#2808 "Dumoine Road Headed to Bonanza"

#2808 "Dumoine Road Headed to Bonanza"
5x7 oils on canvas panel

The August sun was starting to get hot even at 8 am. I decided to stand in the shade of the forest and paint the Dumoine Road looking back toward Bonanza and the CPAWS Camp. The view was actually looking west-southwest as the Dumoine Road does an abrupt turn to the east. A road can't be very straight in the rugged terrain of the Dumoine watershed. The front-lit colours were stronger with the rising sun on my back. 

The tree shadows stretching across the sandy road played tic tac toe with the shadows of the ruts from the truck traffic. The sun was still fairly low in the sky and the shadows all were long. 

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. 

This is number sixteen of twenty-eight 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