Thirty Shades of Green Wood Print

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I moved to the front yard to paint after lunch and after finishing number 1933 "Morning Cloud Story"... and a brief nap. The deformation zone had shift to the northeast. Some thicker bands of altocumulus were formed in gravity waves parallel to the deformation zone. Otherwise the sky was overcast with thin cirrostratus. The rain system was certainly on its way but it was going to take a day to get here. The black flies were hovering but not biting. Some of these black flies were blended into the paint.

I wanted to paint our portion of Long Reach Lane leading into our home. The other goal was to paint the forest and the various shades of green without including every tree and every leaf.

I was experimenting with the handling of the oils and the treatment of the cloud shapes. Every canvas is another experiment.

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...