LJ and NJ

The reference photo for this painting is of a scene in Rocky Mountain National Park (Moraine Park) from an outing last February. Norma took the photo late afternoon that day. What drew me to the composition was the contrast between the colors of the willow branches and the surrounding snow. I didn’t want this to be a big project or take too long, so the painting is on a small panel (8” x 10”). The most challenging part of the work was those branches — had to go out and purchase a new Rigger brush to get some of those very thin lines. Also a lot of negative space painting, when lines started out being too thick.