Cornfield Study

(C) 2020 Dale DiMauro

At this time of year I don't know if it is still winter or early spring. In Brattleboro, VT we are due to get some snow Monday evening, yet our crocuses have begun to flower. On that note, perhaps, this will be my last winter painting for a while. Or maybe not.

Cornfields are an important part of the Vermont landscape. I find it refreshing to walk across any cornfield if they are accessible, as you become enveloped in the larger landscape with it's dramatic light patterns and other changing atmospheric affects.

This watercolor reflects the late season colors and light of winter. Now, most of the snow in the fields is gone. I did lift some color with a knife to suggest lighter tree trunks in the distance. In addition, I inadvertently dropped a clump of cobalt blue in the foreground which I was able to spread around to my benefit. In conclusion, I don't think this photograph does justice to the colorings as seen on the paper.