"The Cadillac of Cabins at KML"

This is probably the most expensive and secluded cabins offered for guests of the Killarney Mountain Lodge. It would be a great place for a family to spend a week. I was very pleased with this effort. The composition and colours came together very well.

"George Lake East Basin"

This is the remarkable view from Camp site 77 overlooking George Lake. Several canoes came and went while I painted. They barely even stirred the mirrored surface of the lake.

Stormy Night on Killarney Bay

"Stormy Night" is the name of the 39 year old sailing boat operated by the Killarney Mountain Lodge. It just happened to be sailing past the western light of Killarney Channel as I was working on that portion of the painting. It was a beautiful fall day and not a "stormy night" at all!

Flags

The next task on my agenda was to practice the handling of the Killarney trees. The pines are heavily flagged to the northeast due to the prevailing and strong southwesterly onshore flows. I worried at the start but it turned out very well indeed. It did capture the scene without painting each pine needle.This scene is in the appropriately named Red Rcok Bay.

"Mahzenazing Dam"

It was still only 10 Celsius and the wind made it feel much colder. It was an awkward place to set up an easel but I liked the curve of the beaver dam in the foreground and the colours in the trees and how they were reflected and refracted in the water. This was an active dam as witnessed by the fresh greenery added to the top and the nearby and fresh beaver "chews". Darn it was cold though! My hands can't take the cold ever since I froze them in the 1990's.

In Google and Map Source, this waterway is called the "Megazing River". I got the name from the road sign which I trust!

Club Island

This is the view to the west from the lawn of a "for sale" cottage on the northeast tip of Club Island. The cottage is in need of repair. Raccoons and skunks were living under the cottage, having removed some of the wood fencing that was designed to keep them out. This is the third day of the 10th Annual  International Plein Air Painters Paint Out. We have 20 artists participating in the Rockport Event which was cosponsored by the Rockport Development Group. The wave action from the passing tours boats came crashing into the little bay.

Fish Rock

This is swimming hole for all of the kids of Rockport looking east at around 2 pm on Saturday September 10th, 2011. This is also the second day of the 10th Annual  International Plein Air Painters Paint Out. We have 20 artists participating in the Rockport Event which was cosponsored by the Rockport Development Group. One of the next generation of Rockport kids kept me company while we both painted.

Rockport IPAP Paint Out - A Wonderful Three Days of Creativity

Twenty artists painted and ate for three days amoung the Thousand Islands at Rockport, Ontario. It was a wonderful time with close to 100 works of art completed. I managed seven... and I will show a couple of them here.

"999 2 Go"

This is Fancy Rock Island from the dock of Pine Island looking east at 9:30 am on Friday September 9th, 2011. Having painted one island of a 1000 explains the mathematical title.

"Zavicon Island"

painted from a small patch of grass on the south slope of Pine Island looking south at around 2 pm.

"Ishpeming "

The tugboat is a bit dented but has a lot of proud character. An internet search revealed that the name Ishpeming comes from the Anishinaabe language ishpiming, meaning "on top" or "from above" or "upon high." Ishpeming, in the Ojibwa dialect of the Anishinaabe language, also means "Heaven".

Rockport, Ontario - International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) Worldwide Paint Out in the Heart of the Thousand Islands

The Historic Waterfront Village of  Rockport in the Heart of the Thousand Islands is sponsoring the 10th International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) Worldwide Paint Out. The itineary can be found at ww.rockport1000islands.com ... The village organization of Rockport Development Group will be your host and start your weekend experience with a welcome breakfast on Friday morning followed by a tour of the various locations for painting. There will be transportation available to take any artist to an island location, if this is your choice, but there are numerous unique locations on the mainland if boating is not your desire. Each evening there will be a dinner offered at one of the local waterfront restaurants and a topical speaker will do a pre-dinner presentation.

We hope you can make it. It is hoped that this will be the first in a long tradition....