Fog Study, Johnstown, #1, 14 x 11 , UART 400
It’s snowing here and I’m going to stay home and enjoy it. My gallery is giving a champagne and chocolate “private” party today, but I’m afraid the turnout won’t be good. We bought our Christmas tree this morning and will decorate it by the fire this afternoon instead. It’s December! I always have mixed feelings. I love the music, the lights, the spirit of the season. But there is so much to do, to buy, to eat, cards to write, presents to be bought. And NO time for art! I wake up at 4:00 am thinking about the projects I’d like to be working on, but they fade away as soon as the day begins. But I just “finished” this small painting that I began several weeks ago so I’d have something to share with you. We were in Johnstown, PA in mid-Nov. and it was foggy in the morning and I got some great pictures of the old iron works and other buildings in the fog. Want to do a series of 11 x 14 small towns and cities pictures, including the one of Frederick that I shared. But … I’m also keen to try out the square Fisher boards again, perhaps trying out some abstracted landscaps in advance of a workshop I’m giving in January in my studio. No time for that either. It’s no wonder why I LOVE January so much! People think I’m very strange to love January, but really, having guilt-free time to spend painting inside is one of the things that January brings us. We’re back to healthier diets and real work. But for now, it’s December and Christmas for many of us. John and I will be travelling to Massachusetts on the 20th, returing on the 27th to host New Year’s Eve gathering here. I look forward to being with friends and family this month and hope that many of you will also be doing the same. It’s good to take time out from a solid diet of art (I guess!). Happy Christmas, Happy Hannukah. Enjoy!
Enjoyed your painting of fog Jean! I enjoy fog after spending 30-years in the desert. I understand the frustration of not painting much in December. Here in southern Oregon, we woke up to minus 6-degrees with six-inches of snow. For us it is an extreme and stunning novelty so I feel inspired to paint. But because of traveling , the snow scenes will have to be from photos and notes. In January you and all of us, I am sure, will be more than ready to get some serious painting done. I wonder what it would be like to live in frequent snow storms. I’m tempted. It sure is beautiful!
Well, our lovely snow has now gone to sleet, then freezing rain. It’s pretty depressing! I won’t be leaving the house until it turns to rain tomorrow morning. There’s nothing romantic about ice! Keep safe everyone (in this area).