#459 • Just One More

 

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We knew it would be back. So.... one last painting of deep winter before we are officially into the spring of 2023 tomorrow.

Just One More • 8"x 8" acrylic framed to 12"x 12" 8 $275

#458 • And Just Like That It's Spring

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Yep, and just like that it's spring. Today.

I found this buried in my studio just like those bulbs out there.

And Just Like That It's Spring • 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275

#457 • And Just Like That It's Winter Again

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And just like that, we are back into a real Maine winter again. It was the flower post I did last week. It works every time.

Finally we skiers have some stuff to play around in. I had forgotten how much fun it is to ski in a snow storm. There are a lot of positive ions floating around in the air when it's snowing that hard. And it multiplies by a lot when there's a gale blowing through. 

I'd also forgotten how it feels to have a billion little ice needles scouring your face. Don't know if it's a good-for-you facial or a bad one, but it's invigorating when snow hits you that hard all the same. And for us with thin lips, it feels like you've been botoxed when you get back indoors.

But the best part about a winter storm is that no one is out and about buzzing around in their cars and trucks. The peace and quiet is a welcome change of pace.

And Just Like That It's Winter Again • 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275

#456• Think Spring Flowers For Snow

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You skiers can thank me for this one, I was reading about how a lot of coastal gardeners are seeing bulbs poking through the mulch already. Got me in the mood and wouldn't you know it, we're going to get buried. It's not easy to out smart Mother Nature, though I can't credit for that and much prefer to liken it to rooting for the other team so that yours is guaranteed to win. Think spring-like thoughts and it's guaranteed to conjure up a good old fashioned nor' easter for sure.

Think Spring Flowers For Snow 8 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275

#455 • Late Summer Glow

 

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Since it's like summer out there today on this glorious winter morning in Maine, I thought I'd post something to reflect the event. It's a painting I did last September, so it's not totally summer. 

Make the best of it folks. We'll be back and up to our necks in winter tomorrow!

Late Summer Glow • 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275

#454 • A Dose of Help, Hope and Promise

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Oddly, and it's usually around this time of year, we'll get a day like this one. It feels like spring. I hear a million little voices calling for help, hope and some sort of promise. I think it comes from under the snow. 

But there are also a few of my calendar fans who live in the mid-west who don't get breaks like this. They've told me they need something to remind them that spring will come, that it does every year, and that it will be sooner rather than later.

A Dose of Help, Hope and Promise • 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275

#453 • Icing On the Landscape

 

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It always amazes me what a good dump of snow does to a landscape. It ices it, like icing on a cake. Who invented icing on a cake anyway?

Covering cakes with powdered sugar or other materials were introduced in the 17th century. The icing was applied to cake then hardened in the oven. The earliest attestation of the verb 'to ice' in this sense seems to date from around 1600, and the noun 'icing' from 1683.

Icing On the Landscape • 8" x 8" acrylic framed to 12" x 12" • $275