When Rebry settled in Saint Boniface in 1970, a few kilometers from Shawinigan he was immediately struck by the vast landscape of rocks so different from his native flat Flanders. His arrival in Saint Boniface marked the true beginning of his painting career.

The Group of Seven painters, drawn by the Canadian wilderness, painted it without embellishment of any human presence. Although Rebry was a faithful follower of the Group of Seven he soon concluded that he needed to humanize the landscape he was painting. He would soften the landscapes adding a road or any other indication of a human presence, making it more realistic and recognizable for a viewer.

In his paintings Rebry is a symbolist in his colour palette which remains pure and it is a function of particular moment in nature. In this painting Rebry captured the vibrations of air above a forest huddled in the distance, a tangled curtain of trees in the background concealing mysteries beyond yet neither impenetrable nor menacing.