When I was growing up in Banff, we would occasionally swim in Johnson Lake (which we called Johnson’s Lake and still do). And somehow we never noticed the spectacular view of Cascade and its reflection in that lake. Maybe that was because we never walked far enough along the lake, beyond the heavily wooded area near the road, to see it. More likely it was because when you live in Banff you don’t even see Cascade because it’s always there.
Anyway, I was in Alberta a couple of weeks ago for the Mothers Day weekend (my first time off the Island in two years!) and made a point of
finding some new painting locations.
Full disclosure: I took photos at these locations to be used as reference pictures back here in Victoria. It’s still much too cold to be sitting around painting in Banff.
