#2812 "August Sunrise at Rapids des Joachims"

#2812 "August Sunrise at Rapids des Joachims"
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I set up my field easel at Rapids des Joachims' public dock. This was my next selection in order to avoid the dusty traffic on Dumoine Road. It was clear that the time was very limited before the rain started. I was almost in the same location as when I painted #2800 "Sunrise on Colton Bay of the Ottawa River" on the previous Friday morning. 

I decided to concentrate on the weather as the landforms were not going to be moving. The overcast cirrostratus was thick. Gravity wave bands of altostratus side-stepped across the sky. There was some virga and a few rain drops but I was able to finish before the nimbostratus arrived. 

There was no one at the public wharf. It was so very quiet that the populace must have heard and listened to the torrential weather forecast. 

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 twenty 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. 

For this and much more art, click on Pixels. To go to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Collection on Fine Art America, click here. 

Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick