Lake Fever-Canadian Style - 2018

2017 was a bad year with the loss of Canada's iconic singer, songwriter and poet, Gord Downie after a courageous battle with Glioblastoma. In addition to Gord's death, it was also a personal tragedy losing a family member one week prior to Gord's death of the same Cancer.  She was only 31 years old.

As a tribute to Canadian Music, the land I call home and loved ones, this compilation of images come together on an 11x14" Gallery Wrapped Canvas with Oil and mixing mediums. The base of the painting started with a photograph of the sun's reflection shining on Lake Erie with a Canadian Flag waving proudly. A sketch of Gord was re-created and sketched onto the canvas as well. 

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Night One: 12/31/2017 

Night 1: Applied dark tones with the shadow outlined of Gord Downie

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Night Two - 1-9-2018

Started to apply light wash of flag while touching up whites of waves

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Night Three: 1-13-2018

Need to let sit for a few weeks before washing/blending more of flag while adding final touches to water

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Final Touches-February 25, 2018

Final touches to the canvas were completed with various Tragically Hip song titles rippling in the waves. So small but so significant to the completed painting