Singleton Rain Clouds Acrylic Print

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A big cold low rain event with abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico had just crossed southern Ontario. The hang back part of the storm was all that remained over eastern Ontario and Singleton Lake. The bands of convective showers were wrapped up in the northerly flow. The turbulence was whipping up just some of the moisture that had fallen into those bright, front lit stratocumulus. The characteristic cloud shapes gave the northerly wind direction away. The overcast skies did not let much sunlight through but it was enough to brighten up those clouds.

This was a small and very rough panel and I wanted to have some fun with the old oils left on my palette...

Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River were at or very near their highest levels ever recorded. In Lake Ontario, the levels were the highest since 1918 when records started to be kept. Last week the lake levels were at 75.86 metres, which is eight cm above the previous high for this time of the year set in 1...

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...