Georgian Bay Pines

I am not aware of a Gordon Lightfoot song about Manitoulin. The sinking of the Ldmund Fitzgerald would be the closest he would come to singing about the Great lakes. Manitoulin with its limestone is very different from the granite of the Laurentians on the mainland. It is a pleasant place to visit.

Arienne, I painted this in the North Channel of Georgian Bay close to Little Current on Manitoulin Island. Probably sixty to a hundred miles West and North of Penetanguishene. I have a client from Texas who bought three of my paintings of this area because as a child she used to travel to Georgian Bay every summer to a cottage her grandparents had there It is a beautiful, scenic area with the water, granite hills and windswept pines.

Hi Ida: I painted those two paintings a long time ago. They take me back to the Northern Ontario area that I grew up in and have fond memories of. Glad you liked them. It makes me consider getting back to painting instead of the digital work I now do. IAN

Wow! you've captured the feel of movement - can almost feel the cold wind off the water! Love this painting! V