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.