Lake Robinson Evening
by Phil Chadwick
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Title
Lake Robinson Evening
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The severe thunderstorms had moved east of the Dumoine watershed. The CPAWS Dumoine River Art Camp was set up on Robinson Lake and I had some time to paint. I was attending the first CPAWS Art Camp in order to paint up a storm. Trees were likely downed with those storms that had just passed through. We were to later discover that Swisha and other large areas were without power for 36 hours. We didn't have power at the ZEC campsite anyway so it didn't matter.
This is the view looking northeast up current along the Dumoine. Robinson Lake is really just a widening of the Dumoine River, ZEC Dumoine, Quebec. A lease-hold cottage was on the far shore and its occupants were very busy with the activities of summer. The clouds were retreating and Robinson Lake was calm again. The light was changing quickly as sunset neared so I had to work fast. I was working with a palette of oils that had been there for more than a month. I stretch the working life of the paint by storing it overnight in the freezer.
CPAWS, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is dedicated to protect the biodiversity of the Ottawa Valley and surrounding areas through legislation and public education. One goal is to connect the Adirondack to Algonquin nature corridor to the wilderness of Quebec. The Dumoine watershed is critical to achieve this mission. Climate change is making such a north-south corridor vital. Wildlife is indeed reacting to global warming and I spoke with a family of Dumoine trappers who caught a very furry possum in 2017 for the first time ever. Possums are marsupials more accustomed to being located much further to the south in Virginia. Apparently possums are able to adapt to colder conditions as well. We spoke of these and other things over the campfire of the first Dumoine River Art Camp sponsored by CPAWS-OV
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August 23rd, 2017
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Comments (2)
Norman Johnson
Nice landscape Phil.
Phil Chadwick replied:
Thank you so much Norman... just back from another painting trip... and your kind comment really helps!
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