We’re into the Polar Vortex and it’s a rousing -17° F this morning! The saving grace is that the sunshine is brilliant and the view from my studio window is spectacular – animal tracks weave patterns across the new-fallen snow and there is a flurry of activity at the birdfeeders. Otherwise, the woods is quiet. During the winter months, we can see through the trees to the Fox Creek wetlands behind our house. At dusk, all year round, this area becomes a cacophony of honking voices as the Canadian Geese and Trumpeter Swans make the daily flight back to their nests.
This week’s painting seems to reflect my mood in February. This is a time of waiting – the continuing uncertainty of COVID and the hope of a vaccine and, while there is certainly no sign of it today, the deep anticipation and longing for Spring. I’m spending free moments (and there seem to be many of those with this continued isolation) reading Monty Don gardening books, checking out the seed catalogs and drawing up plans for this year’s gardens. The truth is, we are getting ready to launch.
Today’s painting, Leap of Faith, 9” x 12” on 300 lb. water paper, calls us to move forward to the end of the dock and be ready to launch into whatever lies ahead.
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