Singleton Autumn Reflections Lily Pads

by Phil Chadwick

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10.000 x 8.000 x 0.875 inches

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Singleton Autumn Reflections Lily Pads

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Phil Chadwick

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

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I was thinking of Lily Airomi, Mario's wife when I painted this series of water lilies. Mario gave me the gift of classical art instruction as a young teenager. I was shy and certainly awkward and stuttered but he and Lily encouraged me to ride my bike to their cottage studio on the Kings Highway east of Brockville at every opportunity. Later, my Brother would take me in the family car when he got his license.

Saturday mornings were spent with others about my age and Mario would circulate through the group of four or five students freely sharing his experience and wisdom. I also attended adult classes which were typically five or six adult ladies. I was the teenager mascot and everyone from my limited vantage seemed much older. I learned how to paint like Mario and I was meticulous, often spending the entire lesson on a square inch of canvas. I counted the folds in the accordion and every detail of shape and colour. Mario would chuckle and encourage me to loosen up. I would not really learn that lesson until I took my art outside on May 13th, 1999 and embraced plein air. Art is a journey.

I often pause while I am out paddling just to float along and study the lily pads. They are rich in colour and form. I wanted to catch the bright autumn colours from the trees on the shore reflecting in the ripples. The lily pads were in various stages of being submerged and that changed the colours and shapes into something much more abstract even though the image was based on nature. I painted this as well so that #2752 "October Singleton Lily Pads" would have a friend.

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April 17th, 2023

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