb to realize that the tide was coming in and not going out :-) So I finished the painting as the tide was climbing past my mid-thigh. Hey, I’m a dyslexic artist, what can I say? All the same, I’m pleased with this little piece and the comical memory it gives me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587354258683-0LN5G3HIA5ZQZZ236K89/studyCanmorePond.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - study for "Canmore Pond", oil on canvas, 8"x12" This is a place I’ve wanted to paint for awhile now - the quality and pattern the light forms on the water near sunset is so challenging. I love painting water because it never looks or acts the same way twice so it is always going to push your skill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587354485675-YN29184OKK188RBPXK9D/MillBayShorelineSm.jpg Plein Air/Landscape - study for "Mill Bay Shoreline", oil on board, 9"x12" This is another of those situations where I had an amazing view right in front of me with the islands and ocean, yet every time I looked down, this view just arrested me. I kept thinking how hard it would be to catch the feeling of rocks just under the water and next thing I knew I’d scraped off what I was doing and did this instead. https://www.douglevitt.net/western-1 daily 0.75 2019-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572728774464-059F6Q5OF821BPQ0I4OV/andtheCloudsDoGather.jpg Western - "And the Clouds Do Gather....", oil on board, 36"x24" This piece is about contrasts - the strong vertical of the woman and her blanket against the horizontal lines of mountains and ground - both seem to defy the heavy gathering clouds… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1574225935060-EZUXC9J4WEJNBTALUUJJ/BuffaloSkeletonsLItterthePlains.jpg Western - "Buffalo Skeletons Litter the Plains...", oil on board, 24"x36" I often think of what it would have been like to live an uninterrupted and beautiful way of life only to have an outside force come into it and completely change it on you. The governments of America and Canada were extremely effective at removing the main food source of Native peoples. They knew a hungry people couldn’t fight and they would gain land dominance more easily if the Buffalo were gone. Buffalo hunters were paid for hides and tongues only so they often left the meat to rot and go unused… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572728772292-KUV68C5FH2ROIXCZA5B6/AFeelingintheNorthWind.jpg Western - "A Feeling in the North Wind", oil, 30"x20" I was struck by the look on my models face as we did this photo shoot - she gave a feeling of premonition in her gaze that made me think of a deeper emotional meaning than the straight forward pose offered… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572728773331-RPK4TRI6C30QHLUPJPLN/AndHell%27sComingWithMe.jpg Western - "And Hell's Coming With Me", oil on board, 12”x36” The title was inspired by a quote by Wyatt Earp when he sought revenge for the death of his brother - I leave it to the viewer to decide if this is a lawman pursuing justice or a cur running from it… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572728777731-8DUQK9SIBI30G7TWSTOJ/ARunTowardsFate.jpg Western - "A Run Towards Fate", oil, 18"x12" This piece was about action - letting the paint application communicate form and movement through the spontaneous and energetic brushstrokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572728771532-FVA8EOTJV4VL8QLFR4ZP/3DaysTillFortBenton.jpg Western - "3 Days to Ft Benton", oil on board, 24”x36” This idea came from when I was doing research for another piece and read that the first - and for a long time, the only - courthouse in Montana was in Ft. Benton. This made me wonder how a journey with a prisoner in tow would have looked in the old west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587364303757-IV42HWII716FVX3GQK3Z/Strength.jpg Western - "Strength", oil on board, 24”x18” I chose a very strong and confident model (my friend Moses Brings Plenty - now a well known Hollywood actor) and placed him into a tightened composition for this piece. In spite of his strength, I wanted to give a feeling like his world was shrinking in on him, creating a feeling of portent, an unease in the viewer. He has no idea what his future holds but he knows something is coming… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572751672163-XV0RWS9O8KEIP7RDL8U6/AStormisComing2.jpg Western - "A Storm is Coming", oil on board, 24"x36" This is a classic, almost iconic story. A party of young warriors head into the prairie distance to protect their land and do anything they can to preserve a way of life that endured for thousands of years… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572751673120-2AN3T0XN44X3GBWZPHZT/BearMedicine.jpg Western - "Bear Medicine", oil, 18"x12" This young warrior is showing his bravery by wearing his bear claw necklace around his neck. Only a man with skill and courage could gain such a prestigious item. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572751677509-40C3GBZE1B9RW8HBE080/BuffaloShieldSepia.jpg Western - "Buffalo Shield", oil, 30"x20" This image is entirely experimental - I love using color to communicate or heighten emotion in a painting and I wanted to convey an old archive photograph feeling in this painting. I went on to paint another full color version but I can’t decide which I like better… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1572751674053-69KF08QDI083KZMZK2GG/BuffaloShield.jpg Western - "Buffalo Shield II", oil on board, 30"x20" Plains tribes painted personal images on their shields - gained through a personal vision ceremony - that would aid the shield in having extra protective power for the bearer. Much store was placed in this type of personal medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587364650106-Q065ALAY3OMFYU29HPVT/CowboyCountry.jpg Western - "Cowboy Country", oil on canvas, 24"x24" I am not a great rider but I still love the feeling of being on a horse and going wherever you want. This freedom is what I was after in this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587364691986-KTWVHZ9B53ATYJKIXVK7/GettingReadyfortheFallRoundupSmaller.jpg Western - "Getting Ready for the Fall Roundup", oil on canvas, 36"x54" The idea for this piece comes from a movie called “The Cowboys’ I saw when I was 6 and continued inspiration is from the countless ranchers who have modelled for me over the years. This painting is a tribute to that beautiful way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587364856880-EOT3W6O6FHGFTWYYW3Y9/Guardian.jpg Western - "Guardian", oil on canvas, 20"x30" As a painter, you spend a lot of time alone. Whether in the studio painting or out in the field gathering reference material with paint or camera. So I’ve spent my share of time being the subject of this very moment this painting focuses on. Whenever I notice myself in such a moment, standing alone and drinking in Mother Nature and feeling a responsive to her and a protectiveness for her, I wonder who else was feeling 100 years ago what I was feeling in that moment. And I wonder if we were different in any way other than skin color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587365234724-W4Y65IG5N7U8ZB8LTDRQ/HearMeGrandfather.jpg Western - "Hear Me, Grandfather", oil on canvas, 36"x24" There are times when the emotional idea for a painting is so strong in me that I can’t ‘feel’ it enough when painted realistically. So I try to push the emotion through the use of color. It is always a fun and very rewarding experiment for me. I always learn things about how color works that Id’ve never found another way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587365444002-3A816ME2Y4YA2APKFYGP/IWillFightNoMoreForever.jpg Western - "I Will Fight No More Forever", oil on board, 36"x24" The title of this piece is a quote from Chief Joseph when he finally surrendered to the US military. When I came across the archive photo of this man, I could hear those words in the sadness I saw in this young man’s eyes. So even though he isn’t Chief Joseph, I thought the title was perfect for what I felt when I look at this young warrior and feel his sadness and loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587365687596-N0EIVNLJJKHRANHCDEPG/Mother.jpg Western - "Mother", oil on board, 24"x18" This is the first of my new ‘Incomplete’ series. Incomplete in the sense that I don’t worry about finishing the image to all 4 corners of the surface but also in the sense that the ideas are still forming. Our human story is still unfolding no matter what race we are. My artistic journey is included as well in the form of the brush that I painted onto the image (as a still life element). It invites the viewer to enter the image as a painting in progress - something that is still being born. It’s a symbol of effort and growth and action in life. And no, in answer to many questions, I didn’t glue a paint brush to the board. It is actually painted:-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587444936558-J2WRA0PQ0K20E2R5LE53/HustlingThemAlong.jpg Western - "Hustling Them Along", oil on board, 20"x20" This is the second in my ‘Incomplete’ series. I really enjoy being able to leave parts of a painting in this series quite fresh and blocked in while other parts can be highly finished. In this case, the ‘still life’ elements - paint tubes and brushes - are highly detailed while the subject of the painting is just reaching a point past a block in. This allows me to more strongly convey the idea that this is a peek behind the scenes into the artist process. It invites the viewer to enter the painting more deeply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587445224467-6NWV9Q0X2IQAH91SVL75/studyforScoutAlone.jpg Western - study for "Scout Alone", oil on canvas, 14"x11" This is the third piece in my ongoing ‘Incomplete’ series. I brought the portrait aspect of the painting to point near 2/3 complete and then fully rendered the brush. I hope to give the viewer the feeling that the artist may have just put the brush down to grab a cup of coffee before they continue working on the piece. I wanted to cause a feeling in the viewer that they could be the one to pick up the brush and continue work to pull them into the creative process more deeply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587445452247-YJNXYGZVWXR418AO89Z3/TearsFortheFallenSmaller.jpg Western - "Tears for the Fallen", oil on board, 36"x24" This is the fourth piece in my ongoing ‘Incomplete’ series. With this painting, I wanted to expose the various steps used to produce a painting. I’ve kept the ‘still life’ elements - the brushes, pencils, and paint tubes, which I painted as detailed as possible. But then I showed rough drawing elements as well as more detailed charcoal elements, and various degrees of completion in the paint layers. The face is finished but the surrounding areas are only suggested at. I enjoy opening up the process of art creation to a viewer actually in the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587445685656-P9TEGFYLOD08B8YFGFNY/TheReEnactor.jpg Western - "The Re-enactor", oil on canvas, 24"x18" This is a portrait of my friend, Jim Hatzell, who hosts the Artist Ride event down in South Dakota. I’ve wanted to tackle this one for awhile. It’s deceptively hard to paint light falling straight onto a person’s face instead of coming from an angle and creating more obvious shadows. You have to watch your values quite closely - the challenge made it pure joy to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587445842325-SQDT20MOSV481X0XZGU9/ToFeeltheFirstCoolWindsofAutumn.jpg Western - "To Feel the First Cool Winds of Autumn", oil on canvas, 72" x 48" I chose to paint this young man in black and white to make it a cleaner emotional image. I wanted the viewer to really focus on his face and the emotion it carried with no busy distractions color would have added. It also allows the symbolism of the Hudson Bay colors splashed on the painting to show up more strongly. They act as foreshadowing for him that the reservation system and the ending of his life as he knows it is coming fast. I felt it important to show him in his prime and the fullness of his youthful power to make the sadness of that truth all the more powerful for the viewer. https://www.douglevitt.net/wildlife daily 0.75 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751424449221-GQTLP5TXR9H7BA1RTWJR/IWillStandMyGround.jpg Wildlife - I Will Stand My Ground, oil on Panel, 36" x 54" I caught this bull out near the mountains at a ranch that raises Bison (I prefer Buffalo - it’s a much more fun word) - He was in range for me to get really good shots. I’ve painted them from life before but when I saw him, I knew I wanted to go with a big panel to paint him on so I relied on photo refs for the piece but when I was taking the photos, I took notes and did some quick sketching to cement in my mind things about his colouring and frame that I didn’t think the photos would convey. And I was right. Painting from life has taught me a lot about how photos distort info artists need to create realism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423937078-BY4D20OI1NRT9690F0S3/TheHunter.jpg Wildlife - The Hunter, oil on Canvas, 30" x 30" This is the first time I was lucky enough to get a good photo reference of an eagle and I literally couldn’t wait to paint it. This juvenile Bald Eagle was only 20 feet from me and showed very little concern I was there. I didn’t even know he was until I rounded the path and boom! Staring right at me. I tried to offer that feeling in this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423253345-CQTBH8C7UF2F1AGSMKPZ/HoneyPot.jpg Wildlife - Honey Pot, oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" This is another in my expressive colour series. I caught this bear in this quiet moment and planned to paint her but when it came time to, I couldn’t employ my usual realism - I loved the silhouette, the shape of her so much I started to paint much looser so I could emphasize the simple beauty of her form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423090823-VH07YIJ4870XHKM1CEDG/CoyotebyMoonlight.jpg Wildlife - Coyote by Moonlight, oil on Panel, 14" x 20" This is one of my paintings that follow my desire to evoke mood through colour and quite evident, almost crude, brushwork. Evolving as an artist is my most sought after goal and this series of bold works helps me along that path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423439772-JCQKBEI3TX08XXT3JE9K/Noble.jpg Wildlife - Noble, oil on Panel, 24" x 24" This is a piece where I chose to focus on the silhouette and mood of this beautiful horse through colour and brushwork. The pose is so quietly noble to me but the colour and brushwork give it the immense feeling of power horses have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423600526-UXCRPFYSRLI2B7GV3XHF/Power+Clydesdale.jpg Wildlife - Power (a portrait of Clyde the Clydesdale), oil on Canvas, 24" x 24" This is literally a Clydesdale horse called Clyde. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him when he went by me. His sheer size was stunning. His body was like the hulks compared to a normal horse. I wanted a companion piece to Noble and so I decided to paint only his portrait but his power immensity can’t help but show through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751423800106-V64BNJ1XBRUX4EUIFMCY/OlGrumpy.jpg Wildlife - Old Grumpy, oil on Panel, 22" x 32" I enjoy expressing paint in different ways and I challenged myself to show off this Old Bull and his cranky attitude by going crazy with colour. I really love paint itself and giving yourself the freedom to use it boldly is awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587356878288-SWE0V2B2E3GOKKX8GVZ8/Camoflauge.jpg Wildlife - "Camouflage", oil on board, 11"x14" - SOLD I saw this little lady walking through Griffon park - another spectacular nature park in Calgary where I live. She didn’t want to come too close to me but in spite of that, she kept following me. Every time I grabbed at my camera, she hid a bit. I almost called the painting Peek-a-boo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587357353004-1OTPUWX6BFHRX2SCY25U/GatheringBerries.jpg Wildlife - "Gathering Berries", oil on canvas, 24"x18" - SOLD This mama black bear was hanging out near Waterton park years ago when I was camping there. She had two cubs with her but I liked this shot with just her. As I watched her, I could feel what it must be like to have to find food everyday. It made me thankful life gives us groceries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587360315512-LU9ARIGUGGDRGAYUHO4S/GottaBeDinnertimebyNow.jpg Wildlife - "Gotta Be Dinner Time by Now", oil on board, 11"x14" This is Sammy the seal who lives around Fisherman’s Wharf in Victoria, BC. When I lived there, I used to go down to feed Sammie often. Other seals came and went, of course, but old Sammie knew where the easy food was. You’re not allowed to feed them anymore and I must say I miss that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587360360959-2GLWJZ0FGSLC3SN380HY/studyforSammietheSeal.jpg Wildlife - Study for "Sammie the Seal", oil on board, 11"x14" I wanted to try this piece because I had no idea at all how I would try to show Sammie floating just under the water with no real evidence of water - in the sense of obvious waves or ripples. It was really smooth water with just a hint of sun ripples under the surface. Challenges like this are what keep painting so invigorating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587358238702-0CRIP3S3W8CHRNKRIPKT/studyRockyPerch.jpg Wildlife - "Rocky Perch", oil on board, 11"x14" When I lived in Victoria, I used to walk by the Ocean as much as my schedule would allow. Victoria is where I started plein air painting. This is one of the pieces that came from that time. Good memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587359000957-03Y3QAL495KEIEYQ08D2/NapTimeWeb.jpg Wildlife - "Nap Time", oil on canvas, 9"x12" This is a big bull that I saw touring around Waterton National park years ago. There was a whole herd that lived down there. You could tour their paddock in your car as long as you didn’t drive fast or get out of your car. It was an amazing experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587360500861-TBJ2J9YDE4S6PCVNS1YX/BeaconHillGoose.jpg Wildlife - "Beacon Hill Goose", oil on canvas, 12"x8" Beacon Hill is an amazing park right in the heart of Victoria, BC. I lived a block away from there for about 7 years and loved gathering painting references there. There is an abundance of ponds, a big forest, and even a grand old english style bridge - great painting to be had! