It is that time when, in this part of the country, winter decends under the mantle of white. .. except that it is not white.  If I were describing it, I would say it decends under a multi-colored mantle of blues and violets, while at various times the sky glows with tints of just about any color imaginable.

“After Snow”

This watercolor painting depicts the landscape after a storm has dropped fresh new snow and the sun begins to peek out again.  Most of my watercolor paintings are painted very directly. This painting was worked using the wet-into-wet technique to capture the texture of new fallen snow, the sparse weeds, bare trees and shrubbery and the over all pleasantly soft look to the newly snow-covered land.

“4:30PM”

Both “4:30PM” and “January Sky” are works that depict winter sky at the approach of dusk which occurs very early, especially in early winter.  Although the look of winter is cold with its cool hues of blue and violet, winter skies are often bright and filled with the warmest of light.  Often, the evening sky is filled with the wispy clouds of winter highlighted and shaded with both warm and cool color.

“January Sky”

Winter is when the sun is low in the sky and nearly all light is raking light, creating long and deep shadows on the snow. The painting “Winter Light” depicts just such a time - perhaps mid morning or mid afternoon.

“Winter Light”