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It’s the first day of winter in Canada, and though we have no snow here in Toronto, Ontario, just north of us it is very deep and very cold…it’s unusual that in the city there is none….I’m not complaining, I love that it’s still fairly warm and dry, so this painting is from remembered first days in the past…a few samples from the Winter series can be seen below
Watermedia on Arches Paper
On the first day of winter,
the earth awakens to the cold touch of itself.
Snow knows no other recourse except
this falling, this sudden letting go
over the small gnomed bushes, all the emptying trees.
Snow puts beauty back into the withered and malnourished,
into the death-wish of nature and the deliberate way
winter insists on nothing less than deference.
waiting all its life, snow says, "Let me cover you" Laura Lush, The First Day of Winter
I paint in many different styles and feature a myriad of subject matter, which I show as individual collections….
I am inspired by the world interpreting it in brilliant colours, often influenced by the writings of famous authors and poets..
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Comments
beautiful work
Thank you so much Joe…
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How perfect for solstice love the coloursand tje branches LIZ
Thanks so much Liz…I do have another just for this dark day too, but it is buried in my gallery somewhere here on RB..I thought I’d do a fresh one…
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Ohhh… that’s beautiful… :)
Thank you so much Betsy….
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Beautiful!! Snow and glow- what could be better!:-)
Thank you so much Leslie…very nice of you…
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Oh your memory serves you well Janis! The colors shimmering behind the trees are just so beautiful!Those royal blues are so well contrasted against the complements of yellow and gold!
Thank you so much Joanne…nice to see you….very gratifying words…
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It’s truly a lovely work Janis. Very nicely done.
I’m getting back to normal now…getting used to the new digs, though it really is too pretty to paint in…lol…thanks so much Jim….
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Absolutely stunning!!
Thank you so much Alison…very nice of you…
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That’s wonderful…thank you so much…
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a lovely addition to your series.Seems strange to be snowed up in Yorkshire (6 days) before the snow reaches your city.
Yes and there is no forecast for snow this month…yet if you go just out of the city on all sides there’s tons of it…it’s like we’re in some kind of cocoon…I love it…thanks so much Susan…very nice of you…
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