349 Wellington Street Acrylic Print

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This was early afternoon of the second day of the Paint the Town Kingston in association with the International Plein Air Painters World Wide Paint Out. After completing #2018 "Historic Woolen Mill" I returned to the shade of a tree overlooking the large buildings of the Kingston Marina. The title of this painting is the street address for the Kingston Marina. A flock of sea gulls virtually lived on the roof of the large building. The gulls were there on the roof at dawn and still in place at the end of the day. They never seemed to move although they must have flown off to feed. I was able to get this westward looking view painted before the sun got too low in the afternoon sky which would have made if challenging to see. The stern of the sail boat "God Speed" also made it into this painting.

The building was in pretty rough shaped. I can imagine the large crane and moving trucks banging into the metal walls from time to time.

Barry the kayak-er camped overnight at...

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...