Right now in Canada trees should be turning brilliant colors, temperatures should be starting to fall and preparations for winter should be just around the corner. We arrived in brilliant sunshine, enjoyed that for a couple of days then woke up to a huge dump of out of season September snow. Overnight temperatures dropped to minus 10 degrees, roads were closed, power supplies were interrupted and tree limbs littered the streets – inconvenient for the local residents but an amazing site for us.
Twisted foothills of the Rocky Mountains
Elbow River
These guys are the double decker bus version of a domestic cow
Wyeth like.
Warm fire on a cold night at Lyla and John’s
Small lake in the mountains above Banff
Mountain Goats learning to eat rocks
Driving through the snow covered prairies north of Calgary was a fantastic sight – soft, bleak and grey.
Canadian optimism – Solar powered stop sign 
Badlands
Winter wood
Kila
Splashing Paint 
Hey John. Great that you guys are experiencing snow in the beautiful and majestic land of Canada!
Hey John, happy to see you are experiencing the snow in the majestic and beautiful land of Canada! See what we have to put up with?
The photos are beautiful, John. They inspire me to visit that part of Canada.
What a wonderful and inspiring set of photographs, John. No surprise why you found it a wonderful landscape for painting. I look forward to see some of your resulting artwork!
Beautiful images. Made me cold just looking at them. Well done!
Teresa Reasor
Thank you for your excellent photos!
Fabulous photos, thanks so much!
John these photos are simply amazing. Excited to see what you will do with North American light and colors. I lived in British Columbia as a child and attribute my love of watercolor to the colors in the national parks across the US and Canada. If you’re in Boston please look me up. Dinner on me.
Best
Jacob
Hi Jacob,
Thanks for making contact.
BC sure is a beautiful part of the world.
Unfortunately we wont be making it up to Boston this trip – NY is as close as we get, but one day I hope to head up into that part of the USA. Let us know if you make it down under and the dinner will be on us!
Cheers
John
Really enjoyed looking at your photos John – my mother was from Edmonton, my dad Australian. Yes, it will be so interesting to see your response to the new environment and different colours. Enjoy your trip.
Anne
Wow they are the best photos ever
I’m glad you got to experience the snow and cold weather. That’s not a frequent happening back home, is it? I’ve never seen that part of the mountains in Canada, only those north of Vancouver, so it’s interesting to see your photos and to imagine what your subsequent paintings will be like. I like the matching outfits, Kila and your hoodie.