The hottest few weeks in memory for me here in Ontario. It gutted my drive, and my incentive and sent me reeling. I was able to keep up with watering the garden, then I ran the well dry. An unforgivable mistake in the country… never again I said last time I did it, or was that the time before?
BUT I have been painting these days, my waterside works are the perfect foil for the heat. I’ve been growing and continuing my series depicting stoney-bottomed creeks, lakes and riversides since 1989. They have become richer, more profound in tone and dense in layers. They are a challenge each and every time. Water has an unrelenting variety in its movements, even though it is bound by scientific principles that often remain hidden to us in their continuity.
These are but a few of the things I think about when I am creating them…
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