It was in 2005 that I visited with friends in Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula. I drove up from our farm in New Brunswick, a long 400-mile journey. I was getting tired as I approached Campbellton, and yet still had a long way to go, but pulled over to the side of the road to catch a glimpse of the Bay of Chaleur, which separates New Brunswick from the Gaspe. The vista was so stunning I had to take several pictures.
Ever since I've wanted to paint a picture of that scene. I made my first attempt at it, using my photos as reference, with this rendition back in March.
And I just was not happy with it. It didn't capture the scene the way I wanted to. I rarely paint a scene over again, but I so *wanted* this one to be wonderful, and I just didn't like it. So last night I decided to try again, on a sheet of 9x12 Art Spectrum, and if it "felt" better from the Canson of the first version.
But, , I'm not sure I'm any happier with this picture than I was with the first. There are some things I like in that one, and some in this one. But overall neither do justice to the my memory of the scene. Maybe it's just not for me to capture except in my mind's eye.
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