'Top of the Falls'

A smaller version of an earlier piece, this scene is at

the top or start of Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River.

The end of the fish ladder is just to the left of the

viewer where salmon and steelhead make their way

to the upper reaches of this spawning river.

I was so taken with this scene that I wanted to do

another one but this time smaller and on a different

support. As well many things have been altered to fit

the different format. (I have left the header image

that is at the top of my blog for comparison.)

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Oil on wood panel 12 x 16.

As always your thoughts & comments are

always appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Above Skutz Falls'

As the title suggests this painting was painted just above

Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River during a magical

afternoon with bright sunlight highlighting the early fall

colour. The Cowichan river is one of the most important

rivers on Vancouver Island for spawning salmon and

very depleted steelhead. As well resident populations of

rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout. It has for millennia,

and continues to be, a central part of the lives and culture

of some of the islands first peoples. To say it

is a beautiful river is very much an understatement.

It is wonderful feeling to be able to spend time

painting it and to sense the spirits that still

occupy this vital watershed.

Oil on wood panel 11 x 14.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated!

Jeffrey
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