Drifting Snow, Floodway
oil
16.5 x 19.8 cm (6.5" x 7.8") ■


This is a view of the approach to the Courchaine Bridge across the Red River, south of Winnipeg. The bridge is actually part of a damn used to control the flow of the river. In the spring the river is partially diverted through the Red River Diversion (or Floodway), around Winnipeg, to prevent spring flooding.

The process is the same as in the other paintings I've recently been doing from photographs: a dark acrylic ground on both sides of the paper, dark to light in oil, followed by any touch ups. This painting took about 90 minutes.