Putting the TEA in Tea Lake, Algonquin Park
Upper and Lower Tea Lakes, in northern Algonquin Park in late autumn, present a smoky dilemma for the artist: how to show brown decay in shades that say autumn and hope? In this piece, I draped a 140 pound hot pressed cotton sheet with brewed tea. Left to dry overnight, the resulting areas remind me of marsh spaces.
Keeping it simple, Bayfield River
Plein Air Painting (or on location, outdoors) - why it makes a difference.
I took one hour in late May 2021 to sketch and paint BAYFIELD RIVER, south shore, Bayfield, Ontario. It was about six pm, and the light was just falling along the river bank. I had to work quickly to capture this play. In landscapes, it is so easy to lose the “essentiality” of the focus- what I would call the ‘dreamy moment’. When I was half-way done this piece, I stopped. The light had changed. I am glad I did.
