Shirley Ann Cone, Canadian Artist

01/27/2025

Trash Panda Takes a Dip
18x24 - Gallery Birch Canvas, Acrylic
Photo reference my own. I spotted this racoon at the side of the road and decided to follow it. I caught this photo before it took a little swim to a little spot where I couldn’t follow.

12/02/2024

Keeping up with social media is a bit of a challenge, but I have completed a few paintings in the past year. These two were inspired by our trip to PEI last year. The first were sanderlings napping at the shore line and a gorgeous red fox striking a pose

02/20/2024

Doing a few tweaks on a painting I started a long time ago. I painted this once in coloured pencil, and decided to change it up and do it in acrylic. Another large one, 24x36
Reference photos: my own. A black wolf, that wasn’t solid black.

11/22/2023

If anyone local is interested in any of my paintings or prints please contact me. I can arrange viewing. Thank you!

11/22/2023

Purchase online here. Red deer. Deer are such fascinating animals. They are graceful, yet strong at the same time. I was aiming to catch this personality and show how splendid his antlers are.

11/22/2023

Original is sold but if anyone is interested in a print or a copy on a canvas, please contact me or you may order through Artpal directly.

Purchase online here. Nothing sweeter than watching the mare with her newborn foal. The bond is beautiful to observe. Rainbow, the mare, this was her second foal, a little filly named Daphne who is the sweetest little thing. I nicknamed her Baby Boo, because she would make the tiniest little boo sou...

11/22/2023

Purchase online here. Clarice was a foal at the barn where we board our horses. She was the 2021 filly that year from the stallion Creme de la Creme, a beautiful dun warmblood. The day I took this reference photo, she was napping in the pasture and just enjoying the sun.

11/22/2023

Purchase online here. Nothing more graceful than watching horses running. The inspiration for this painting was grass day, where the horses were turned out to pasture in the spring and the excitement of the day for them. The freedom they experience after being in the winter paddocks is beautiful to....

11/22/2023

Purchase online here. Two fox kittens that were hiding in the brush, watching what I was doing when I was taking the photos. Acrylic 16 x 20, gallery birch canvas

11/22/2023

Purchase online here. A portrait of a Canadian Geese Family. The parents are always protecting their young goslings and even at an early age they are always watching for danger. Acrylic - Gallery wood canvas 24 x 36 inches Reference photos for creating the painting were taken by the artist.

11/10/2023

11/10/2023

Clarice was the first Crème de la Crème foal at the barn, who loved her pasture time.
Clarice’s Nap
Acrylic 30x40, gallery canvas
Reference: my own

11/10/2023

11/10/2023

Finally updating my artwork and showing the progression of the painting, how it goes from the blocked in stage to adding detail.

Mother's Love (Rainbow and Daphne)
Size: 24 X 30
Acrylic on Gallery Canvas
Reference: My own photo