Driveway Shinny Game18" x 24"

$2,375.00 CAD

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About the Artwork

Driveway Shinny Game is a 18" × 24" oil on canvas painting by Rod Charlesworth (b. 1955), depicting children playing ice hockey on a snow-covered driveway lined with classic vehicles.

The composition is built around a red truck, which draws the eye toward an orange-hued house with yellow-lit windows beyond. A purple shack stands nearby, adding a further note of colour to the scene, alongside a meandering wooden fence. The bright colours of the parked vehicles stand out against the white of the snow-covered driveway, while the yellow-lit windows suggest the warm interior light of early evening set against the cooler tones of the winter scene outside.

Charlesworth applies his signature bold brushstrokes throughout the composition, using an impasto technique that builds up the paint on the canvas surface. This thick application of paint gives the snow, vehicles, and buildings a tangible, textured quality, adding physical depth to the scene beyond flat colour and line. The rich texture created by this technique is intended to draw the viewer into the cold air and muffled sounds of the driveway hockey game, grounding the whimsical subject matter in a tactile, hand-painted surface.

Dimensions and Details

Title: Driveway Shinny Game
Artist: Rod Charlesworth (b. 1955)
Size: 18" × 24" (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Condition: Excellent
Display: Finished-edge canvas, ready to hang unframed.

Acquisition Enquiries

Driveway Shinny Game is an original oil on canvas painting available through West End Gallery. To acquire this work or arrange a private viewing, please contact the gallery. Shipping is quoted by location, complimentary delivery is available within Edmonton, and layaway options are available upon request.

Citations

Hambleton Galleries, Rod Charlesworth, hambletongalleries.com, accessed 2026.
Adele Campbell Fine Art, Rod Charlesworth, adelecampbell.com, accessed 2026.

Accessibility Description

This oil painting shows a residential winter scene on a snow-covered driveway. In the background, a house painted in an orange tone stands with several windows lit in yellow, suggesting light from inside. A small shack painted purple sits nearby. Bare trees and a wooden fence run along the edge of the property, adding vertical lines to the composition. Several vintage vehicles in bright colours are parked along the driveway and street, including a red truck positioned prominently within the scene. The snow covering the driveway and surrounding ground is built up with thick, textured brushwork in white and pale tones. In the foreground, children are shown playing ice hockey, rendered as small figures engaged in the game. The paint throughout the composition is applied thickly, in a raised, textured manner that gives the surface a tactile quality, particularly visible in the snow and the parked vehicles. The overall palette combines the white of the snow with the red of the truck, the orange of the house, the yellow of its windows, and the purple of the shack. No signature is described in the existing product text.

Full Provenance

Provenance information is not currently recorded. Please enquire for updates.

Disclaimer

This description has been prepared by West End Gallery using original documentation and current scholarship. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, minor variations or additional information may emerge through ongoing research. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to contact us to confirm any details critical to their acquisition decision.

Driveway Shinny Game | 18" x 24"

About the Artwork

Driveway Shinny Game is a 18" × 24" oil on canvas painting by Rod Charlesworth (b. 1955), depicting children playing ice hockey on a snow-covered driveway lined with classic vehicles.

The composition is built around a red truck, which draws the eye toward an orange-hued house with yellow-lit windows beyond. A purple shack stands nearby, adding a further note of colour to the scene, alongside a meandering wooden fence. The bright colours of the parked vehicles stand out against the white of the snow-covered driveway, while the yellow-lit windows suggest the warm interior light of early evening set against the cooler tones of the winter scene outside.

Charlesworth applies his signature bold brushstrokes throughout the composition, using an impasto technique that builds up the paint on the canvas surface. This thick application of paint gives the snow, vehicles, and buildings a tangible, textured quality, adding physical depth to the scene beyond flat colour and line. The rich texture created by this technique is intended to draw the viewer into the cold air and muffled sounds of the driveway hockey game, grounding the whimsical subject matter in a tactile, hand-painted surface.

Dimensions and Details

Title: Driveway Shinny Game
Artist: Rod Charlesworth (b. 1955)
Size: 18" × 24" (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Condition: Excellent
Display: Finished-edge canvas, ready to hang unframed.

Acquisition Enquiries

Driveway Shinny Game is an original oil on canvas painting available through West End Gallery. To acquire this work or arrange a private viewing, please contact the gallery. Shipping is quoted by location, complimentary delivery is available within Edmonton, and layaway options are available upon request.

Citations

Hambleton Galleries, Rod Charlesworth, hambletongalleries.com, accessed 2026.
Adele Campbell Fine Art, Rod Charlesworth, adelecampbell.com, accessed 2026.

Accessibility Description

This oil painting shows a residential winter scene on a snow-covered driveway. In the background, a house painted in an orange tone stands with several windows lit in yellow, suggesting light from inside. A small shack painted purple sits nearby. Bare trees and a wooden fence run along the edge of the property, adding vertical lines to the composition. Several vintage vehicles in bright colours are parked along the driveway and street, including a red truck positioned prominently within the scene. The snow covering the driveway and surrounding ground is built up with thick, textured brushwork in white and pale tones. In the foreground, children are shown playing ice hockey, rendered as small figures engaged in the game. The paint throughout the composition is applied thickly, in a raised, textured manner that gives the surface a tactile quality, particularly visible in the snow and the parked vehicles. The overall palette combines the white of the snow with the red of the truck, the orange of the house, the yellow of its windows, and the purple of the shack. No signature is described in the existing product text.

Full Provenance

Provenance information is not currently recorded. Please enquire for updates.

Disclaimer

This description has been prepared by West End Gallery using original documentation and current scholarship. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, minor variations or additional information may emerge through ongoing research. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to contact us to confirm any details critical to their acquisition decision.