Ragged Falls

This is the view from partway up Ragged Falls looking upward toward the source of the torrent. I climbed up from the bottom of the falls looking for subject matter. There was so much of it. I didn't realize until I tried to climb out that Algonquin Park had erected great fences to keep people from going where I had climbed. Coming from the absolute bottom, I never encountered a fence until I tried to climb out. The falls are indeed ragged with many twists and turns among the torrent of water. Ragged Falls is not as one would expect, coming from Ragged Lake but is just a spectacular drop along the Oxtongue River.

I had to work from photos as there was no place to really set up and easel and I didn't have the time either. It is a remarkable waterfall even after the spring freshet and I couldn't wait to apply oils to canvas. The paint literally flew on to the canvas. I will go back when I have the time to paint on location.

Oils on dark earth green tinted acrylic tinted foundation on commercial canvas - 22 X 28 (inches)