Southern Painter: Middle of Winter

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Middle of Winter

Middle of Winter - middle stage of the painting, that is. Yesterday we saw this frozen water at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge in Decatur Al. This year there are HUGE numbers of Sandhill cranes there. Wish I could have made good photos of the cranes, but my zoom won't do it. So this icy scene is the next best thing I saw. I'm maybe halfway finished on this 24x36 oil. It's been 43 degrees here today and we still have as much snow as and ordinary north Alabama snow would be!

6 comments:

Maria's WatercolorSaturday, January 15, 2011
This is going to be wonderful, great lighting and reflections, I bet it is very impressive at this larger size....
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Studio at the FarmSunday, January 16, 2011
Gorgeous colors and strong forms ... looks great already.
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Anne StickneySunday, January 16, 2011
this is so...evocative, for lack of a better word. Captures the spirit of the landscape at that point in time, very serene.
Love it, Robin.
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BarbaraTuesday, January 18, 2011
Beautiful, Robin!!
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SusanWednesday, January 19, 2011
Thelight in this piece is really lovely - looking forward to seeing the finish!
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Gary KeimigMonday, February 07, 2011
very nice Robin. Love that light.
Thanks too for the comment on my blog. Now off to the studio to do some snow paintings.
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