SOUTHEAST LOOKOUT
BONNE BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
by Noel Martin
This is a painting I started sometime last year and set aside. Finally I decided it was time to get back to it and it is now nearing completion. I found it to be quite challenging because of the preponderance of green in the scene, which is in my view, the hardest colour to deal with in an oil painting. I painted it from a photograph I took in Newfoundland on one of my visits. It is a highway lookout point in the Bonne Bay area not far from Gros Morne. Most people are very familiar with Newfoundland seascapes, fishing boats, seaside villages, etc., but not all are aware of the province’s beautiful interior. I am considering painting a series of such places and will post them if and when I do.
