The Right Side of a CB

This piece is for the Dinah Christie Celebrity Challenge 2009 in support of Children's Programming at the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery. I thought... more

by Phil Chadwick

Original - Sold

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

8.000 x 6.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

The Right Side of a CB

Artist

Phil Chadwick

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

This piece is for the Dinah Christie Celebrity Challenge 2009 in support of Children's Programming at the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery. I thought it appropriate to do a cloudscape off my front yard looking east on a Sunday afternoon. Some painting time was a treat for me after not painting for a month. This piece also needed to get done so it would be good and dry in time for the September Gala. I also wanted it to be special and sometimes my best work comes after a time away from the easel.

This is the right side of a southeastward bound thunderstorm. It was far enough away (more than 20 kilometers) so I never heard the thunder. Unless a thunderstorm is really a strong right moving supercell. the right side is also the right side for a good viewing of the thunderstorm without getting too close to the severe action. One stays in the warm air and can get a good lesson on thunderstorm structure. The circular nature of the side of the thunderstorm gives the convective nature of the cloud away. It chewed into the line of cumulus that marked the lake breeze and then the curtains of rain were evident in the forward flank downdraft. I had fun matching the spring greens of the distant fields in contrast with the raw sienna beiges of the plowed land. The O'Hara crops were not yet visibly sprouted.

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July 13th, 2015