The First Snow

The winter paintings are selling well and I am now at 100 paintings sold this year. I am anxious for the first snow so I decided to do a painting of what the first snow looks like here in the valley. The tamarack trees are at their peak with their bright yellow needles, the green grass isn’t far beneath the snow and deer head for the apple orchards to forage for drop apples. A friend told me that she picked out a perfect tree for Christmas a few years ago, but when it was time to cut it, it was nude.:) Tamaracks have the perfect shape for a Christmas tree but their needles only last until the end of Nov. The First Snow is 11’ x 14”.