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587359281456-AZIWJEH0MAH99SQA0Q8Q/EarlyBird.jpg Wildlife - "Early Bird", oil on board, 14"x11" In the country, near where I live, is a great tractor I like to paint. This pond is right beside it and one day when I was setting up, this little dude started chatting me up. I ended up trying to paint this little bird instead that day but it didn’t want to sit still so I took some photos and finished this in the studio. That was a fun day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587360649996-6WU1REUOXL2DFEBX5O1P/studyBlackBear.jpg Wildlife - Study for "Black Bear", oil on canvas, 9"x12" This is a painting I did to commemorate a really cool weekend hiking and camping in Waterton park a number of years ago. I’ve done a few studies of this bear to prep myself for a much larger painting of her and her two cubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587359879664-EWDHTCPY2ILEGGY03T3S/NoTresspassingSm.jpg Wildlife - "No Trespassing", oil on canvas, 24"x18" There’s an old barn near the Springbank airport in my home city of Calgary that I like to photograph and plein air paint. This window is from that location. I added the magpie but it was from that area so I could well imagine this actually happening. I got dive bombed repeatedly by a hawk last time I went there so I’m pretty cautious going there these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587359585540-D87PL0LE1PONDJQLW090/TheMessenger.jpg Wildlife - "The Messenger", oil on canvas, 48"x72" This idea came to me when I was visiting a herd of Buffalo near Longview, Alberta. There were crows actually popping along the backs of these Bison (yes, I know they’re called Bison - I just prefer Buffalo :-). One in particular made me think the bird was trying to kick start him - it kept bouncing on him like it was saying ‘let’s go, pal!’. When I see something that cool, I feel an immediate need to paint it. I may never see something like that again and painting it lets me live it more deeply. https://www.douglevitt.net/commissioned-work daily 0.75 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587364002769-3RQJIKXEDYEGQ8P1DVPL/Logan.jpg Commissioned Work - "Logan", oil on board, 7"x7" This was for my dearest friends - they lost Logan a bit ago and asked if I would paint him. I loved that old boy so it was a pleasure to do so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587361788720-YXQ4OIIC78NLCOEKLOS5/ANodToPoe.jpg Commissioned Work - "A Nod to Poe", oil on canvas, 11"x14" One of my best friends commissioned this. There is no greater compliment to me than when a friend believes in you enough to insist on paying you for a painting. Great feeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587361902818-MMOVHQ4CNS7WLLMY842A/CowboyLifeSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Cowboy Life", oil on canvas, 35"x54" This was set in the Drumheller valley where the gentleman who commissioned the painting had grown up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587361990726-BXHK701HE7SUFL6ESHBZ/CrossroadsSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Crossroads", oil on canvas, 24"x18" This piece was originally created for myself but the person who purchased it commissioned a companion piece called Crossroads II, so it feels right to include it in this category. The abstract background suggests skyscrapers indicating a massive shift in the life this man knows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362116629-A6PCQPK92OIJP8VXRK9P/CrossroadsII.jpg Commissioned Work - "Crossroads II", oil on canvas, 24"x18" This is the companion to Crossroads. The flipped perspective, with a successful business man in the foreground resting on the strength that his history offers him (represented by the abstract teepees in back) tells the progression of the story that the first piece started. This man has come to a peace with the changes his people went through and is finding his way of integrating his traditional ways with the new world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362964450-O13HL7I6D6OF22ADCAQS/SouthernAlbertaViews.jpg Commissioned Work - "Southern Alberta Views", oil on canvas, 20"x30" This was commissioned to speak about two iconic Alberta themes - horses and the foothills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362328594-UHTALKDF2DQVLL8CJS8P/DougLevitt_AllHatNoCow.jpg Commissioned Work - "All Hat, No Cow", oil on canvas, 36"x54" This is a portrait of my good friend and client who suggested the title. It wasn’t me being mean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362419579-ZNSFJBZC4VHPS01VHPVM/ElMestiazeSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "El Mestiaze", oil on canvas, 36"x54" This painting was commissioned by a doctor in town who wanted a piece to tell her family story - a story of integration and blendedness. It was an honour to do it. I had the secret pleasure to use my daughter Shealynne as a model (who is pouring the coffee). I liked the theme of various races living successfully as a family. What a great thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587361717235-IHPRIB86WV9NC4Q5ZUZK/APlainsIcon.jpg Commissioned Work - "A Plains Icon", oil on canvas, 9"x12" This is a piece I did for a client in Las Vegas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362595263-7N4ZU7I9MC8DS6PBM3RZ/HopeForaRendevousSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Hoping for a Rendezvous", oil on canvas, 32"x74" This piece was commissioned to tell the history of cooperation that people managed to have in spite of governments of the time trying to cause division to better control land. I like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362717246-0P15YQ1XXL92FRW4P4CM/MountainMonarchSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Mountain Monarch", oil on canvas, 54"x48" This is another piece that is a huge compliment in that some of my best friends asked me to do it and wouldn’t hear of anything less than full price. When those closest to you find your work good enough to pay hard earned money for it - well, there just aren’t words for how great that makes you feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587362875163-B5T1M3OPTJPYB2DWSZIQ/SevenandPoppySmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Seven and Poppy", oil on canvas, 36"x54" This was commissioned by the owners of these two horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587363064789-PXBE73P47OCT3D3BRTLE/SunTiDemoPaintingSm.jpg Commissioned Work - "Sunti", oil on canvas, 12"x9" This was painted live at the Calgary Stampede Art show. My amazingly talented friend, Sunti Pichetchaiyakul from Thailand, truly one of the finest sculptors I’ve ever met (google him) challenged me to a paint competition. We each had exactly one hour to paint each other. This was my result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587363315077-SU8H33IRFWDZFH1P3DM5/WalkingBuffaloSmaller.jpg Commissioned Work - "Walking Buffalo", oil on canvas, 36"x36" This was an honour to do. A great friend and client asked me to do this piece. We both share a huge admiration and respect for Walking Buffalo. So it is, to this day, one of my favourite commission experiences. https://www.douglevitt.net/sketches daily 0.75 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587368329119-J6SEUWYKRJEXPQ8M6XGX/studyforWhenTheSunFallsLowSm.jpg Sketches - study for "When the Sun Falls