This Winter's Night daytime And these colors sing most

And these colors sing most brilliantly against a clear cerulean sky

They add such a wonderful counterpoint to the architecture and cars

At the risk of sounding like some sort of weirdo stalker

This subject comes from a side street in midtown Manhattan

I think it captures the cool freshness of the river during a smoldering summer day

This Winter's Night daytime And these colors sing mostWhen I lived in central Pennsylvania, one of my favorite places to paint en plein air was the distinctive Black Moshannon State Park, just outside of the little town of Julian. I caught this sunset moment during a bitterly cold January evening, when only my erstwhile studio mascot, Maple, was brave enough to accompany me. This is looking across the flat, frozen expanse of park's bog, and it was a perfect coda for my time in Pennsylvania. I wept on