A2A, Algonquin to Adirondacks Conservation Association - Saturday Feb 25th

I will be  presenting "Tom Thomson Was A Weatherman!" at the A2A, Algonquin to Adirondacks Conservation Association Speaker's Forum on Saturday Feb 25th at the Rockport Community Hall. The presentation contains nature, art and science - and a fair bit of humour. Here is my copy of Tom's painting that started me doing this material twenty years ago... I was in my studio and did not have a tornado bearing down on me...

This is an afternoon view of the eastern entrance to Killarney Channel... another painting from the 2011 Annual Killarney Adventure. The cirrostratus on the southeastern horizon is from a storm that missed us!

Phil and the Southampton Art School 2012

I will be painting with the Southampton Art School again in 2012. It is always a fun time. The two courses are "Making Waves on Chantry Island"  August 20 - 22, 2012 and "Killarney: The Annual Adventure" October 1 to October 5, 2012. I try to instruct, guide, coach, encourage and empower people to really see and have confidence to apply paint to canvas. Afterall it is only paint and the real goal is to stretch our horizons - there are no limits except those we impose on ourselves. Most important, it is all about fun and being outside... and sharing the experience! Clicking on the images will link to the Southampton Art School for these courses.
I look forward to these trips and these two very special locations to paint. There is no shortage of material and weather! Here is a piece from Killarney 2011..

Gone But Not Forgotten

Does anyone know where this is? This image is from the spring of a couple of years ago.

Indigo Bunting - Detail

Here is a closer look at the indigo bunting from Singleton Lake. There are not a lot of brush strokes but enough...

George Lake East Basin - Killarney

This is the remarkable view from Camp site 77 overlooking George Lake. Several canoes came and went while I painted. They barely even stirred the mirrored surface of the lake. Bold, simple strokes...

Flagged Pines - Killarney

I am catching up with some Killarney plein air paintings from October. The pines are heavily flagged to the northeast due to the prevailing and strong southwesterly onshore flows. I worried at the start but it turned out very well indeed. It did capture the scene without painting each pine needle. This view is from the appropriately named Red Rock Bay.

Singleton Indigo Bunting

Some studio work blogged by email...

Anyone Know Where this is?

Does anyone recognize this location? As I start to paint full time I wonder what kind of art I should concentrate on: weather; wildlife; portraits; landscapes? It's only paint .. but I get most enjoyment out of a plein air impressionistic realism treatment of weather. However I completed a nice indigo bunting this week which I will post soon (I want the oil to tack up before I try to photograph it).

Any guidance anyone?