Silver Falls Wawa Canvas Print

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I was scouting around Michipicoten looking for the location where Lawrence Nickle painted my treasure of his that he named "Michipcoten Harbour". I did not know where I was going and had no specific directions from Lawrence. Customers and tourists have a propendency to turn right if given a choice. Maybe it is the Coriolis force at work. I took the High Falls Road exit from the Trans Canada Highway. Turned right on to Queen Street and then followed Michipicoten Harbour Road because of the name. On the way I found beautiful Silver Falls and took some pictures in the light rain. This view was looking northward to the falls. The landscape was inspiring. All of the road names sounded like there would be a terrific painting subject along them somewhere. Looking back I think that Lawrence Nickle would have set up his easel south of where the Michipictoen River flows into Lake Superior.



Michipicoten is a word in the Ojibwe language that means "big bluffs". The Michipicoten...

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...