This painting was done last winter on, or above, Rose Lake in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area on the Canadian border. It's about a two mile ski (one way) to get here and a bit of a hike up the Border Route Trail to get to this vantage. It was late February and the lake snow was crusty enough that skiing was effortless, even while pulling a sled with my painting gear. I painted a person pulling a sled (sort of a self portrait) to show scale and give a sense of remoteness. For those folks signed up for the Grand Marais Art Colony Winter Plein Air event, this is the location of the Friday ski/painting day trip.
For more infromation on the winter plein air event visit the art colony on line at : www.grandmaraisartcolony.org
Happy skiing!
Are you pulling a midget in the sled?
ReplyDeleteyea!!! Can't wait for winter Plein Air. Great rendition Neil.
ReplyDeleteI dont understand this blogging thing my previous comment about daring portages was meant for this painting. I'm just a caveman.
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