Window Seat October Morning Poster

This scene from from early on the morning of October 10th. It was overcast with a north-northeasterly breeze aligning the turbulent stratocumulus along streets parallel to the wind direction. The bands of higher altocumulus were aligned like water waves, perpendicular to the wind direction. These gravity waves are evident in the upper right corner of the image. The colours were summer still except for the reds and ambers of fall. The sun peaked through and illuminated the tops of the closest street of stratocumulus. The surface winds were still calm as we had not hit the convective temperature yet. Thus the reflection is fairly glassy.

This view is from window seat of Watershed Farm looking northwest across the pond, which is actually the source and headwaters of the Humber River. The small pond in the front yard drained to Lake Simcoe through the Holland Marsh. This is why we called our piece of Paradise Watershed Farm.

I painted looking out the window. The simple...

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...