RECENT WORK…

“Winter Up Weldgelydrid” Acrylic on canvas ,   40″ x 70″

This is a painting I did that will used for a fellow teacher at my school.  It will serve as a wintry backdrop for a miniature replica rural village.  There are little houses and people and trees placed on cotton for snow, so I gave them an environment in which they can exist with proper atmospheric conditions for the time of day.

Mr. S stated that he wanted dusk, but that he wanted to avoid overtly dramatic sunset colors in favor of a more toned down feel. What I tried to portray was a freshly fallen snow storm that has given way to clear, but cold evening skies.  My geographic inspiration was a mix of Weld and Rangeley with possibly a side of Madrid thrown in.

I finished the piece after a day of riding at Saddleback Mountain.  The molasses-quick Rangeley chair lift at Saddleback repeatedly gave me a solid block of time to study what snow looks like on pine trees.  It is better not to rush some things in life.