{"id":385,"date":"2017-09-29T02:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T02:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/?p=385"},"modified":"2017-09-29T02:40:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T02:40:39","slug":"slinging-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/2017\/09\/29\/slinging-scotia\/","title":{"rendered":"Slinging Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YUBsDU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4414\/37351355382_7eaa88b3df_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9110758\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I traveled to Cape George, Nova Scotia this year for my vacation allowing me to escape the destruction of Hurricane Irma, which went over my Hoggtowne House. Knowing I was painting at the Cape, I bought paints on the way up in both the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/BRf6Aq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4341\/23529745568_9df873aa17_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100644\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also bought tarps to paint on and tarps to set the finished paintings on to dry. I also built drying racks in the wood shed of the cottage I where I was staying so I had a place for the paintings to dry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/BRfj7s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4502\/23529787678_52371d9170_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100671\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XW6A5c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4489\/36711803203_04e4078c2c_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100687\" width=\"800\" height=\"727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I knew that I only had a few days to paint because the paintings had to be dry before I returned home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XW6J8B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4402\/36711830313_2b83a2e18f_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9090637\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I traveled around the area and took pictures and returned to the cottage to paint. I created a &#8220;Studio in the Meadow&#8221; above the cottage overlooking St. George Bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YT6PaU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4370\/37334254546_77ebe3c8ef_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100678\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As soon as I began painting, I realized that Canadian paints work differently from American paints. Canadian paints were harder to blend because they required more force and water pressure to produce the desired affects, so I ended up slinging most\u00a0 of the paintings to create the mixing affects I wanted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XSDRTN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4369\/36672834024_1c6751de84_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150947\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the paintings were dry, I moved them into the cottage and placed them on tarps to finish drying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyCLt7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4461\/37125280500_45dac7d7ac_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100672\" width=\"800\" height=\"794\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I created sixteen paintings in ten days. I gave away a couple as gifts and the rest of the paintings can be found at Red Horse Antiques and Gift Shop in Ballantyne&#8217;s Cove, Nova Scotia under the care of Mr. Charlie McDonald.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyCZC3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4509\/37125324750_0f20d2f716_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100674\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the paintings and some of the places I painted. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YUEeR3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4514\/37351897632_26d3437650_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9100669\" width=\"800\" height=\"730\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YUEogQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4447\/37351925982_f58f743aa2_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150948\" width=\"800\" height=\"758\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyDq47\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4336\/37125406940_c39e1f14c4_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150946\" width=\"800\" height=\"725\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XSEV6N\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4345\/36673039924_5f82e4d559_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150930\" width=\"800\" height=\"735\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyDBB7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4479\/37125445800_cae29e26a0_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9110697\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YT8nEb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4494\/37334558946_e8ce63e732_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9130840\" width=\"800\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YT8uEo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4435\/37334582506_98743960a9_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150942\" width=\"800\" height=\"741\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YUFPFf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4449\/37352206552_8dfd9783b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150935\" width=\"800\" height=\"735\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/BRhWUb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4408\/23530301658_87a16bf3bc_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150934\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XW9Db6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4354\/36712398973_aff4d1508a_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9110724\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YXm5p4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4487\/37382303321_9381bdf09b_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150943\" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YXmedr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4422\/37382332981_a514d95bc6_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150944\" width=\"800\" height=\"747\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YTa74h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4391\/37334896686_51268dd37d_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150929\" width=\"800\" height=\"773\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/XSH43W\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4493\/36673456894_a334b8e78f_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9110729\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YTaoK3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4414\/37334952816_36a8315e71_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9130839\" width=\"800\" height=\"780\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YTaAfY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4353\/37334991556_51360ddb5b_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150941\" width=\"800\" height=\"726\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyFUXW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4385\/37125894420_bc3932f2fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150917\" width=\"800\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YUHyhq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4426\/37352544992_b69a615e97_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150937\" width=\"800\" height=\"774\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YyGgRu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4509\/37125964690_793294b99c_c.jpg\" alt=\"P9150932\" width=\"800\" height=\"752\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I traveled to Cape George, Nova Scotia this year for my vacation allowing me to escape the destruction of Hurricane Irma, which went over my Hoggtowne House. Knowing I was painting at the Cape, I bought paints on the way up in both the US and Canada. I also bought tarps to paint on and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/2017\/09\/29\/slinging-scotia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Slinging Scotia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racingbarn.com\/office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}