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Melting Snow

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/25/2009 3:53:51 PM
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...Melting Snow...
6" x 8" - oil on canvas

As we were leaving Valley Head, the snow was melting, and this is what it looked like. You can see why this is a great place for
landscape painters!


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Storm Clearing

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/24/2009 3:46:32 PM
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6" x 8" - oil on canvas

The title says it all. I was on the edge of a very steep hillside. The wind was still blowing some snow, but the clouds were starting to part, and a little bit of sunlight was trying to peek through. The weather can change pretty fast here.

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Logan Run Road

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/23/2009 3:41:20 PM
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6"x8" - oil on canvas
On these cool, crisp days, it is truly glorious when the sun comes out! This is another from Valley Head. I tried to keep it loose, with the brushstrokes showing. Some small branches were scratched in.

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February Light

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/22/2009 3:37:45 PM
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8" x 10" - oil on canvas
I loved the way the golden light was coming through the snow-covered trees. The back-lit trees were in shadow, and appeared blue, while the side-lit trees were reflecting the gold light.

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Valley Head

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/21/2009 3:33:52 PM
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back from Valley Head. It was beautiful! We stayed in a wonderful B & B owned by Grey Darden and Don Morfitt, and painted every day. There was snow, like the scene below. Believe it or not, this is a color photograI'm back from Valley Head. It was beautiful! We stayed in a wonderful B & B owned by Grey Darden and Don Morfitt, and painted every day. There was snow, like the scene below. Believe it or not, this is a color photograph.

So, at least one of my paintings looks almost like a black and white--

"Winter Road" 6" x 8" - oil on canvas

I love the drama of a dark sky with lighter land.


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Sunny Snow Day

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/15/2009 3:04:57 PM
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6" x 12" - oil on canvas

Sun so bright it hurts your eyes! Strong contrast. Sparkle on the melting snow. Here is one of our fast disappearing rural scenes.

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10% Chance of Snow Flurries

by Linda Schweitzer on 2/6/2009 2:33:58 PM
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This was an almost completely light and dark gray scene. (No white, too overcast). To keep it from being too cold, I toned the ground a light orange. With blues and purples applied on top of the orange, it takes on an almost luminescent quality. Really neat!

8x10" - oil on canvas

John Twachtman, one of my favorite artists, would have loved this weather.

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