See the Light!

"See the Light!"
5" x 12" 
Oil on Hardboard
Mama Cass Elliot sang "...the darkest hour is just before dawn." What she implied is it gets a lot brighter after all that darkness. Come on now, let's get out of the winter funk.  Soon it'll be white instead of sepia, and our eyes will be filled with light again.  These grey days are just -- so -- hard.  

I'm talking to myself.  I needed a pep talk, and who better to deliver it than the person who knows exactly what it's about.  The person who can get to the heart of the matter.  Moi.  

Carol 

Sepia Winter

"Sepia Winter"
6" x 8"
Oil on Hardboard
I'm coming to grips with grey sticks poking into the sepia sky.  Not really. My hands ache at the thought of serious cold. My body shivers and my eyes aren't adapting to so much darkness. Soon enough, on my birthday, in fact, we'll reach the pinnacle of darkness and begin the descent down the light side of the slope. 

I was compelled to get this one out of my system. It happened almost like a dare. Do it. Just paint the trees and the lake and the dismal sky in sepia and burnt sienna.  Do you ever listen to your inner voice?

Carol

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Work in progress

Work in progress
30" x 38"
oil on hardboard
The Maroon Bells commission piece is progressing nicely.  It's useful to photograph it and look at it in miniature, like this, from time to time, too.  I see things when it's down small that would otherwise be missed.  I also drop the colour, too, so it's shades of grey—useful in checking the values—lights and darks. 

 Carol

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