Thomson Cairn Canvas Print

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This is number thirty-five out of forty-six in the Canoe Lake Paddle as numbered along the path of the paddle. No one else was at Tom's Cairn although the signs and well used trail revealed that lots and lots of people visit the site. This was Tom's favourite camping site and typically where he pitched his tent on his first visit to Canoe Lake in the spring. Tom's artist friends James E. H. MacDonald (May 12, 1873 – November 26, 1932) and John W. Beatty (1869–1941) were assisted by area residents and erected this memorial cairn at Hayhurst Point in September 1917. MacDonald composed the text for the plaque. Tom's patron Dr. James MacCallum paid the expenses.

The cairn was in good shape in October 2016 although some of the mortar needed re-pointing. There were no missing rocks as far as I could tell.

My paintings do not normally include signs or people. "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band kind of sums it up for me. When I paint in the studio, I listen to the ster...

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...