(C) 2026 Dale DiMauro
Skiing at the Brattleboro Outing Club makes me see the landscape differently or perhaps more accurately. Naturally, the landscape is always changing - whether it is the seasonal change or the migration of birds coming or going, etc.
However, to really stop what you are doing and to really see the landscape can be a profound experience. I have skied past this little brook many times throughout the years but I really began to pay attention to it's presence this season. I don't know if it was the dark indigo of the stream or the light cast upon the snow. Ultimately, I think the contours of the land, water and mounds of snow drew me into the woods.
This subject was fun for me to paint as it seemed very intuitive. This painting only took two short sessions to finish. I like all the variations of light on the snow and the shadowy trees in the background.
Leaving some of the white of the paper in each and every painting is a goal of mine. It's sort of like a where's Waldo aspect which I think enriches the painting for viewers even if they are unaware of it.
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