Long Reach Forest Baby Onesie

The forest wall borders Long Reach Lane on its way to the properties bordering Long Reach. It is a mixture of white pine, maple, oak, birch, butternut and hickory. It is full of wild life. This is also the view from the Singleton front yard. I have painted it several times - mainly because I would rather stay home than travel to paint.

The chilly northeast winds were still dominant. Although it was indeed clear overnight and sunny most of the morning, daytime heating ignited the cold air mass stratocumulus. Turbulent mixing and lift off the Laurentians also played a part. It was pure sunshine just to the west. The gravity waves were perpendicular to the more northerly winds at the level of the clouds. These clouds were lower at three thousand feet above ground level.
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My hands got cold but I persevered. There is something about plein air painting that cannot be reproduced in the studio. I think it has e...

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...