Dumoine Overcast Warm Front Wood Print

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This was the morning of Day Three of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) supported DRAW (Dumoine River Art for Wilderness) 2019. We were all eco-artists trying to assist with the awareness of the importance of wilderness in modern society.

Rain was on the way. The summer warm front that had been on the western horizon was now overhead. The overcast skies provided a relief from the heat of the August sun. The colours of the landscape changed accordingly. I wanted to record the different signatures of the current on the surface of the Dumoine and how these reflected the light. The opposite shore was backlit and dark. I paint what I see.

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...