#2875 "Dumoine Towering Cumulus with Virga"

#2875 "Dumoine Towering Cumulus with Virga"
Oils on canvasboard 5 X 7 inches).
Started 10:30 am Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
from very near N46.459331 W77.767969 - 
standing in the water...

After completing #2874 "Lone Dumoine Canoeist Under Dark Virga", I quickly grabbed another canvas and stayed in the artistic zone. The weather continued to change rapidly. I barely missed a brushstroke as I continued to record another weather observation. 

The clouds were in turmoil with convection! The sky to the north was filled by the flanks of towering cumulus. Dark shafts of virga and rain appeared sporadically as the cumulus congestus jostled about in the unstable air mass. It was impossible to chase the clouds so I simply picked a moment in time and stayed with those shapes and colours. It never rained on me but the clouds on the northern horizon certainly put on a show. 

This is number twelve 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.

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick