The note card/painting, Snowy, combines rosy cheeks, a pair of fuzzy warm mittens and the frosty blue-white chill of a first winter snowfall. In this painting it seemed important to keep the background free of clutter to reinforce the clean “whiteout feeling” of a fresh snowfall. The child’s blue eyes anchor the other blue tones of the piece and her rosy cheeks and lips highlight the surprise of frosty flakes. It was necessary to experiment with a variety of delicate splatter techniques to suggest the falling snow flakes. Snowy is one of the few winter themed paintings I have done. On snowy days I am usually out in the “white stuff” playing ….getting my fuzzy mittens all dirty and much too excited to paint. Happy snow days!!

 

 

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Kathy O’Rourke

Snow Day Connoisseur