March 28, 2008

It's beginning to sound like a broken record, but it is still cold here.  The weatherman just mentioned "single digits" for tonight.  We received around five inches of snow last night.  This is how Rockwell looked this morning.  Even though I'm sick of snow it is still beautiful.  Here at home the trees stayed covered all day and looking out my window I see dark limbs each outlined in pristine white.  It is gorgeous!  Having all the old brown snow covered up again is also nice.  We'll just have to keep waiting for Spring.

I've finished with the daily paintings and stories for now and am working on the second Railroad station on the Adirondack Line.  I started sketching out a wildflower for this year, but today when we drove past Ivy Island with the new snow it was so beautiful, I think there will just have to be another painting of that while the scene is still fresh in my mind. 

I think I'll go get it started!

Keep thinking of spring!

lynn and Gino

It still is very cold here, but the water in Rockwell Falls is getting a little bigger and some of the ledges are beginning to show.  I took a walk to the Bow Bridge today without a hat and thought my ears might freeze and fall off.  Winter still has a strong hold on our area. 

Last month I had decided to do a series of paintings of the D&H Railroad stations on the Adirondack line from Greenfield to North Creek, to possibly be ready for this spring.  There are ten buildings, and even though the canvases aren't large I can see they won't be ready soon.  So this will be a project to complete over the next couple of years.  I have one finished and have started the second.  Those structures are beautiful and interesting with lots of detail, but time consuming to paint. Mixing up the subjects of the paintings is a lot more fun, and I don't work well under the pressure of a deadline.  Some of the stations are gone and will need more research. 

Meanwhile I'm still putting the little "daily" paintings and stories on the site each weekday.  Here is a link.

Stay warm and hopefully spring will be here soon!

lynn and gino

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                                                                     March 12, 2008

This was on the Northway across from French Mountain Monday.  The ice was only in the higher elevations around here and was making the trees glow in the sunshine. This was the best we could do for a photo. It was hard to get a good one at 65 MPH.

I usually show Rockwell Falls photos but thought those of you who aren't in the area this winter would like to see Papa's with it's snow covering. We took this photo on Sunday after the snow had settled and melted a little, but there is still lots of it.  That is Gino standing  on the sidewalk.  Finally, we're having a real winter again.

I've started posting the weekday paintings and stories again.  Here is the link if you'd like to see.  Once I get all of our paperwork completely done, I'll get back to one more little painting and then the series I started a couple months ago.  We took three completed canvases to have them scanned for prints yesterday.  Little by little we're getting ready for spring, but today and tomorrow they are forecasting freezing rain.  Well, by June the weather should be better again.

Stay warm,

lynn and gino

We had around ten inches of new snow yesterday. This was Rockwell Falls this morning.  I went out for a walk in the woods during the storm and it was absolutely beautiful. But then the wind came up and it felt like the temperature dropped around twenty degrees.  I was really happy to get back inside. It's been a great winter for all sorts of outdoor fun, but I think we are all looking forward to spring.  It's going to be below zero tonight.  BRRRR. Our sons are hoping all the snow will make an exciting white water season this year.

I've been working on the little "daily" paintings all month but most of them have taken more than a day.  I have sixteen (thirteen new) so far and hope to have a couple more this week.  There will be one each weekday on a new page on the site starting March 3rd. I'd love to do more - lots of ideas - but need to get back to the series of paintings.

Enjoy the snow!

lynn and Gino

This was Rockwell Falls a couple of days ago after yet another small snowfall.  It seems that we get a few inches every other day.  It's great to have a snowy winter again, but right now it's raining and in the 20's for temperature.  That is not a good combination.  We aren't leaving the house to go to the gallery or anywhere else today.  Hopefully the electricity will stay on and we'll be warm. 

I've decided to put the series paintings on hold for a month and work on the daily paintings.  I'm stockpiling them, (61/2 so far, plus 3 from before), and will put them on the site one at a time in March.  My friend Mike says that's cheating - I'm supposed to paint one a day and put them up then.  Even though that may be so, this is how it is going to be for this year - no rushing.  Half the time they take more than one day anyway. Then I can work on the series uninterrupted starting in March.

I did proclaim the Sacandaga painting finished last week. It will be nice not to have that canvas sitting on the drawing table any longer.  It has been there for many months.

I'd better go and work on the little "daily" canvas that I've been at for two days so far. Maybe I'll just have to change the "Painting a Day" title to "Paintings and Stories".

Stay warm!

lynn

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