SNOW HAD FALLEN SNOW ON SNOW

This painting was done from a photograph I took on the way to visit my son and his family in Ithaca, New York. I planned the trip to coincide with seeing the snow on the barns and the breathtaking views as I drove up Rt. 17 in New York State.

The snow in winter always gives me a sense of peace, warmth and quiet. It is a time for me to slow down, as if I was a hibernating bear... to think, plan and reflect on the year before and the year ahead....when the spring will finally come.
As I was painting, all I could think of was the hymm:
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter long, long ago.
Christina Rosstti (19th C))