#2873 "Dumoine Trippers under a Cumulus Sky"

#2873 "Dumoine Trippers under a Cumulus Sky"
Oils on burnt sienna oil tinted commercial canvas panel -
 5 (height) X 7 (width) and 1/4 profile (inches).
Started 10:00 am Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
from very near N46.459331 W77.767969. 

The clouds were morphing into convective cumulus as the sun and temperatures continued to rise. The gray stratus still occupied the cloud bases but the cloud tops were increasingly lumpy. 

A group of Dumoine trippers came into view paddling downstream as I painted. I think there were six canoes in total. I employed my toothpick typically reserved for scratching my signature in the wet oils. The toothpick was loaded with cadmium red and six strokes later, the canoes were on the panel. Another dozen stabs with various shades of white and brown filled those canoes with paddlers. The aluminum colours on the beach in front of John's Cabin were the canoes of the CPAWS DRAW participants. 

This is number ten of thirty-five paintings I completed en plein air at CPAWS DRAW 2024. 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 CPAW and keep the 'wild' in the wilderness. 

I was still painting from my water-based position in order to frustrate the ankle-biting flies.

For this and much more art, click on Pixels or go straight to the Collections. Here is the new Wet Paint 2024 Collection. Here is the link to the CPAWS DRAW Collection. 

Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick