Mattawa Island Kids T-Shirt

Keith and I were paddling down the Mattawa like Big Joe Muffaraw. This view was from the first day in the eastern end of Trout Lake outside North Bay. I used a lot of paint on a very slippery surface. This is the same canoescape as depicted in #1784 "Mattawa Pines" .I liked the island so much that I thought I would give it another chance to shine in a different format.

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...