Digging Out

(C) 2018 Dale DiMauro

The early stages of this watercolor summarize the kind of winter we have had so far in Vermont. Extreme cold followed by lingering snow accumulations. With these cold temperatures, snow has adhered to our car tires, making the roads slippery on numerous occasions. When the sun does come out, our solar panels often deposit snow in our front yard.

Nevertheless, it has been great to get outside and enjoy the winter. I have enjoyed cross country skiing, snowshoeing and ice hockey.

This painting does not have much color in it. However, it has a lot of (cold) temperature in it with the varying degrees of blue. My palette has more kinds of blues than any other color. Not all the blues are cold. Some occupy the warmer range. Yet, if there is a color to describe this winter, blue would be it.