The 2017 Southampton Art School Annual Adventure was carrying on the legacy of my friend and artist Jane Champagne. This was the eighteenth demonstration painting and the first of Day 5 of the Plein Air Paint Out. It was a beautiful day. I wanted the last demonstration painting to be simple with no hiking or even any traveling. The waterfront of Killarney Channel in front of the Killarney Mountain Lodge was the perfect choice. As always I setup early and waited for the artists to arrive. Jojo and Judy watched a lot of this demonstration as it unfolded. Jojo interpreted what I was doing so I was able to stay more in the creative artistic zone.
A painting can be a lot like a puzzle of shapes, tones and colours. The oils add texture to that list. When painting en plein air with the pressures of time, sun and weather I continually have to decide which puzzle piece to put in next. One never knows how it will look until all of the pieces are assembled.
The sail boat is the Stormy Night registered out of Toronto. It must have been part of the package deal with the Killarney Mountain Lodge which Maury and Annabelle sold to the new owners. The clean morning light bathed the scene. I kept my colours clean by laying the proper colours in place and leaving those strokes alone. The waters of Shebahonaning were like glass. Killarney's original name was Shebahonaning and it means "safe canoe passage". It would have been enjoyable to paddle through the calm and mirrored surface of Killarney Channel.
A painting can be a lot like a puzzle of shapes, tones and colours. The oils add texture to that list. When painting en plein air with the pressures of time, sun and weather I continually have to decide which puzzle piece to put in next. One never knows how it will look until all of the pieces are assembled.
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