Taking me over 52 hours to complete, this artwork was drawn on-location at the Grandview Lake Side Resort in Ontario, Canada. This artwork was drawn as a tribute to the areas known as "cottage country" in Canada. Cottage country is truly a Canadian treasure and is enjoyed by many Canadians and Americans for its lake and cottage style living.

My family vacationed in the heart of cottage country at the Grandview Lake Side Resort (Grandview) near Orillia, during Civic Holiday every year. Canada has played a large part of Dawn's (wife) family history for over 90 years. It started with her great-grandparents in 1926.  Dawn introduced me to Grandview several years ago and I can easily say it is one of my favorite places on earth.

I spent each day of my 2 week vacation at Grandview finding different shade trees to draw underneath and drawing my surroundings. Drawing and getting lost inside of my research and artwork is like mediation to me. It’s true. I love to draw. I could do it all day and night and sometimes have. Look closely, do you see what I see?