First Snow on Mansfield by Thomas Waters

Thomas Waters

First Snow on Mansfield

Oil

8 x 16 in

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Every year, in Autumn, I look forward to that first snow that typically only sticks in the higher elevations. Mount Mansfield is the highest peak in Vermont, and along my route to my gallery job. On a good year, that first snow happens while there is still color in the lower hills and fields. If you are lucky, cold weather fallows that first snow so it stays on the mountain for a few days. This year was perfect. Snow on the mountain followed by cold clear weather. I had to paint this painting, which may serve as a study for a future, larger variant of this view. I love the cold hard edges on the mountain contrasted by the warmer colors in the lower half. The low light creates some nice shadows in the foreground.