November Thirteenth
by Phil Chadwick
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Title
November Thirteenth
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The sunset skies might have two years apart but they were remarkably very similar. This sunset was actually from November the thirteenth in 2018. I saw a very similar sunset on the same day in 2020. Déjà vu!
November is generally a cloudy month with an abundance of autumn storms as the air masses adjust for winter. The saying goes that there is "no sun" in November. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) people generally start to get affected in November. SAD is a recognized mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each year. This happens most frequently in winter. I do not suffer from SAD but know many who do. I love the change in seasons. Treatment for SAD may include light therapy (phototherapy), medications and even psychotherapy. Nature is my tonic and the changing seasons offer exciting painting opportunities.
November the 13th was also a Friday so it was especially important. Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday. This quirk of dates happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. The French rounded up thousands of Knights Templars and tortured them as heretics on Friday, October 13, 1307 and that might have been the start of the superstition. I prefer the Stevie Wonder outlook on superstition. Linda and I saw Stevie at Queens University in the fall of 1972. Stevie sang it best: "When you believe in things That you don't understand Then you suffer Superstition ain't the way".
I started thinking about this skyscape on November 13th but did not get to it unto Sunday November 15th, 2020 in the Singleton Studio. The weather was nasty outside but I had a cheery wood fire in the Pacific Energy Wood Stove beside me.
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December 9th, 2020
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Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing painting is Featured, in ONTARIO CANADA, homepage group, of Fine Art America, during the Christmas Holidays, of 2020!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing painting is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
A Hillman
Magnificent, as usual...this Singleton scene at this particular hour with the light and shadows is so colorful and dramatic...love the contrasts and the light blue at the top...and the red/oranges in the water...wow! A real study for any impressionist painter who wants to learn how to minimize their brush strokes and use the exact colors in nature to paint the simplest shapes...no extraneous detail or clarity...you always say, "'Let the viewer's eye make up the details", and they believe they are seeing a very realistic painting, but it is so abstract! Bravo...the best! l/f
Phil Chadwick replied:
You are very kind Sunny. I keep searching for that masterwork. I think it might come when I least suspect it and when I am not trying 150%. Leonardo slaved over the tiniest portions of the canvas with dozens of glazes. Sometimes I find I just stumble on the best strokes and I struggle to leave them alone. Every canvas is so much fun though! Thank you!
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