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MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
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SIZE: 20" x 16"
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STATUS: Sold
"The monochrome tones of this painting are quite a departure from my usual use of color, bright lighting and shadows. I wanted to do something different from the snowy barn in sunshine that I most recently completed. I've painted this barn in the midst of the storm, when the lack of light limits the range of colors our eyes see.
In this painting I set the horizon line high, since the sky was less interesting than the foreground. Even though the foreground is mostly the fallen snow, the small snow-covered tree and the fenceposts strung with barbed wire add interest. I used a lot of very light gray, even on the snow on the ground, so that where I used pure white it would show up a little better. As the final step, I held my breath and spattered fine drops of white over the entire painting, hoping I wouldn't ruin the whole thing… fortunately it worked just as I had envisioned it.
Here in Tennessee, the snow rarely gets very deep, and usually doesn't stay on the ground long enough to get dirty and ugly… although this recent January storm lingered for a while. I was happy to have the snow and see the beauty it has created in my woods, and I did lots of walking and picture-taking for references for future snow paintings."