Low", charcoal, 22"x 18" This is a study sketch for a painting idea. I often start an idea this way. I like to see the emotional value without colour which can sometimes be a crutch. If I can feel the emotion in black and white, I know the idea is strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587368535637-PS68G77WE6OA0U8C1163/studyforLiketheStarsTheyComeSm.jpg Sketches - study for "Like the Stars, They Come", charcoal, 22"x18" This was a study in subtle values. The main part of his face and therefore his full expression is in dark shadow. I didn’t want to lighten the shadow much because I liked the drama, but it is so dark the features had to be created with very little variation. It was really hard but very instructional and quite rewarding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587368691351-36OU5RYLHFLDK7XIUU0K/StillStrong.jpg Sketches - "Still Strong", charcoal, 18"x12" Playing with emotion in black and white is amazing fun. It pushes me to see the full dimension of a person’s face without relying on the drama colour offers and that makes you attend to the tiny shifts in value to create emotion and detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587368867112-U9FQO31O84UKYCXRZE5U/TalkingtotheSpiritsSm.jpg Sketches - ""Talking to the Spirits", charcoal, 22"x18" This was the first piece that I pushed the detail using charcoal. I usually use graphic pencils for this kind of detail and let charcoal be a medium that I use for more gestural or suggestive work. But I thought I could try to go for detail just to see and was very surprised by how fine the lines could actually be. This drawing set me on a whole new charcoal path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587369055749-0F19094RFZUGWDM5GM6G/studyforTheNewDayComethSm.jpg Sketches - study for "The New Day Cometh", graphite pencil, 20"x16" This is a pencil study for a larger oil portrait. The fine lines of a pencil are so different than the broader strokes of a paint brush and sometimes it’s just fun to visit the subject in a finer detail way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587369241678-B4902LRB3L4VYODOU4M0/studySketchSalutetoSunSm.jpg Sketches - study for "Salute to Sun", pencil, 12"x7.5" The personal nature of ceremony in Indigenous communities is very poetic to me. I love the idea of going off alone to commune with a higher power. Seeking a way to better yourself by surrounding yourself with no distractions and letting nature feed you. Hearing the silence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587369474103-FHZIACBQYEV9CSBOAX5J/studyOneFeatherSm.jpg Sketches - study for "One Feather", charcoal, 14"x11" A young man shows his first feather gained by an act of courage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587369549374-WTWM90X12M66SJ0Y7UL7/studyWearingBlueCoatVestSm.jpg Sketches - study for "Wearing the Blue Coat Vest", charcoal, 12"x9" Apache peoples put great stock in trophies gained through shrewd trade deals or acts of courage on the battlefield. The Apache were also the last Indigenous people to surrender to US rule and submit to the reservation system. Before that time, they often sported trophies from fallen foes to cause their enemies great intimidation - which was very effective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587370204432-L68T29MR7VQBX7K5XU5H/studySketchBuffaloHuntSm.jpg Sketches - preliminary study sketch for "Buffalo Hunt" pencil, 10"x14" I often come up with ideas through little thumbnail sketches that are just rough efforts to establish a base composition. The next stage is a drawing like this. A little more formal but still not pushing a lot of information. It’s basically just a way to see the initial idea more fully to see if I like it enough to pursue it in a painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587430310168-B9HCJ5QNQPQH8YEONE1X/MoStudyGettingthePointSm.jpg Sketches - preliminary sketch for "Getting the Point", pencil, 8"x6" This is an initial rough character study. My model, Moses Brings Plenty, is enacting the moment when a chief encounters barbed wire for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587429106982-LJTTX5BKA3DMM06PWEN5/studySketchGettingthePoint.jpg Sketches - Second preliminary sketch for "Getting the Point", pencil, 9"x12" The setting for the painting to come will be before the reservation system, when indigenous peoples were in their prime and able to live free lives on the plains. Barbed wire would have been the first clue that significant changes were looming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1587430355362-HYA53UTCE229OYPF92IA/studySketchYoungWarriorSm.jpg Sketches - study sketch for "Young Warrior", 30"x20" This was going to be a full sheet charcoal with full value and tons of detail. Yet, when I stood back to look at it at this stage, I just liked it like this too much to do more. So I stopped. Some people would be unsatisfied with this, wanting a stronger resolution and I was among that group too so I did it again as I’d originally intended on a new sheet. I must say, this is still my favorite. Art is like that - there’s no rhyme or reason, you just like what you like. https://www.douglevitt.net/painting-alberta-series daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626913109764-45S87EFUTFQKOB5F5IE6/AmericanCoot.jpg Painting Alberta series - "American Coot", oil on board, 9"x12" This is a study - a chance to get to know an odd little bird I hadn’t been familiar with. A birding app describes the American Coot as a ‘chicken like bird that acts like a duck’ - that description captures it beautifully because, for me; this is a very comical bird. He moves oddly in the water like he doesn’t quite know what to do with himself. Great fun to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626914172627-YXBL3FNS45BNIZQSJLLI/ASummerEvening.jpg Painting Alberta series - "A Summer Evening", oil on board, 16"x12" - SOLD I took the reference for this painting at a pond in Fish Creek park. It’s one of the largest, if not the largest, urban parks in North America. The Yellow Headed Blackbird is one of my all time favourite birds and this pond had dozens of them. This backlit image captures for me the heat and buzz of insects that I remember from that evening… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626914262134-LC6CMM5ORYUME1GQWRT0/LookBetty%2CtheSmithsAreAtItAgain....jpg Painting Alberta series - "Look Betty! The Smiths Are At It Again...", oil on board, 12"x16" - SOLD This is a study for a larger painting I’m planning called ‘The Pigeon Projects’. I found this scene at an old abandoned hotel/bar in Hanna, Alberta. It was teeming with pigeons. Every window was full, each lip of a door had pigeons perched; even the roof was packed. They were loud and some of them were fighting for space along a particular window sill - hence the title of this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626914574138-5JRAKAKTMA2FAQROLNOG/CatchoftheDay.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Catch of the Day", oil on canvas, 12"x18" I’ve never seen an Osprey in person before and I was thrilled catching sight of this fellow. He had caught a fish in the river below the power pole and had just started feasting when I got out of my jeep and snapped some reference shots. He didn’t seem overly concerned with me being there but that stare was intimidating as hell. I stayed close to the jeep…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626918082596-IA1US2GSXB8EVU3IELBJ/WellHelloThereHandsome.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Well, Hello There Handsome!", oil on board, 18"x18" In early spring, I was walking along a stream in Airdrie, Alberta - the snow was melting, the sun was out and it had warmth to it, the air felt fresh. Covid and the lockdown felt very far away because of it. This magpie was actually yakking at a couple of mallards floating along the stream. He kept hopping closer the waters edge - it seemed like he wanted friends, but the second he caught sight of himself in the water, he forgot all about the ducks. It struck me as very funny and very paintable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626921608792-W140I5YI2KQDS1SBVRHM/GrassRootsHunter.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Grass Roots Hunter", oil on canvas mount board, 11"x14" - SOLD I found this little fellow at Frank Lake, Alberta which is a mecca for birders. I’ve seen pretty cool and rare birds at that lake but the yellow headed Blackbird is still amongst my favourites. This young man was searching for worms and grubs in the grass. I was awestruck when I saw him find a grub nest - for such a little bird, he was incredibly powerful. He dug up clouts of dirt and sent it flying for several feet behind him until he got his prize. I just couldn’t believe how much torque he could generate… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626922186289-33TT0KCLQFAIPASYUE88/EarlySpring.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Early Spring", oil on board, 20"x20" This was very early spring out by McLean Creek pond in the Kananaskis mountain range. One of my favourite places in the world. This goose was floating along the pond looking for it’s mate - who was resting (or perhaps nesting) on a little island. It just made such a great idea for a painting. I love the richness that colours have when the air is humid and overcast. In 2022, this painting took 3rd place in the international Members Only competition under the Portrait Society of America Wildlife category. This marks a major highlight in Doug’s career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626922383123-0V6JXMPLTWU8M2O96FBC/LakeLouisePanhandler.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Lake Louise Panhandler", oil on board, 24"x18" The title says it all. From the moment I parked my jeep to go get a coffee and sandwich from the coffee shop, this guy was heckling me for treats. He waited for me while I was in the coffee shop (I could see him watching me through the window) and he followed me down to the river. I spent about 15 minutes chatting to him about how sorry I was I couldn’t feed him - I didn’t know what was safe for him to eat. He finally left and seemed a little huffy about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626922646291-SC90XEVTZ8OREH1B2IOQ/BowRiverBugZapper.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Bow River Bug Zapper", oil on board, 11"x14" - SOLD I’ve spent several evenings down at Policeman’s Flats on the Bow River just outside Calgary watching the Pelicans and Franklin gulls fishing together and this painting is my first based on those experiences. I had never seen a Franklin Gull before. And for my money, they are the best looking gull ever. A real pleasure to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626922869338-VN9XWM90W4FYFHPP2X32/NewlyWeds.jpg Painting Alberta series - "The Newly Weds", oil on canvas, 45"x30" This was another first for me. I’d never seen a Northern Flicker Woodpecker before and here I came across these two just blocks away hanging around my neighbourhood pond. It was thrilling. I was walking through a stand of trees and stopped to photograph a magpie yakking at me and didn’t even know they were there. I looked up and bang! there they were - just 5 feet above me. Not bothered at all by my proximity. They were cool and aloof and made great models. Such a fun memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626923127143-C2ASY3HKGIE9VDMUJ3UB/SundayontheBoardwalk.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Sunday on the Boardwalk", oil on board, 9"x12" This was down by the Bow River along Prince’s island park. I don’t have a fondness for pigeons necessarily, but I do think they are beautiful in their colouring. Especially the way the light was hitting this lovely lady - the iridescent greens and purples were a huge challenge to paint and it left me realizing I’d paint pigeons any day of the week. Quite beautiful and I think it made me a stronger painter figuring out how to mix those colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626924036732-8C9FPUXMPNUB5EORC26A/Ol%27CrazyEyes.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Ol' Crazy Eyes", oil on board, 12"x9" - SOLD This is a Wood Duck - one of the most strikingly beautiful birds, I think. They do look a little goofy to me though - and almost fake. Kind of like you’re staring at a carved dummy that’s been garishly painted instead of a real creature. You can’t help feel like it’s not possible what you’re looking at. And those red eyes look crazy and otherworldly to me. Of course, all of that just makes for a brilliantly fun bird to paint… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626924735392-K7SIR9466TBMY2IZMAGH/FatandHappy.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Fat and Happy", oil on board, 12"x9" - SOLD This and the previous Wood Duck were napping on an old dead tree overhanging the backwash pond in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in downtown Calgary. They are such an amazing bird to paint - the colours really give an artist a real workout! Very hard and challenging but also tons of fun. Love Wood Ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626924917832-QPCKWWKACC5F9WAWN3RS/FlyBy.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Fly By", oil on board, 9"x12" - SOLD This was a fun painting to do - I love trying to capture action. Painting a bird in flight and trying to convince myself (and hopefully my audience) that those wings are moving is enormously challenging. If you get close to the goal you feel pretty darn good about it… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626925055292-A1OY31OV8J2QLZXGARDD/FlyingSolo.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Flying Solo", oil on canvas, 12"x12" - SOLD This is a painting about paint. I really enjoy oil paint because of its versatility. You can paint really thinly - almost mimicking watercolour, or you can go extremely thick and create a beautiful texture in the painting. Almost feels like sculpting. The clear blue sky gave me a chance to make the most of my brushstrokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1626925236597-6QXQ3VDVBNY1A9C3JQ4Q/GotFood%3F.jpg Painting Alberta series - "Got Food?", oil on board, 12"x16" - SOLD This is a close up portrait of my old friend from the above painting, ‘Lake Louise Panhandler’. This raven was just such a character that I really wanted to ‘visit’ him again - even if it was just through paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751422243818-LTZHA28AYGYP6JY6O7ZL/HiddenDepths.jpg Painting Alberta series - Hidden Depths, oil on Panel, 36" x 54" This is one of my favourite paintings. Partly because it was a huge risk - showing the stark beauty of bare winter hills isn’t for everyone, so you worry that it will have appeal for anyone - but also because it was a brutal challenge. All the subtle variations in value and colour really kick me around the studio. But I grew in that struggle and that’s all you can hope for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751422824912-DAEK7S20B9O7Q1XNALZR/ThawComestoBeaverFlats.jpg Painting Alberta series - Thaw Comes to the Beaver Flats, oil on Panel, 24" x 32" The Three Sister mountain range is absolutely iconic in Canmore - just 14 kms from Banff and an hour away from my home. Often people say ‘why paint them? Everyone’s painted them - it’s so boring!’ I couldn’t disagree more. I’ve painted them 9 or 10 times at this point and they have been a very different challenge each time and they teach me more about painting every time. Until that stops, I’ll keep on painting them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751422658751-MR8LHSFU82B2JY9WNCKL/SunsetonGapLake.jpg Painting Alberta series - Fall Comes to Gap Lake, oil on Panel, 36" x 48" Gap Lake is 45 minutes from my home - thanks to a new bypass highway. If I’m short of time but have a hankering to paint outdoors, I generally head there. This is a studio painting based off about 6 different outdoor paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751422438323-Z6OKCND2KI1JICC81608/IntotheGloaming2.jpg Painting Alberta series - Into the Gloaming, oil on Panel, 30" x 40" This is the view from my brother and sisters house overlooking Fish Creek Park. This view never fails to make me want to paint it. Into the gloaming is a Scottish expression that describes the incredibly fleeting moment between last light of day and full night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751421916335-J8EUJK37AWC6E3V2JCJV/DaysEndSheepRiverFalls.jpg Painting Alberta series - Evening at Sheep River Falls, oil on Canvas, 24" x 36" Sheep River Falls is only an hour away from my home and has offered me many plein air painting trips. This is a studio work based off of all of those experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751421654203-KNXPJZH9BE4IOSH2Z71B/AWorldReflected.jpg Painting Alberta series - A World Reflected, oil on Panel, 22" x 30" This is one of my favourite spots in Fish Creek - we’re incredibly lucky here in Calgary, Alberta. Fish Creek is a park in the city itself that is vast and when you’re in it, you’d never even suspect you’re in such a cosmopolitan and urban and busy city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1751422076058-ESL961AEB3GCUHUQWR1S/FallsGlory.jpg Painting Alberta series - Falls Glory, oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" This is from a combination of plein air painting and having another go at the idea on a separate canvas in the studio. I gave myself a 2.5 hour time limit to try to keep the studio work as fresh as the outdoor painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1744345331439-KIKVB85TIRPWQRSNF9XJ/Levitt_Lake+Louise+Tryptich3.jpg Painting Alberta series - Lake Louise Tryptich, oil on Panel, 48" x 90" This is one of my favourite spots in the world. It’s tough to have quiet time as it’s so intensely busy, but I tried to show off it’s silent and peaceful majesty in this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1744345441575-BWNK6B8AFK1PCHNCGABO/Levitt_LkLouise+Left+Bank+1st+Trytcih+panel.jpg Painting Alberta series - Lake Louise Left Bank - panel 1, oil on panel, 48" x 30" This is the first panel in the tryptych. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1744345464158-ZQQU634GQ51QFSO4J3A8/Levitt_LkLouise+MiddleValley+2nd+Trytcih+panel.jpg Painting Alberta series - Lake Louise Middle Valley - Panel 2, oil on panel, 48" x 30" This is the middle panel of the tryptych. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1744345495879-9CWK8E16RYZASRTYOUZU/Levitt_LkLouise+Right+Bank+3rd+Trytcih+panel.jpg Painting Alberta series - Lake Louise Right Bank - Panel 3, oil on panel, 48" x 30" This is the third panel in the tryptych. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1687993087845-MODE4K5FQ2IATTTSKJCQ/RemainsoftheDay.jpg Painting Alberta series - Remains of the Day, oil on panel, 31.5"x47" - SOLD This is my favourite time to view the mountain range known as the 3 sisters in Canmore, Alberta. I’ve long wanted to paint a scene of these mountains with the last little caress of the sun hitting the sides of the mountains. I’ve watched this moment happen many times in my life and just decided it was time to try to capture it in paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1687993257267-863UK58J8A8VBWTCZMP0/GoldRush.jpg Painting Alberta series - Gold Rush, oil on canvas, 36"x48" I was hiking along the lower range of Mount Yamnuska near Banff and Canmore in my home of Alberta last fall. I’m almost embarrassed to say that out of all the time I’ve spent hiking the mountains around Calgary, I’d never hiked Mt. Yamnuska before. I’ve discovered this is yet another ‘must paint’ area for me. This painting is the start of my trying to do just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1687993477045-V6AT2FY5RPM36AQOARA1/NightLight.jpg Painting Alberta series - Night Light, oil on canvas, 24"x36" This is a peak west of Vermillion Lakes in Banff, Alberta. I’m always caught by the incredibly fleeting beauty of the last minutes of sun set in the mountains. It provides a huge challenge artistically because all the values and colours are so close together you really have to be on your game to make the painting convincing on any level. Scary but well worth trying to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1687993720265-FF92P96WJ12Q2JP9JRKR/FlyingHome+TheReturnofSummer.jpg Painting Alberta series - Flying Home - The Return of Summer, oil on canvas, 24"x36" This is an actual moment I witnessed while out plein air painting. And I was lucky enough to get my camera out quickly enough to capture it so I could try to paint it in the studio. I love Alberta’s mountains, but I equally love the prairies and this history they have. All the old homesteads, tractors, etc are like sculptures to me and the geese flying overhead was just a rush and a huge boost to the storytelling and composition of this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1687993983104-U3DMAGNOH8Z8T3MKCH6F/VermillionLkandRundle.jpg Painting Alberta series - Vermillion Lakes and Mt. Rundle, oil on panel, 24"x36" - SOLD This is a slightly different take on Mount Rundle in Banff National Park - it is truly iconic but is usually painted from a vantage point near the base of Vermillion Lakes. I wanted to gain more of a bird’s eye view of the scene for this painting. It involved 3 hours of aggressive and very steep hiking to attain the viewpoint I was after. I think it was worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665692610054-9LLHS8EZ6TY6AHIJVG9W/AlpineGlow.jpg Painting Alberta series - Alpine Glow, oil on panel, 48" x 72" - SOLD This painting shows off the splendour of Mount Gregor which is part of the Fairholme Range of peaks just outside Banff, Ab. This view is from a meadow just to the north of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665695583195-SV8M7OIB3JRZ1GVYFIE2/WarmthInAWinterSunset.jpg Painting Alberta series - Warmth in a Winter Sunset, oil on panel, 28" x 28" - SOLD This image is from an irrigation canal near my home in Alberta. The focus of the piece is to showcase how beautiful nature can make even an industrial scene look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665723993482-9UKTWGCIW33VD71T5341/DiamondsontheRiver.jpg Painting Alberta series - Diamonds on the River, oil on panel, 24" x 36" - SOLD This is near ForgetMeNot Pond in the Kananaskis mountain range about an hour west of Calgary, AB. The goal was to capture the feeling of sitting at the edge of a river on a beautiful summers day without a care in the world. Just taking it all in. So I painted the image from a ‘worm’s eye view’ to help along the feeling that the viewer was perched on a rock right at the river’s edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665697512605-7HDCBZV5X82NVA3SEJOG/SummerFlowers.jpg Painting Alberta series - Summer Flowers, oil on panel, 16" x 16" - SOLD I took part in a Plein Air paint out last summer and as I was leaving the town of Rosebud, AB (the location of the event) I saw this scene by the side of the road and had to give it a try. I’ve never painted flowers before and didn’t have anything to plein air paint the scene with having just used all of my panels during the event, so I took a series of photos, wrote down some colour notes and then painted this in the studio. I prefer painting from life, but this scene came back to me in all its glory even though I painted it in deep winter in my basement studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665702079202-YF1MST195MP9XT2XC73P/AndtheSunSetsOnAllThingsinTime.jpg Painting Alberta series - And The Sun Sets On All Things In Time..., oil on canvas mounted panel, 12" x 16" This painting was featured in a YouTube video on my Doug Levitt Fine Art channel. The focus of the lesson was power through colour and the way it can activate mood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665702352432-10KX2I1H0FW95C3DTUW0/study+for+TheEveningLight.jpg Painting Alberta series - study for The Evening Light, oil on canvas, 14" x 14" This was a quick study done in studio. I caught the scene driving home from a frigid plein air painting session in the mountains during winter and didn’t have time or thawed fingers to paint this from life. So the idea was to prove to myself I could capture the elements of the scene - the cool evening weather amidst the warmth of sunset (and the tiny kitchen light) - as convincingly in studio as it would have been painting it from life outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665702756797-E19U25SY7WCSUO4RLRVS/study+for+TwoJackLake.jpg Painting Alberta series - study for Two Jack Lake, oil on canvas mounted panel, 11" x 14" - SOLD Two Jack Lake is near Banff, AB and close to Lake Minniwanka. It is a magnificent spot in the heart of the Rockies and begs to be painted everytime I see it. This little island dotted with pine trees often ends up being my focus. It just makes me feel good looking at it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665722258772-K8VU5A8HMTWMFNYWSY2D/studyfor+LakeLouise.jpg Painting Alberta series - study for Lake Louise, oil on panel, 16" x 12" This is a study - studies take various shapes for me - some are for trying something I’ve never painted, some are for understanding the values and temperatures of colours before I go to a bigger painting, and still others are an exercise in staying loose and spontaneous with brush work and applying the paint. This was all of them rolled into one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db90f0e9e3d382f2f1cacd2/1665723207527-WVP4Z848SGRXSUPIIE8O/LakeLouise.jpg Painting Alberta series - Lake Louise, oil on panel, 20" x 30" This is a larger painting built on the previous study. I’m working up to a very large piece - 3’x4’ - so this is still kind of a study. There’s such a deep and spiritual mood to Lake Louise that I think it needs more exploration before I attempt the final piece. https://www.douglevitt.net/youtubeinstructional-videos daily 0.75 2022-10-14 https://www.douglevitt.net/store daily 0.75 2024-08-13