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Snake River Sky-12x9 Oil on Board
Last month while staying at friend's farm in Northern Ontario for a few days, I snowshoed into the bush looking for some fresh snow to paint.
After an hour of tough slogging, I literally stumbled across the Snake River as it wound its way into a frozen lake. The light was pretty flat until late in the day when the clouds suddenly thinned out and gave me a 30 minute window of very dramatic light that had a strange greenish yellow tinge to it.
I love these unusual 'turnerseque' light effects when they happen in the sky. In fact, a lot of the time when I stiff on a scene
sketch- I'll look up and just do the sky.
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Location: Near Eganville, Ontario,Canada
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Comment by Dalibor Dejanovic on January 19, 2011 at 2:15am -
I love this painting! It is so meditative and inviting. That is hard to pull of, and you did it.
David, what size is it?
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Comment by David Sharpe on January 19, 2011 at 11:05am -
Thanks for your kind words Dalibar.
This one is 9x12.
I did a larger 14x18 from the 9x12 sketch -both were in our OPAS Members show just before Xmas.
I donated the large one to Trout Unlimited's Silent Auction this year to help raise money for their tireless cold water conservation efforts. (I used to belong to TU and give them a painting each year) This one almost didn't make it out the door!
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