When my acceptance letter came, I was lucky enough to be assigned “WINTER” based on the committee liking the “In The Bleak Midwinterâ€� photo in my entry package. There were so many entries and over half of them wanted winter which surprised me! They asked that my new piece should be in the same style. I had said that even in winter there is much color to be seen and the one they liked had sunset colors reflecting on the snow.

“In The Bleak Midwinter� 32 x 34� 2011

The first step was going through my photos for a likely inspiration picture. I cropped long narrow portions of several before settling on this one, which is a shot that I took across our farm pond in the snow.

Since I proposed that my finished piece would be reminiscent of  “In The Bleak Midwinter�,  I decided to change the time of day to dawn so I could get some nice reflections on the ice and snow.

I isolated one tree to be the focal point.

More tomorrow!

Tags: Exhibits, SAQA, Seasonal Palette