'Summer Calm South Nation' note card print

Painted on the South Nation River, near Winchester Springs, 5 kilometres downstream of the Trans Canada Pipeline, in Dundas County, Ontario. Aleta Karstad paints on site, 'en plein air', capturing the essence of each place in oil on canvas, while her biologist husband Fred Schueler explores nearby, preserving a record of vulnerable species and habitats that "might be lost" downstream of pipeline crossings all along the route, from Alberta to New Brunswick In their independent ecological survey of the proposed route of the Energy East Pipeline in 2014. To follow their journey and see more of Aleta's paintings, visit http://www.vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca Copyright Aleta Karstad www.aletakarstad.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALETA KARSTAD is an artist of the out of doors. With her biologist husband Fred Schueler, she has been exploring nature in Canada for 40 years. Since 2009 this blog has showcased the results of their art and exploration. Here, science, art, and conservation come together. Aleta's paintings glow as you scroll down the blog, and there are many surprises, as her subjects are not all landscapes! Equally enthralling are accounts of how she does them. Alongside the art are journals of adventures in on-site "en plein air" painting, and new discoveries of rare species, invasive aliens, and ecological change. Join in discussion by leaving comments, and purchase Karstad paintings to support art & science in the exploration of Canada. Aleta welcomes contact by e-mail: karstad("at"symbol)pinicola.ca