It has been a most amazing winter. Just over a week ago, I was painting en plein aire not far from the place where this photo was taken.

Today, on the other hand, I’ve spent my time recovering from a whole lot of snow shoveling yesterday.

I keep seeing this in my head with deep, warm pockets of colors in the negative shapes between the trees that will be the center of interest. It’s hard to say when I will get it started...life is unexpectedly busy right now. This one isn’t going to let go, though. It will be painted.