#2806 "Foggy Morning at a Dumoine Waterfall"

This pond on the northwest side of Dumoine Road is near Kilometre Eight. The road is signed at 1-kilometre intervals along its length. The CPAWS DRAW Camp of 2023 was at Kilometre Four and the location of Bonanza. 

I started to paint around 7:15 am and stayed in the same spot looking into the fog and the forest. The August sun was quickly burning off the fog so the landscape changed by the minute. It is important to lock in your subject matter from the start and not to attempt to chase the light. 

A curious mink came bounding along the shore as I painted. A moose had left its tracks in the sandy shoulder of the road sometime overnight. 

The lakes along the Dumoine road are "wide spots" in the Pinceau River which empties into the Ottawa River below the ZEC (Zone d'Expressions Coopératives - Area Co-Expression).

CPAWS-Ottawa Valley has hosted DRAW Retreat for Artists since 2017. DRAW is a clever acronym for Dumoine River Art for Wilderness. I have attended every year except during COVID. There is no better cause. The goals are admirable and ones that I deeply share. The goal is ultimately to make a lasting difference like A.Y. Jackson and the Ontario Society of Artists did in the case of Killarney Provincial Park. The impacts of climate change are already being felt. There is no time for dithering. 

Done like dinner...

This is number fourteen of twenty-seven paintings I completed en plein air at CPAWS DRAW 2023. It was a wonderful experience with a terrific group of people. https://cpaws-ov-vo.org/draw-retreat-artists/ A portion of sales from this endeavour will go to support CPWAS and keep the wild in the wilderness. 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick