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| #0615 "Bough-zers" 16 X 20 (inches). Started Sunday morning, March 2nd, 2003. |
This scene is along the path leading directly south from Watershed Farm through the open gate with our neighbours, Thelma and Max Church. The family Chesapeake and I went to examine the snow-laden white spruce. There were some interesting bunny tracks in the snow leading between the white spruce, so I set up my easel. However, the Chesapeake soon destroyed those tracks but added many of her own.
The snow was still heavy on the boughs from the snowstorm of the week before, and a fresh 2 to 5 centimetres had fallen the previous night, so that everything was white.
The conditions were quite reasonable to start with. The winds were light from the northwest, and the temperature was steady around minus 4 Celsius. By the time I was finishing up in the mid-afternoon, the wind was out of the northwest at 30 to 40 km/h and the temperature had dropped to minus 14 Celsius. The wind chill was brutal, and the paint all froze. I had to retreat. Can you spell "cold front"? I was on the verge of freezing my hands again! An artist can feel the brush and the oils very well with gloves on. Of course, the same is true when your hands freeze.
The title is after the slang word used on "Inspector Gadget" that the kids watched when it was a popular cartoon. Would you believe.. the voice of Inspector Gadget was Don Adams, Agent 86 from "Get Smart".
The canvas had been primed with a medium-light coat of raw sienna.
We loved that dog! She and her friend, the Maine Coon cat, would line up for special suppers. Both would accompany me outside on walks or when I painted.
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Warmest regards, and keep your paddle in the water,
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