Winter Comes

Earth’s Shroud
24×30 Oil
$525

Winter blows in and the earth is enshrouded with a cloak of clouds, dropping temperatures to freezing points that hinder or stop all growth below. Colors cool, greens fade to pale, and hay grass gives in to the wind and falls softly in submission to the season.

The mighty winds are the only ones moving, as they howl and billow over the earth. Plants retreat into dormancy, creatures burrow down to hide from the cold.

And all the while, we watch and listen and wait and hope that life will be restored in the promise of spring.

Winter’s Night

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Winter’s Night
18×34 Oil
$300

Day 19 of 30 Day Challenge – I’ve been working on this one a few days.  I took a photo of a house, while in Blue Ridge. on a hot summer day.  And as I painted, the background evolved into this.  Why am I painting snow when it is 90 degrees outside?  Sometimes, Art happens.