Noonmark Mountain, Adirondacks, NY
This piece will be on exhibit at the Pastel Artists of Canada national exhibit, in Brampton Ontario. The opening is Sunday, May 11nth, at Beaux Art Brampton, 70 Main St., Brampton Ont. --where I will be demonstrating for the hour before the show opens. We'll be raffling off one free workshop with me in Toronto this coming October. You must attend the demonstration to be eligible.
This is a piece I did in the last year. It was conceived of, while enjoying the view from the summit of Noonmark Mountain in the Adirondacks. My daughter Genevieve and I were hiking there last fall, in the glory of fall colours. I tried to keep the background view accurate to the view you have up there. looking north. What struck me about this tall slim man, was the shadows as they ran across the top of his right side, and the elegant proportions of one so tall. I also liked his boots. The idea of travelling and sharing this experience with his friend, yet looking in different directions, infers they are also both having an independent experience at the same time. Love that aspect of it. Together, yet singular too.
What was different for me in this hike, was travelling with my daughter, just the two of us. I'm usually hiking in groups, with hiking fanatics, who like to travel fast. I like that too, but I really enjoyed going at our own pace. When we saw something nice, we could break for as long as we liked. Lots of water breaks, and my daughter carried all the heavy stuff, made my job a lot easier!
This spring we'll go back and do a similar hike, hopefully my other daughter Solange will come too. I would categorize Noonmark as a mid-challenge mountain. It's not hard, and not easy either. You have to have a certain level of fitness to do this. There's nothing like being on top of the mountain though.
With the snow finally melting, we'll be able to get up on local trails as well. Gatineau Park, here we come!
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