This was the second day of the 2020 International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) Worldwide Paint Out. The International Plein Air Painters is a blanket organization created for the sole purpose of advancing the execution and enjoyment of plein air painting without the restrictions and limitations of borders or regions. I am a Charter and a Signature member with Honours dating from the fall of 2001. The horrific events of September 11th, 2001 prompted the creation of IPAP. Art is a universal language and we all benefit. The world needed the strong and positive response of art created outside and surrounded by nature.
The Frontenac County Court House in Kingston is the Courthouse for Frontenac County, Ontario. The Neoclassical building was designed by Edward Horsey and constructed by builders Scobell and Tossell. Alternation after 1874 fire added the dome tower. It overlooks City Park to its south, and Lake Ontario beyond. The front of the structure features the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The building is made from limestone. The building was originally designed to house the Parliament of Canada when Kingston was considered as a permanent capital for Canada. It opened in 1858. Its domed roof tower designed by John Power was added in 1874 after a fire. The three-tiered fountain was added in 1903. In 1980 it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
The City Park east of Queens was a very quiet place to paint as compared to Battery Park. I never took the time to visit this area while I was at Queens in 1972 through 1976. Nuclear physics kept me more than busy and I spent my life in Stirling and Jeffery Halls. There were a few people walking or playing frisbee with their dogs but otherwise the park was quiet. The few people that were around gave the strange, masked artist a wide birth. I thought it was a good time to record another Kingston landmark. Those fingers of cirrus in the sky told of the anticyclonic companion of the approaching warm conveyor belt and autumn rain.
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