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| #2972 "Spring Paddle to White Pine Island" 16 x 20 by 3/4 depth stretched canvas (inches) Started 9:30 am Thursday, August 14th, 2025 |
The water was like glass on Sunday, April 13th, 2025, so I went for a paddle around Singleton Lake. This is the second painting from that paddle after #2971 "April White Pine Island".
This is the northwest tip of White Pine Island, looking westward from my canoe. Several convective windstorms had ripped through the area in the past few years, shredding those three very exposed white pines. The trees leaning into the water provide excellent habitat for nature and are best left alone. Trees provide life even after they die.
A Russian proverb says, "your home is not where you know the trees, but where the trees know you." These trees watch me paddle past several times every year, so this must be home. People are the same around the world.
Eastern White Pines commonly live for about 200 to 250 years, but some trees can live significantly longer, with documented cases reaching over 500 years. White pines typically climb above the forest canopy.
#2971 was just about finished in the following image. The masking tape "Art-Bar Codes" on the Studio Easel reveals that while I had also started #2972, 2973, 2974 and 2975 but #2971 still needed my attention. One should never rush art... good things take time. It is important to be patient and to savour the moment of the oils and brushes mixing interpretations onto the canvas.
Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,
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