#2714 "Red Chairs Overlooking the Jim Day Rapids Swimming Hole"

#2714 "Red Chairs Overlooking the Jim Day Rapids Swimming Hole"
6x6 inch canvas oils

It was a beautiful sunny day - far too nice to work. "Walter" our resident very large fish that shared the swimming hole with me, jumped several times.

We keep red chairs on our floating dock. Jim Day Rapids is typically sheltered from the prevailing southwesterly winds. It is a very special and serene place to spend some time surrounded by nature and the sounds therein. Henry David Thoreau thoroughly enjoyed Walden's Pond. The Singleton Sanctuary works for us. 

Art is supposed to be fun. Recording the shapes, colours and sounds with a too-large brush and using lots of oils is the recipe for bold strokes with strong colours. I simply let the oils flow and did not need to please anyone but myself and Walter. 

Walden, Thoreau's most famous writing articulating the essence of Transcendentalism, was published in 1854.  It reflects the meaning of life like the calm waters of Jim Day Rapids on that November morning. 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick