#2882 "Dumoine Shore Twisted Roots"

#2882 "Dumoine Shore Twisted Roots"
Oils on stretched canvas 8 X 10 (inches).
Started 1:45 pm Thursday, August 1st, 2024
from very near N46.466339 W77.768197. 

It was important to stay hydrated and out of the strong August sun. After painting #2881 "Pincushion Island on the Dumoine River", I moved my easel so that I could see the exposed roots of an old cedar tree at the water's edge. The sun was moving into the afternoon sky. 

The strong current of the Dumoine was always trying to remove the soil from the shoreline and constantly competing with the roots of the cedars to keep that earth in place. In this section of exposed shoreline, the river was apparently winning. Trippers were probably contributing to the soil loss as canoes were obviously beached there - including my own on occasion when I did not employ the other downstream sandy beach by the large white pine. 

This is number nineteen 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. 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick