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| #2903 "Summer Paradise at Hedgehog Island on Red Horse Lake" 4 X 6 and 1/4 profile (inches). Started 11:00 am Friday, September 13th, 2024 from very near N44.541769° W76.076237° |
This was the fifth work of the three-day International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) WORLDWIDE Paint Out. There was not much of an "internet" in the autumn of 2001 to facilitate the forming of the International Plein Air Painters Organization. This plein air painting group was simply started within "Yahoo Groups". Small gatherings of artists responded to the horrific tragedy that was 911 throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Italy and some islands in the Caribbean. In 2024 International Plein Air Painters celebrates its 23rd Anniversary. I am a Charter and Honours Signature member of IPAP joining immediately in October 2001 when approached by the founder and my friend Jacq Baldini.
I also painted this windswept point in #2685 "End of the Line on Webster Road". The cottage on the north side of the bottleneck separating the east and west basins of Red Horse Lake has always caught my eye. Apparently, this cottage is on Hedgehog Island according to the maps I could find. The flagged pines on the exposed tip of Hedgehog Island never cease to inspire my brush.
Occasionally I see vehicles parked at this pretty cottage. Webster Road must be passable but I have never driven it. Once in a spring flood (I think it was 2014), I actually paddled to Webster Road via Lyndhurst Creek and Mud Lake. Webster Road was washed out at that point. The actual roadbed was 10 to 15 feet above the flood waters but the torrent had burst through a significant chunk of the road making it impassable by anything except my canoe. It was a fun paddle. Mud Lake is not very deep!
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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,
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