China Cloud

Series 5 - China Cloud

China Cloud Under Sail
China Cloud Under Sail

#26 China Cloud Under Sail (17 3/8 x 13 7/8) $190. Can. Funds
15 prints sold,
#2 , #18 signed prints still available $380.
Original oil painting available
China Cloud was out in the lead during a race at the 1992 Sail-In, in Sabine Channel, between Lasqueti Island and Texada Island. The wind was SE about 25 knots.

 

China Cloud at Maple Bay
China Cloud at Maple Bay

#33 China Cloud at Maple Bay (10 3/4 x 8 1/4) $110. Can. Funds
17 prints sold, 1 print available now
Original oil painting sold
Maple Bay on Vancouver Island, in the 80's, accessible only by boat, was a favourite anchorage of the Farrells while living on board the China Cloud. A 42 foot three-masted Chinese junk rig was the last major boat built by Allen Farrell completely by hand. Gerry Fossum was given the China Cloud before Allen passed away, and has her tied to a private dock near Esquimalt, B.C.

 

Sharie in the Garden
Sharie in the Garden

#31 Sharie in the Garden (11 3/4 x 14 1/4) $170. Can. Funds
25 prints sold,  2 prints available now
#23 signed print still available $ 340.
Original oil painting not for sale
Allen Farrell's favourite of all of his paintings, is Sharie in the garden on Lasqueti Island. In the late 70's, while homesteading on the island, Allen and Sharie built a hand made house and hauled many wheelbarrow loads of seaweed from beach to the garden some distance up the road.

 

 

China Cloud at Comox
China Cloud at Comox

#24 China Cloud at Comox (13 x 10 1/4) $170. Can. Funds
24 prints sold, 2 prints available now
Original oil painting sold
Allen and Sharie Farrell were peacefully secured at anchor near the mouth of the Comox River in 1985.

 

 

Wolf Island
Wolf Island

#22 Wolf Island (12 x 8 3/4) $160. Can. Funds
9 prints sold
#2, #11 and #12 signed prints still available $320.
Original oil painting available
Wolf Island is a tiny island in False Bay, Laqueti Island, a favourite anchorage of the Farrells.

 

Sharie At Rouse Bay
Sharie At Rouse Bay

#14 Sharie at Rouse Bay (16 x 12) $180. Can Funds
10 prints sold
#12 and #9 signed prints still available $360.
Original oil painting available
Sharie, Allen's wife is poised on shore in Rouse Bay, east side of Lasqueti Island, as a blue heron takes flight.

 

 

Carloda N. in a Green Sea
Carloda N. in a Green Sea

#12 Carloda N. in a Green Sea (10 x 8) $110. Can. Funds
8 prints sold
#7 signed print still available $220.
Original oil painting sold
The ex-fish packer the Carloda N. built in l936, was owned by Keray Farrell for many years.Here she is cruising in Sabine Channel, between Lasqaueti Island and Texada Island, with a SE gale blowing.

 

China Cloud Under the Rainbow
China Cloud Under the Rainbow

#32 China Cloud Under the Rainbow (10 x 8) 110. Can. Funds
2 prints sold,
#3 signed print still available $220.
Original oil painting available
China Cloud was Allen and Sharie Farrell's last hand-crafted wooden liveaboard boat. Goliath Bay is up Jervis Inlet.

 

Trees
Trees

#46 Trees (9 1//4 x 12 1/8) $160. Can. Funds
9 prints sold,
#1 and #5 signed prints still available
Original oil painting available
Near Hope Bay, Pender Island, China Cloud is in the distance.Allen's sister Lois lived on Pender Island and was visited often by the Farrells.

 

 

Unknown Cove
Unknown Cove

#13 Unknown Cove (16 x 12) $180. Can. Funds
1 print sold
#2 signed print still available $360.
Original oil painting available
Allen and Sharie Farrell were out in their dory, in a pretty cove somewhere on the B.C. coast.

 

Float House False Bay
Float House False Bay

#28 Float House, False Bay (12 1/4 x 9 1/4) $160. Can. Funds
5 prints sold  2 prints available now
Original oil painting available
Here on Lasqueti Island in the 1970's, when young people turned back to the land, where a float house made a perfect home next to the abundant sea.

 

 

Thunderbird and Fish Boat
Thunderbird and Fish Boat

#20 Thunderbird and Fish Boat (11 3/4 x 8 3/4) $150. Can. Funds
3 prints sold
# 4 signed print still available $300.
Original oil painting available
In False Bay on the west side of Lasqueti Island, this fish boat is still moored.

 

 

Carloda N. and Family
Carloda N. and Family

#17 Carloda N. and Family (16 x 12) $180. Can. Funds
10 prints sold
none available now, please allow 2-3 weeks for printing and shipping
Original oil painting available
In the late 80's, Allen painted his son Keray and daughter Lisa, son Dave, and granddaughter Chelsea. The Carloda N. an ex-fish packer built in 1936, was anchored at Wolf Island close to Lasqueti Island.

 

Rouse Bay, Carloda N.
Rouse Bay, Carloda N.

#43 Carloda N. at Rouse Bay (16 x 12) $180. Can. Funds
2 prints sold, #1, #4, #5 signed prints still available $360.
Original oil painting available
The Carloda N. was a fish packer built in 1936. The marker is no longer there at the entrance to Rouse Bay, Lasqueti Island.

 

 

Sharie on Deck of China Cloud
Sharie on Deck of China Cloud

#38 Sharie on Deck of China Cloud (16 x 12) $180. Can. Funds
3 prints sold
#2 and #5 signed prints still available $360.
Original oil painting available
China Cloud 40 feet by 10 feet by 2 foot 10 inches, was Allen Farrell's own design, and hand built by both Allen and his wife Sharie in Scotty Bay on Lasqueti Island. Launched in 1982, without an engine, she sails single-handed from the cockpit. A single large sculling oat moves her when the wind dies.
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China Cloud at Newcastle Island
China Cloud at Newcastle Island

#49 China Cloud at Newcastle Island (12 1/4 x 10 1/4) $160. Can. Funds
3 prints sold,  1 print available now at $160.
#3 signed print still available $320.
Original oil painting available
China Cloud with her bilge keels, sits easily on the beach at Newcastle Island, near Nanaimo, B.C.

 

 

Wing & Wing
Wing & Wing

#52 Wing 'n Wing (12 x 13 5/8) $170. Can. Funds
3 prints sold, 1 print available now at $170.
#1 signed print still available $340.
Original oil painting available
China Cloud flying along somewhere in the Georgia Strait.

 

 

Skookumchuck
Skookumchuck

#53 Skookumchuck (16 x 12) $180. Can. Funds
9 prints sold, 1 print available now at $180.
#6 signed print still available $360.
Original oil painting available
Allen Farrell painted this from an aerial photograph, of the Skookumchuck Rapids that enter into Sechelt Inlet.

 

Hidden Bed and Breakfast
Hidden Bed and Breakfast

#56 B. & B. Lasqueti Island (8 1/2 x 10 1/4) $110. Can. Funds
1 print sold 
#1 and #2 signed prints still available $220.
Original oil painting sold.
Daisy Drake's home and B. & B. is overlooking China Cloud Bay, where Allen and Sharie lived for many years.

 

 

China Cloud and Carloda N.
China Cloud and Carloda N.

#29 China Cloud and Carloda N. (12 1/4 x 9 1/4) $160. Can. Funds
  4 prints sold
#3, #5 signed prints still available $320.
Original oil painting available
Allen and Sharie often tied up beside son Keray on the Carloda N. The dory was used to get to and fro here in Nanaimo Harbour.