Morning Chill, 11x14" oil on canvas
©2025 Helen Read
Winter in the north can have very minimal color.
While creation is sleeping, the world is covered in a snowy blanket with blue shadows of all that
stands tall in the landscape. On a clear day, the sky can be a beautiful azure.
As a painter, I was attracted to the way the shadows pulsed across the landscape in bands of blue, the brightness of the sun, defusing its light through the branches of the trees, and how much subtle color can be seen in the white snow.
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