#2325 "Kitchikewana Rocks"

This is just one of the potential sixty thousand or more rocky points created by the ill tempered God Kitchikewana. Each of the thirty thousand rocky islands of the Parry Sound Archipelago must have a minimum of two points jutting into the water of eastern Georgian Bay. I do not think I will get to all of those painting points but I visited this one at least twice - once in this painting and again in #2326 "Cirrus Lines". Every canvas is a challenge to embrace regardless of the subject matter.

The white pine on this particular point was very exposed to the onshore winds off Georgian Bay and was heavily flagged. The branches on the lee side of the point stretched far and wide. Those branches on the windward side were short and stubby or actually twisted to the lee by the wind. This is what I wanted to say with this painting even though I focused on the rocks tossed by Kitchikewana. The humour in the title was meant to imply that Kitchikewana could have been a rock-star.

The 30,000 Islands of the Parry Sound Archipelago have an interesting legend. Kitchikewana was a god large and powerful enough to guard all of Georgian Bay. Alas, this god had a bad temper. His tribe felt that Kitchikewana was in need of a wife to calm him down. The tribe held a party with prospectus brides. Kitchikewana was smitten by a lady named Wanakita. The god started planning the wedding after the party but apparently did not tell Wanakita. When the wedding was ready, Kitchikewana invited his beloved to return but Wanakita told him that she was already engaged. The enraged Kitchikewana destroyed the wedding preparations. More importantly he grabbed a huge ball of earth and threw it toward present day Parry Sound thus creating the Thirty Thousand Islands. The indentations left behind by old Kitchi's fingers form the five bays of Georgian Bay: Midland Bay, Penetang Bay, Hog Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Matchedash Bay. Kitchikewana then laid down and still sleeps on Giant's Tomb Island. A large statue of Kitchikewana can be found on the main street of Penetanguishene.

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