Imagine hiking with your family by your side and enjoying the scenery of hills and mountains, stopping to paint and photograph as you find a good spot. Emerald Lake by Jack Beder is a 6 x 8 oil painting signed bottom right. The natural glow of the hilly greens onto the water isn’t something to be missed from a distance. You can see the detailing of trailing colours on the west side of the hill that Beder took attention to. The mountain peaks rise above the hills, the final layer of nature, almost like the cherry and frosting on a cake. The solid rock formation soars high into the atmosphere, creating the frosting of snow around the peaks. The loose brushstrokes of the wind-swept clouds are seen peaking through the mountains reminiscent of British Columbia. This snow plays a vital role in the history and geological science of the lake. The lake's color is because of the melting glaciers above it. When the melting glaciers deposit the fine rock flour into the lake, it causes the lake to refract sunlight in a brilliant color. As a result, the water's most brilliant colors are on sunny summer days in July and August. This gleaming emerald painting is a fierce model of an artist capturing the bright landscape of Canada, complimentary of true life.

This piece was displayed in our Rookleys exhibition, Jack Beder: Life and Art in Canada.