Singleton Red Oak Crossroads Metal Print

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The weather was going to turn colder. The cold front had passed through and the northwesterly winds were just starting to increase. I decided that if I was going to do any plein air painting, I had better get out there quickly.

I took my Kubota Pallet Studio out to the Crossroads. This interchange in the middle of a rather large Provincially Significant Wetland, is very well used by nature. The Singleton ridges run northeast to southwest as remnants of the Laurentian Mountain Belt. This ridge of mountains resulted from the collision between the supercontinent Rodinia (1.1 billion years ago) and the ancient continent of Laurentia. The roots of this former mountain belt are known geologically as the Grenville Province which partially explains the name of our county. These ridges cross the walking trail I use to reach Point Paradise. We had watched the female bobcat cross the ice earlier in the morning and she would have followed the path headed toward the southwest. A couple of h...

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...