Settling into the Cold Nights

snow high ridge

“A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.”

William Wordsworth

I picked up the quote above from my recent reading of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs. After a hundred pages of reading, I can say I am genuinely hooked on this biography and am grateful that the frigid weather now gripping north Texas waited for my return from a St. Louis Christmas (which featured delightful snow!). Now I’m snuggled in front of my fireplace as temperatures promise to reach lows in the upper teens the next few days. I’ve posted above a watercolor I did today (8 x 10″) from a photo I took of a Christmas eve snowstorm in St. Louis.

And . . . I seem to lapse into the habit of photographing breakfast in front of the fireplace on those rare occasions that Texas gets cold enough for a fire in the winter.

breakfast

Thanks for reading.

I make art in order to discover.

I journal when I feel alone.

I blog to remind myself that I am not alone.

3 Responses to “Settling into the Cold Nights”

alethakuschan Says:
December 31, 2017 at 11:49 am | Reply
What a beautiful watercolor. I find myself drawn to summer scenes in winter. Seems like I do much more landscape painting in winter than in the warm months — reminding myself what lovely summer days are like!

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- davidtripp Says:
  December 31, 2017 at 8:21 pm | Reply
  Thank you, and Happy New Year! I tend to paint landscapes throughout the four seasons, and personally prefer the winter snowscapes, particularly since I don’t get to see them every winter.
  
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  - alethakuschan Says:
    January 1, 2018 at 9:42 am
    Snow scenes are challenging to paint. And beautiful to see.
    
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