#2176 "Hidden Red Chairs"

My friend Robert P. Hedden was the founder and moving force behind the Plein Air Painters Thousand Island Region (PAPTIR). They have visited Singleton Lake many times before. Wednesday September 5th was the 2018 visit. The temperature was in the mid thirties and the humidex was well into the forties. Even the breeze off Singleton Lake felt more like a blast furnace. I had to remain in the shade to paint of the large soft maple. The top of this tree is dead. Cavities in the top of the main stem have been used by pileated woodpeckers and goodness knows what other creatures - maybe even grey rat snakes. I was still using the oils from the Dumoine River Trip of early August and they were getting thicker under the heat.

This is one of my favourite views across the marble ledge pointing into Jim Day Rapids. The red chairs are as comfortable as they look. We all need to sit down more and just watch the world and the water flow by.

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