North to Newfoundland

Rocky Creek, 10x10 AFTER A DAY of driving - with a couple false starts for good measure - where is a navigator when you need one??? - I end up in Cormack, at the edge of Gros Morne National Park. My plan is to head to L'Anse Aux Meadows, on the far northern tip of Newfoundland, and then paint my way south from there. Though I am tired, and weary, and a little bummed out by having a series of ideas that didn't work, I feel I really need to make a painting. And behind the hotel where I am staying, I find two Adirondack chairs overlooking this rocky curve in the river. I love the abstractness of this piece, and the way the light hits the left-hand side of the canvas. I have fun painting it, and it rebalances me, sets me right for the adventure to come.  *** Mural Capital of Newfoundland THE TOWN OF BOTWOOD had already earned its place in history before it became the Mural Capital of Newfoundland.  In the early 20th century, it was a transportat