Western Islands, Georgian Bay, 42 x 108 · Apr 16, 11:18 pm
Studied from a beautiful boat trip with the client, and followed by two overhead flights, this painting is a commission of Western Islands Georgian Bay.
Stu created a stunning seamless smooth surface wood panel for me to paint on.
Being that the painting was 42” x 108” and weighing over 90 pounds, Stu created bracing and installation anchors, both fastened to the piece, and a second matching one for the wall.
Remote Georgian Bay … The Western Islands! Located over twenty kilometres from the mainland, the Western Islands are as remote as remote gets in Georgian Bay. The Western Islands are nothing more than a lonely grouping of rocks, so far offshore that nothing else is visible but water and sky. In all directions there is only the horizon, a reminder that our time here is limited.
The first four photos are taken from the Southern Group of the Western Islands where a 45 foot lighthouse dated in 1895 stands to protect the Islands.
To view the other research trips we have taken to this location, follow these links;
Boat Trip August 2010, First flight at 7000 feet altitude March 2012, Second flight at 500 feet altitude May 2012
Click thumbnail to enlarge each image
Reference photo for sketch. Horizon and islands have changed position ... the piece will be much more dramatic than the photo.
Finalized sketch for Western Islands Sculpted Painting, 42 x 108
Western Islands
Acrylics on Panel
42 x 108 SOLD
Laminating the hanging bracket to panel.
laminating two braces on the back for hanging.
Lower under plastic, is the wood panel for painting, and above the plastic is the hanging bracket for the wall.
First application of paint!!!
Western Islands (left painting) all blocked in with first coats of paint.
Stu and Geoff positioning the piece for the photo shoot.
Western Islands, CLOSEUP
Western Islands, CLOSEUP
Western Islands, CLOSEUP
Approaching the Lighthouse of the Western Western Islands. Seriously, that's what they are called.
Seriously, it looks like something in the Carribean, or the Mediterranean .. but it's Georgian Bay! Okay, the water was a little colder.
And yes, HUGE trees finding growth amongst this harsh landscape and winds.
Western Islands
And as we circle the Westerns, no sight of land in the distance. So wonderfully remote.
Another Island we have yet to explore by land .. but I hear it's a beauty too!
Closer yet, and you can still see the lighthouse.
— Carol Currie
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