Weslemkoon Lake Ontario – a beautiful lake in the Ontario Highlands, which is basically Central East area of Ontario. This area of the province is renown for its incredible lakes and streams, hills, rocks, pine needles and fun. I spent my early years here at Weslemkoon with my family. We came when the ice went out and left at Thanksgiving. I learned to swim, water ski, play cards and have fun here. I met my life long friend here. And, I saw some of the best views this part of the world has to offer. Little did I know that these views would inspire many paintings in my years of retirement.

My latest painting, “Shoreline Greens” originated as a photo taken by a resident of Otter Lake. Otter Lake is accessible through Weslemkoon Lake and is a beautiful area. Peter Warren was kind enough to allow me to use it for the reference of this painting. The painting was meant to be on a large canvas and thus, for me, that meant an 18″ x 24″ canvas.

The painting was sketched in and the underpainting began. I knew it was going to be a challenge to attempt to represent the various types of trees and stages of seasonal change, but I felt I’d come far enough in my painting journey to take this on. Many hours later the underpainting was completed and then double those hours and the final painting was completed.

It will always remind me of the fun I had on this beautiful lake.

Sherry Graham

PS – this is available for purchase.