phil’s folk style painting on wood is the perfect “slow” method for illustrating a column called  “Slow Lane” for Country Gardens magazine. Here are phil’s images for the four 2011 gardening seasons, starting with snowdrops from winter/spring. (more)

Phil created the snowdrops below to accompany an article in the early spring issue of Country Gardens, “From Barren to Brilliant: Early spring bulbs are colorful antidotes to a drab winter”. 

Those lucky people visiting Canada this summer can see phil’s Ontario vineyard inspired murals while picking up some of Ontario’s best wines at the LCBO. One look at these paintings is sure to inspire a late summer – early fall tour of Prince Edward County/ Niagara region vineyards. (more)