#2155 "Grande Chute Cascade"

The morning fog and mist had lifted into stratus fractus. The overcast stratus of just an hour or so before was in the process of being torn up into shreds. There was no cloud above. It was going to be another hot and humid day on the Dumoine River. The prolonged southwesterly flow of warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico was actually a water vapour plume. These meteorological entities are also known as atmospheric rivers. I had helped to create COMET Modules describing both phenomenon. Thunderstorms were going to visit the region once again later in the day.

I decided to move to the shady side of the bridge and paint looking downstream. The August sun was too much for my fair complexion... humour intended.

Three turkey vultures soared into the scene when I started to sketch out the composition. Initially I was going to put them all into the painting but the trees grew into the sky and only one turkey vulture subtly remained. One dark flick of oil on the slippery smooth panel was all that was required to create the illusion of a turkey vulture. The bird actually looks like an extension of one of the pines but I did not have the heart to obliterate the last of the three amigo's.

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