Happy New Year! May it be a better one for the world.

There is a peaceful hush created by the falling snow today. It instills in me a desire to cocoon indoors. Now is the time I take out my field studies and create my larger paintings for the galleries.   I have a chance to be one with nature in the comfort of my studio.

This year, during the summer, it is my intention to visit new states and explore the painting of different terrains. I did wander through Brown County, Indiana in December and will be doing a series of work featuring what I saw there. The land definitely has more of a vertical thrust and a lot more oak trees!

Another intention of mine for the new year is to be sure I blog every week when I am not on the road. So please come by and comment to the blog as the new year makes it simple beginning.

Stay warm!