Searching for Franklin
by Phil Chadwick
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Title
Searching for Franklin
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
This is the treed shore of Franklin Island in the Parry Sound Archipelago. The forest was thick right down to the edge of the water. It would be challenging to find anyone in that forest even though it was on an island. The name of the island and the date made me think of two famous, missing people and that helps to explain the name of the painting. I first considered this painting on July 16th which was the date when Tom Thomson's body was discovered. I had chores to do so it took me another couple of days to actually start to paint. It was July 18th when I finally got to paint.
It was a very hot and humid day. The bugs were not bad though. I retreated into the studio. The location of this scene is very near N45.382501 W80.341335.
This is another Ro-Lak-Tree (a name I made up) Painting. It is a nature stewardship game that the Group of Seven invented while they were searching for the Canadian identity around the time of the 1918 Flu Pandemic. I am repeating that adventure of painting Canadian rocks, lakes and trees during COVID 2019.
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October 21st, 2020
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Comments (1)
A Hillman
So gorgeous...the fresh tones and lovely reflections...rich patterns and pops of sienna make this have depth and mystery...love it! l/f
Phil Chadwick replied:
Yes.. the forest can be dark and full of mystery but I feel safe therin too. Nature is so very inspiration Sunny. Thank you.