White Pine Island Art Print

These white pines are on a point of land in the southwest basin of Singleton Lake. The soil conditions are marginal at best to support trees. The island is mainly rock - marble to be more precise. I really like white pines. They soar above the rest of the trees that comprise the forest canopy and provide safe nesting sites for osprey and eagles and certainly a host of other wild life. We need more white pines and I have planted a lot of them on our Singleton Lake property.

The cirrus clouds were foretelling the approaching winter storm and an abrupt change in the weather. I had to get in as much paddling as I could before the cold front and real winter weather arrived. The accompanying radar image shows the precipitation fro the evening of the following day. The warm front had moved across Singleton Lake with snow changing to rain. The associated cold front was crossing eastern Lake Superior at the same time on its way to Singleton Lake. Winter was fast approaching.

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...