Jean Pool, watercolour, 18-24 inches, 2009, collection of Helen Shaver
I was paddling Quetico with Dave Howard when we were camped on this granite point on Jean Lake in 2007. Two years later after reviewing my photo subject matter I decided to do a study of this piece of subject matter in anticipation of doing a larger painting in oil. We had paddled an easy paddle that day and I sat there in the evening as the sun was setting behind me, waiting, watching the light change to see the landscape at that perfect moment. I was sitting in deep shadow, the landscape was lit by a brilliant golden evening glow, the reflecting pool drew my view into the foreground and the few clouds added texture to the sky. It was a perfect moment. I never did do the larger painting but thats not to say I'll never do it as I keep coming back to this subject matter and I still think about it as a larger work in oil. The stream that empties out of Jean has been blocked by a fallen tree so the water level of the lake has risen by a couple of feet so this view with the reflecting pool is no longer visible. I have done a later painting of this same point titled "Granite Compass" but it's from the perspective of looking back towards the spot I painted this from.
Jean Pool, watercolour, 18-24 inches, 2009, collection of Helen Shaver
I was paddling Quetico with Dave Howard when we were camped on this granite point on Jean Lake in 2007. Two years later after reviewing my photo subject matter I decided to do a study of this piece of subject matter in anticipation of doing a larger painting in oil. We had paddled an easy paddle that day and I sat there in the evening as the sun was setting behind me, waiting, watching the light change to see the landscape at that perfect moment. I was sitting in deep shadow, the landscape was lit by a brilliant golden evening glow, the reflecting pool drew my view into the foreground and the few clouds added texture to the sky. It was a perfect moment. I never did do the larger painting but thats not to say I'll never do it as I keep coming back to this subject matter and I still think about it as a larger work in oil. The stream that empties out of Jean has been blocked by a fallen tree so the water level of the lake has risen by a couple of feet so this view with the reflecting pool is no longer visible. I have done a later painting of this same point titled "Granite Compass" but it's from the perspective of looking back towards the spot I painted this from.