In the Tree Tops Acrylic Print

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This is the second demonstration piece completed in the parking lot of the Algonquin Art Centre. I was standing in the shade just in front of the Algonquin Art Centre looking at the tops of the spruce and maple just to the northeast. I wanted to show that you could turn a painting out of just about anything.

It was just a year after my last big convective day as a severe weather meteorologist - August 2nd, 2006. There were seventeen or eighteen tornadoes forecast and observed in a single day - in that order. There was one death from a lightning strike but otherwise just a lot of damage.

I paint outside - nothing between my eyes and the inspiration. That special connectivity gets into the pigments and you quickly realize that we are all stewards of the land, privileged to appreciate its beauty during our lifetime but responsible for leaving the environment better off for the future and all inhabitants... Phil was born and raised along the St. Lawrence of Ontario, Canada and studied at Queens University as a nuclear physicist. A meteorologist for Environment Canada for 35 years, Phil specializes in severe weather and training. Remote sensing is his forte - you might want to see a tornado before you die... but not just before you die! He has farmed, raised bees, written books and articles, lectured and instructed...