North to Newfoundland

Outside Elliston, 10x10 THIS TRIP, I have decided to be bold, be courageous, meet the challenges head-on. It's hard to paint fog with a brush. It's even harder to paint it with a palette knife. The knife is great for lots of things, but not for fog, which requires softness, edges that you can feel and sense but not really see. I usually shy away from painting fog. I wait it out, avoid it, figure it's beyond me. But this trip, I am determined to paint the things that scare me. Boats, cliffs, and yes, fog. Here is one of two fog paintings I've made so far on the trip. I hope you all like it! *** Moose!!!! YES! WE SEE MOOSE!!! Carol and I are outside Gander, heading somewhere - right now, I can't remember where - and it is a chilly, cloudy, gray, morning. We are going down a big hill, and Carol is driving and I'm looking at the map. "Whoa!" she yells, and pulls over. Backs up the hill. "Moose!" Thank he...

Good morning, sponsors! In less than two weeks, I'll be heading to Newfoundland. My friend and co-conspirator Carol Baney will be coming with me for the first part of the trip, then I will be on my lonesome. Newfoundland - which is pronounced with the same stresses as "understand"  - is the smaller part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which is the official name of the province.  Its first inhabitants were members of the Dorset culture, a pre-Inuit culture that lasted from about 500 BC to 1000-1500 AD, according to Wikipedia. Newfoundland was England's first colony, and Newfoundlanders speak English, though I've been warned that it can be an English that's a little different than what we speak down here. These days, the population of Newfoundland is about half a million. Here are some other cool facts: The most easterly point in North America is in Newfoundland, at Cape Spear.  L'Anse Aux Meadows is the only authenticated Vi...