This painting is the result of an unusual sighting in the sky over north Toronto while walking my St. Bernard late one night. I used to walk him and look at the sky every night. The six lights in the formation of a cross are what I saw. They flew right over us and in fact went out of their way to do so. It left me wondering and so I decided to paint what I saw. I even painted the phosphorous glow that the lights gave off and was surprised that I could do it. I changed the setting from the city to the far north and painted the reflection of the lights in the water. It was painted in the summer of 1975.
Six Lights
Oil on canvas