Downstream Dumoine with Pincushion Island and Overcast Cirrostratus

by Phil Chadwick

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10.000 x 8.000 x 0.250 inches

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Downstream Dumoine with Pincushion Island and Overcast Cirrostratus

Artist

Phil Chadwick

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

A serene landscape features a river winding through a forest with a mountainous backdrop. The scene is painted in cool tones, evoking a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

I paddled out into the rapids after finishing #2887 "Rapids Downstream from the DuMoine River Rod & Gun Club". The current was fun! I let the back eddy take me into the anticyclonic gyre to the west. The shoreline was packed with logs and debris deposited by the eddy. My intent was to paint the tangle of logs but instead, I was drawn into another skyscape disguised as a landscape. I was tired of the detail of the rapids and needed to relax a bit while sitting on a stump up from the shoreline.

The altocumulus sky of #2886 "Dumoine Gravity Waves in the Southern Sky" had been replaced by overcast altostratus in the two hours that had elapsed since 9 am. The layers of moisture within the warm conveyor belt were coalescing into one.

The sky reflected from the calm portions of the flatwater found in that section of the Dumoine River. The fitful breezes rippled the other sections where the wind could penetrate the protected valley. The rippled water reflected the darker hues of the forested valley walls. The bands of calm and rippled water shifted down the waterway suggesting that gravity waves were rippling down the valley following the tug of gravity like the current of the river.

I theorized that the rippled bands were associated with the downdraft portion of the atmospheric gravity waves within the valley. The calm water surfaces would be associated with the crests of those waves. I watched these bands propagate downriver as I painted. The weather and its impacts on the scene are always interesting.

I did not sleep well the night before. The air vanished from my discount mattress. By midnight I was flat on the rugged terrain. I decided just to tough it through. I wanted to make the most of painting in this section of the Dumoine. The camera does not lie though and I was looking pretty rough at the end of a day of painting with nil sleep the previous night.

This is number twenty-five of thirty-five paintings I completed en plein air at CPAWS DRAW 2024. It was a wonderful experience with a terrific group of people. https://cpaws-ov-vo.org/draw-retreat-artists/ A portion of sales from this endeavour will go to support CPAW and keep the 'wild' in the wilderness.

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October 14th, 2024

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