#2929 "The Other Side of Jones Light"

#2929 "The Other Side of Jones Light"
16 x 20 Oils on stretched canvas. 
Started at 10:00 am Thursday, February 27th, 2025.

These photos were taken by my good friend Cam Lindsey, whom I have known since 1985 when we moved to Schomberg, Ontario - right after the Barrie Tornado of Friday, May 31st. The following paintings were based on these photos. The locations would have only been paintable from a boat. An easel presents an unfathomable challenge in deep water. 

I have been to this location several times. I was looking for fresh material to inspire me while the winter weather encouraged me to paint within the comforts of the Singleton Studio. Cam knows what stimulates my art, and I welcome the photos that do not require me to travel repeatedly to my favourite haunts. Georgian Bay is a special place but quite a drive from the Singleton Sanctuary. I used the title from Cameron's email as the title of this painting. 

I painted Jones Island Range Rear Lighthouse from the other side of this view in #2329 "Jones Island Lighthouse Point". It is a smaller 8x10 canvas. Both works are all about the sky. 

This is a weatherscape with some backlit flagged pines thrown in for good measure. The Jones Island Range Rear Lighthouse is strategically positioned at an intersection of the rule of thirds. This is a good rule which I often employ. I prefer to ignore any dictums based on personal whims and the marketplace. 

A weather system was approaching the Georgian Bay archipelago on the morning of Thursday, July 23rd, 2020. The high-level cirrostratus were arranged in gravity waves that the southerly winds of the warm conveyor belt shook like a bed sheet. A deck of altocumulus were also arranged in gravity wave arcs. The mid levels of the atmosphere were conditionally unstable, turning those lines of clouds into cumulus bubbles. The backlit convective clouds were darkest in their centre, consistent with the morning light. Cirrus (in the upper left) is not optically opaque, so it does not vary significantly through its expanse. 

Weather systems move slower in the summer with the weaker jet stream characteristic of the warm season. Inclement weather would not arrive for another day. 

The pines anchored to the otherwise barren rock were heavily flagged toward the east. All of nature revealed that the view was looking southerly. 

I tried to keep the brush strokes painterly while staying true to the landscape. 

#2929 "The Other Side of Jones Light" was painted within the Singleton Studio.
 I employed up to three palettes to keep my colours clean...

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick