Singleton Sunset Reflection is a painting by Phil Chadwick which was uploaded on February 4th, 2018.
Singleton Sunset Reflection
The sunset at 4:45 pm on Saturday January 13th, 2018 was striking but what really caught my eye was that very long line of cirrus. I must admit that... more
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Title
Singleton Sunset Reflection
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The sunset at 4:45 pm on Saturday January 13th, 2018 was striking but what really caught my eye was that very long line of cirrus. I must admit that at first I thought it was a jet contrail. It was not. Firstly that would be a very unusual flight path for a jet from the northwest to the southeast. That line in the sky was actually a deformation zone. The cirrostratus on the western horizon was moisture with the next warm conveyor belt. Another winter storm was on the way and the story was reflected in the open water of Jim Day Rapids. The milder temperatures had opened up the rapids quite a lot.
The sunset colours change at the speed of light. When those shades are gone with twilight they will not be back for almost 24 hours. The colours of ice are even more transient. Shades of blue and turquoise come and go with the low sun angles. These icy hues are in sharp contrast to the brilliant reflections of the sunset in the calm waters of Jim Day Rapids. In some ways it is a shame to put all of this on a panel so small and so very rough. I used a lot of paint and wore out some brushes. These panels were a gift from the estate of an artist friend and I promised the spouse that I would turn them all into art. Those rough panels are almost gone.
Winter wild life made good use of the opening. The otters seemed to think of it as their own. We watched them chase some trumpeter swans away. The swans returned to feed and rest so the wild life must have worked out some mutual agreement. In the one image below the otter was nipping at the webbed feet of the swans as they beat their wings just enough to gain the safety of the ice shelf. In the following image the otter had poked its head up through one of the many holes in the ice and was surveying the presence of the swans after it had chased them out of the open pool of the rapids.
There are many holes in the Swiss cheese ice of the eastern basin of Singleton Lake. The otters seem to go up and down at will and almost anywhere. They are very proficient hunters of the fish. Perhaps the fish are more sluggish in the winter. Regardless the otters seems to score another meal with each dive.
The swans and a couple of flocks of blacks and mallards have also been making good use of the open water of Jim Day Rapids during this cold La Nina winter. The otters typically try to shoo them along but they always come back to feed and rest.
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February 4th, 2018
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