Making Of

The sunflower fence line in Simcoe County, painted from the photograph — sky and cloud first, then the barn and silo, and the flower heads last.

The long view over the North Channel from the Manitoulin escarpment, built up from the far hills forward into the green foreground.

Autumn on the Georgian Bay shoreline near Craigleith — the first snow already down on the gravel.

The wide curtain of Bridal Veil Falls at Kagawong, laid in from the dark limestone behind and finished with the falling water.

The Sydenham River dropping off the escarpment south of Owen Sound — the rock staircase blocked in first, the white water last.

Autumn maple at the top of Blue Mountain, built from the trunks outward until the canopy closes over.

A canola field rolling over the Grey Highlands, the hills and sky first and the yellow laid on last.

The limestone cliffs and turquoise water of the Grotto near Tobermory, the cave mouth held back until the final passes.

A winter sunrise over the Blue Mountains, the sky worked from the darks upward into pink and gold.

A granite point on the Killarney shore, the pines massed in before the still water takes their reflection.

Low winter sun across the groomed trails at Scenic Caves — the bare hardwoods massed in first, the long blue shadows last.

Spruce bent under deep fresh snow near Singhampton, the field swept flat and empty in front of them.

Limestone shelves running out into the waves at Delphi Point, the broken autumn sky worked up from the darks.

Winter light on the hard blue water at Lora Bay, the snow-covered spit laid in before the escarpment behind it.

A hardwood trail near the Alpine Ski Club turning gold — the trunks massed in first, the leaf litter and the path itself left until last.

The slopes of the Alpine Ski Club before the first snow, worked from the far ridge forward until the autumn colour closes in.

Winter on the shore at Council Beach — the flat blue of the bay laid down first, then the ice shelf broken up along the waterline.

A wave breaking on the wet sand at Northwinds Beach at dusk — the water massed in first, the pink sky behind it, and the foam left until last.

The lily pads and reeds at the Beaver River access point, the water laid in first and the pads floated on last.

A bank of altocumulus catching the last light over Blue Mountain, worked from the pale sky up into the orange.

A cascade over moss-covered boulders in the Grey Highlands, the rocks massed in before the white water runs over them.

Deep snow on the conifers along the Bruce Trail at Epping, the dark trunks set against the sky before the snow is heaped on.