Mighty Oak
by Phil Chadwick
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14.000 x 11.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Mighty Oak
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This is a huge white oak tree on the north side of the provincially significant wetland abutting our building site. My outstretched arms do not even reach half way around this mighty tree. The circumference of this tree is 163 inches at 5 feet off the ground. This makes the diameter of this mighty oak at about 52 inches - more than 4 feet across.
There is abundant scat at the base of this tree from the animals that have used it for food and refuge. This fertilizer has probably helped it reach its enormous girth. It is also surrounded by a defence of prickly ash making it difficult to reach without being scratched. I look for white oak acorns in the fall so that I can plant more trees like this. The wildlife get to them first.
It was a cool spring day with brisk northerly winds. I was painting looking southerly with the wind on my back but the sun occasionally in my face when it broke through the turbulent stratocumulus cloud. The temperature was supposed to be plus 8 Celsius but it felt much cooler! This was my first plein air painting since October. Home building can really occupy your time!
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March 5th, 2017
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