Pat Da Silva 💙 🇨🇦
@patriciaharcourt.bsky.social
Toronto born artist who paints mainly with acrylics, also dabbles in oils and watercolours. Retired from a career in publishing & media. Proud Mom of a lovely adult daughter and calico rescue cat Hallie.
Day 4, #artadventcalendar Spring Poppies, an oldie but goodie and my best selling art card. My late mother’s garden was a source of inspiration and this painting reminds me of her. She passed in 2023.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 4, #artadventcalendar Spring Poppies, an oldie but goodie and my best selling art card. My late mother’s garden was a source of inspiration and this painting reminds me of her. She passed in 2023.
Day 3, #artadventcalendar This is Incoming! Mark Gray is a music teacher in Bonavista Newfoundland who let me use his photo of a puffin with a beak full of fish. I love puffins and their comical antics and wanted to convey that in my painting. Acrylic on canvas in 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Day 3, #artadventcalendar This is Incoming! Mark Gray is a music teacher in Bonavista Newfoundland who let me use his photo of a puffin with a beak full of fish. I love puffins and their comical antics and wanted to convey that in my painting. Acrylic on canvas in 2025.
Day 2, #artadventcalendar This is The Happy Pineapple, one of the 5 paintings I did during the pandemic lockdowns. So far 3 of the paintings have sold. #art
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Day 2, #artadventcalendar This is The Happy Pineapple, one of the 5 paintings I did during the pandemic lockdowns. So far 3 of the paintings have sold. #art
It’s December and time to post in the #artadventcalendar once again. To start off this years’ calendar I’m posting new art created in 2025. This is Linda’s Lillies, my first foray into watercolour. Thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing the calendar!
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s December and time to post in the #artadventcalendar once again. To start off this years’ calendar I’m posting new art created in 2025. This is Linda’s Lillies, my first foray into watercolour. Thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing the calendar!
The Monster Dahlia is now 4 feet tall and going for a second blooming with 8 buds in various stages. Got my money’s worth with bulbs at Sobeys this year!#september
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Monster Dahlia is now 4 feet tall and going for a second blooming with 8 buds in various stages. Got my money’s worth with bulbs at Sobeys this year!#september
Lovely double rainbow tonight at 6 pm.
September 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Lovely double rainbow tonight at 6 pm.
My Monster Dahlia is 43 inches tall and blooming! One beautiful flower so far and 2 more on the way.
August 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My Monster Dahlia is 43 inches tall and blooming! One beautiful flower so far and 2 more on the way.
My new painting is done, ready to start something different. Prairie Storm Approaching is 12”x12”, acrylic on gallery canvas.
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My new painting is done, ready to start something different. Prairie Storm Approaching is 12”x12”, acrylic on gallery canvas.
April 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#blueskyartshow #peaceful #photography An autumn view of the ravine that’s behind where I live in Oshawa ON. 🇨🇦
April 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#blueskyartshow #peaceful #photography An autumn view of the ravine that’s behind where I live in Oshawa ON. 🇨🇦
#AcolouradayPril #calico
My senior rescue cat Hallie perched on her favourite stool. She is my second calico.
My senior rescue cat Hallie perched on her favourite stool. She is my second calico.
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#AcolouradayPril #calico
My senior rescue cat Hallie perched on her favourite stool. She is my second calico.
My senior rescue cat Hallie perched on her favourite stool. She is my second calico.
March 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hot off the easel, this is “Incoming!” I am participating in an art show and sale at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto this Saturday and am putting in 4 paintings including this one! My painting is based on a photo from Newfoundlander Mark Grey @mixolydian74.bsky.social. Give him a follow! 👍
March 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hot off the easel, this is “Incoming!” I am participating in an art show and sale at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto this Saturday and am putting in 4 paintings including this one! My painting is based on a photo from Newfoundlander Mark Grey @mixolydian74.bsky.social. Give him a follow! 👍
Icicles hang from the eaves trough of my house after a weekend of heavy snow. We are having a real Canadian winter here!
February 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Icicles hang from the eaves trough of my house after a weekend of heavy snow. We are having a real Canadian winter here!
#OnlyBeautifulThings this lovely Dahlia from last October.
January 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#OnlyBeautifulThings this lovely Dahlia from last October.
Day 24, #ArtAdventCalendar For the final day I’m posting a pic of my work in progress, another Puffin! I hope to post “Incoming!” in next year’s Calendar.
Thanks to @JayIsPainting for organizing the Calendar, I hope you’re feeling better. Loved connecting with & following other artists!
Thanks to @JayIsPainting for organizing the Calendar, I hope you’re feeling better. Loved connecting with & following other artists!
December 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Day 24, #ArtAdventCalendar For the final day I’m posting a pic of my work in progress, another Puffin! I hope to post “Incoming!” in next year’s Calendar.
Thanks to @JayIsPainting for organizing the Calendar, I hope you’re feeling better. Loved connecting with & following other artists!
Thanks to @JayIsPainting for organizing the Calendar, I hope you’re feeling better. Loved connecting with & following other artists!
Day 23, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Yellowknife, from 2015. My sister is featured in the painting from a photo my father took in the early 1990’s.
December 23, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Day 23, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Yellowknife, from 2015. My sister is featured in the painting from a photo my father took in the early 1990’s.
Day 22, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Killbear Provincial Park from 2012. It sold to a university friend the minute I posted the image on Facebook. It has sold well as an Art Card since then. 😄
December 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Day 22, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Killbear Provincial Park from 2012. It sold to a university friend the minute I posted the image on Facebook. It has sold well as an Art Card since then. 😄
Day 21, #ArtAdventCalendar This is The Sunbathers from 2005. One of my first paintings, this one was of my beloved cat Chloe.
December 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Day 21, #ArtAdventCalendar This is The Sunbathers from 2005. One of my first paintings, this one was of my beloved cat Chloe.
Day 20, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Rose at the Beach (Barbados). It’s a cold, snowy day here and this painting always cheers me up at this time of year!
December 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Day 20, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Rose at the Beach (Barbados). It’s a cold, snowy day here and this painting always cheers me up at this time of year!
Day 19, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Florida Sunset from 2018. Reference pic was from a high school/Facebook friend who was living in Fort Lauderdale at the time.
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Day 19, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Florida Sunset from 2018. Reference pic was from a high school/Facebook friend who was living in Fort Lauderdale at the time.
Day 18, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Apple Blossoms from 2009. I had 4 fruit trees in my backyard when I lived in Pickering. It was a challenge to pick the fruit before the squirrels and wasps beat me to it.
December 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Day 18, #ArtAdventCalendar This is Apple Blossoms from 2009. I had 4 fruit trees in my backyard when I lived in Pickering. It was a challenge to pick the fruit before the squirrels and wasps beat me to it.
Day 17, #ArtAdventCalendar Here is September Poppies, a small (8”x8”) painting from 2010. The flowers were grown from seed, and for reasons unknown I have been unable to grow poppies since then.
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Day 17, #ArtAdventCalendar Here is September Poppies, a small (8”x8”) painting from 2010. The flowers were grown from seed, and for reasons unknown I have been unable to grow poppies since then.