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Salt Chuck b&w
On April 4, a small group of the Juneau Plein Rein Painters went to Amalga Harbor to paint.
Here are some pics showing the area and my set up. It was chilly where I was set up in the shade!
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| Outflow (where the salt chuck empties into Lynn Canal) |
Also, I wanted to let you know what a "salt chuck" is.
Here is one of the better definitions (of which I found just a couple):
Salt Chuck: The sea, or an inlet of the sea which flows into a lake or river.
‘The salt chuck is located across the bay from the dock. The entrance to the lagoon flows calmly and leisurely at high tide, but then turns to a churning white water rapid at low tide.’
Our Salt Chuck out-the-road in Juneau is similar to this description ...
at high tide the lagoon is calm and then rushes out to the ocean when the tide is low.
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| My scene at the top of the outlet |
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| Art buddy Patrick at work on his painting ... with plenty of physical distance. |
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| Salt Chuck (Rotten Ice) 10 x 8 inches oil on Masonite |
I hope to be back to blogging fairly regularly now.
I also hope everyone reading this is safe and heeding all precautions so we can kick this virus to the curb.
Many encouragements go out to those who are working on a vaccine!
Thanks for checking in ... and please
Stay Healthy
and
Happy Painting!
4 comments:
Great post, Teri! Good painting buddies, some oil paint and beautiful scenery - doesn't get much better than that! And you left with a terrific painting! BTW thanks - now I finally know what a salt chuck is:)
I so enjoy seeing you and others of the Juneau Plein Rein group in action, braving the cold shade and other challenging elements. It's a curiously delightful treat to watch how you set up, choose/prep materials, brushes, mix paints for a calculated palette, and make the canvas (or board) come to life with how you wish to express the view -- what speaks to you that wants to be noticed...or not. I love your creative process (and the snacks you bring, and and the resulting product. Such talent, vision, interpretation, and practice.
And BTW, the "chuck" in salt chuck is of Chinook/Nootka/Clatsop pidgin trade origin that traveled linguistically from Oregon/Washington/BC northward: Nootka/water = Ča'úk; Chinook/water = Łtsuq; Clatsop, tl'chukw. Compound "Salt" + (water) means the sea which intrudes into fresh water.
Hi Chris! Thanks so much - if you get back here to read this, please note the comment from "Stacy of the great outdoors" who listed the origin of the word "chuck" in salt chuck.
Stacy - so kind of you to leave your descriptive comment about plein air painting - describes it perfectly! And I very much appreciate that you added where the word "chuck" derives from!!
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