Fresh Snow

I've always found snow scenes intimidating, but decided to rise to the challenge this year and give it a try. A fresh snow gives me a sense of calm, provided it is not so deep that I have to go out and shovel it for hours. I thought back to all the lovely colors I'd been using this year and selected some that I thought had a calming effect on me and thought about which ones would be a good way to capture the light.
Much of painting snow is really capturing the light since the snow is "white" and is a perfect surface to allow you to see it. Currently we have no snow on the ground so I went back through photographs I have taken the morning after a snow fall and really concentrated on the colors in the snow. And there they were pale yellows, lavenders, and warm blues.
About a week after completing this painting I was fortunate to attend a talk by Lee Boyton, who studied painting the light with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, MA. According the Lee's bio "Henry opened Lee's eyes to the poetry of using color to capture the subtle and ever-changing effects of light." During Lee's demonstration I found out that what I had stumbled upon in this painting was part of the philosophy of the American Impressionists and what was taught at the Cape School of Art. I think the concept Lee portrayed in his demonstration is one I am innately drawn to and will definitely pursue this more in my work.