#2897 "Dumoine Convection on the Southern Horizon"

#2897 "Dumoine Convection on the Southern Horizon"
Oils on smooth panel 8 X 10 (inches).
Started 3:00 pm Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
from very near N46.467033 W77.768292.

                 Painting in the shade.               

I had a smooth panel that I thought would be fun for a mid-afternoon skyscape. I set up my easel in the shade of the shoreline white cedar tree which I had painted earlier in #2882 "Dumoine Shore Twisted Roots". Panels that have no "tooth" to grab the oils encourage the artist to be perhaps more painterly. The oils are easy to turn into mud on a slippery surface. This encourages the artist to resist the urge to overwork a canvas. Simply lay the right colours in and leave them alone. Move on...

Some convection was developing on the southern horizon along the surface warm front. The towering cumulus clouds were fueled by the warm and moist airmass. The cells were tipped over by the southwesterly winds aloft. 

There was a stable layer at higher levels that supported gravity waves. Those cloud bands confirmed the southwesterly winds aloft. The stable layer was the warm frontal surface. If we knew the height of that front above the Dumoine, we could estimate the location of the surface front to the south. The slope of a warm frontal surface is typically about 1 in 200. This means that if the gravity wave clouds in the stable layer were 1 to 2 kilometres above John's Cabin, the warm front would be about 200 to 400 kilometres away to the south. 

This is number thirty-four 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. 

#2897 "Dumoine Convection on the Southern Horizon" "done like dinner".
Do I have the energy for one more painting? 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick