A spring road trip to the Haines, Alaska area provided many opportunities to photograph the patterns of melting snow, one of my favorite subjects to abstract. This painting is based on a combination of several of them -- one for the background and one for the foreground. However, if you visit the area, you may find the painting is only based on the setting. It does look a bit different in reality.
I set out to paint "High Country Spring" for a competition I planned to enter this fall. However, at this point in it's composition it had been sitting in my studio for several months. Was it done? I wasn't sure, but the answer came with a phone call. A friend had visitors to Petersburg who liked some of my paintings in a local art show. Did I have others? At that time "High Country Spring" was lounging behind another painting. The instant I moved the other piece, the visitor announced he wanted this painting.
Artists have highs and lows in their careers, rejections and critical comments but it's all worth while when you experience moments like that. I immediately set out to paint another idea for the competition.
A spring road trip to the Haines, Alaska area provided many opportunities to photograph the patterns of melting snow, one of my favorite subjects to abstract. This painting is based on a combination of several of them -- one for the background and one for the foreground. However, if you visit the area, you may find the painting is only based on the setting. It does look a bit different in reality.
I set out to paint "High Country Spring" for a competition I planned to enter this fall. However, at this point in it's composition it had been sitting in my studio for several months. Was it done? I wasn't sure, but the answer came with a phone call. A friend had visitors to Petersburg who liked some of my paintings in a local art show. Did I have others? At that time "High Country Spring" was lounging behind another painting. The instant I moved the other piece, the visitor announced he wanted this painting.
Artists have highs and lows in their careers, rejections and critical comments but it's all worth while when you experience moments like that. I immediately set out to paint another idea for the competition.