Winter Solstice Sunrise
24 X 30 Original acrylic painting on canvas
One downside of living in the forest is it’s hard to see the sunrise. So, this past winter, when I was jonesing for sunlight, I started a morning ritual of prepping a thermos of tea and walking upstream to a spot where the forest opens up into a wetland and you can see the ridgeline of the Greens. I would then sit and sip my tea and wait for the sun to peek over the mountains. It’s always such a giddy thrill to see that first glint of fire appear on the skyline. On especially cold days, as soon as the sun hit, the air would fill with tiny sparkles as the frost sublimated off the vegetation and then instantly refroze in the air. Given that the sun rises so late in winter, I could do all of this after the kids were already on the schoolbus! I sometimes recorded the time and took a compass heading of the rise location in my sketchbook to reassure myself the earth was indeed tilting back towards the sun, and near the equinox, the change was visible every day
Ships unframed in a generously padded box. If you are local to Vermont you may also opt for “pickup” upon checkout at the Emile Gruppe Gallery in Jericho, VT.
24 X 30 Original acrylic painting on canvas
One downside of living in the forest is it’s hard to see the sunrise. So, this past winter, when I was jonesing for sunlight, I started a morning ritual of prepping a thermos of tea and walking upstream to a spot where the forest opens up into a wetland and you can see the ridgeline of the Greens. I would then sit and sip my tea and wait for the sun to peek over the mountains. It’s always such a giddy thrill to see that first glint of fire appear on the skyline. On especially cold days, as soon as the sun hit, the air would fill with tiny sparkles as the frost sublimated off the vegetation and then instantly refroze in the air. Given that the sun rises so late in winter, I could do all of this after the kids were already on the schoolbus! I sometimes recorded the time and took a compass heading of the rise location in my sketchbook to reassure myself the earth was indeed tilting back towards the sun, and near the equinox, the change was visible every day
Ships unframed in a generously padded box. If you are local to Vermont you may also opt for “pickup” upon checkout at the Emile Gruppe Gallery in Jericho, VT.
24 X 30 Original acrylic painting on canvas
One downside of living in the forest is it’s hard to see the sunrise. So, this past winter, when I was jonesing for sunlight, I started a morning ritual of prepping a thermos of tea and walking upstream to a spot where the forest opens up into a wetland and you can see the ridgeline of the Greens. I would then sit and sip my tea and wait for the sun to peek over the mountains. It’s always such a giddy thrill to see that first glint of fire appear on the skyline. On especially cold days, as soon as the sun hit, the air would fill with tiny sparkles as the frost sublimated off the vegetation and then instantly refroze in the air. Given that the sun rises so late in winter, I could do all of this after the kids were already on the schoolbus! I sometimes recorded the time and took a compass heading of the rise location in my sketchbook to reassure myself the earth was indeed tilting back towards the sun, and near the equinox, the change was visible every day
Ships unframed in a generously padded box. If you are local to Vermont you may also opt for “pickup” upon checkout at the Emile Gruppe Gallery in Jericho, VT.