Snow in Maine...

The last few days I’ve managed to get outside and do a little bit of painting. Nothing too ambitious, but I’ve been able to manage some small paintings despite the cold. We got a lot of snow over the last week, and it’s been really fun to watch it come down and tuck all of the houses in. There’s something oddly comforting about piles of snow gathered up around a home. The painting above was done on Seven Tree Pond before the snow, when the lake was frozen over, except for a slice of exposed water off in the distance. The day was mostly overcast, but when I painted this, at noon, there was a bit of sky with sunset colors. It was very odd for the middle of the day.

I’ll try to put together some photos of these winter paintings. It’s been a lot of fun focusing on colorful greys and whites.

Also, I was featured in a blog, Judson’s Plein Air Journal, a few days ago. This looks like a great site to look for plein air gear. I’ve just been browsing around. I like looking for new toys, or better ideas for my plein air set up.

2 Responses to “Snow in Maine”

1. frank gardner says:

   February 1, 2010 at 12:52 pm

   This little one is a real gem Colin.
2. admin says:

   February 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm

   Thanks Frank,

   I really like this little guy. It was an interesting mood that day, with the flat light but some color in the sky.