This 8x10 oil on panel of trees and snow is the start of another series of paintings. I'm reusing panels of discarded old paintings. I like working on the old paint buildup and previous brushwork. Maurice Denis, the French painter, once said that a painting, "before being a battle horse, a nude woman, or an anecdote of some sort--is essentially a flat surface covered with colours, put together in a certain order." So when I look at trees and snow, a very common sight now, I also see a collection of paint marks put together in a certain order that also resembles trees, snow, rocks, branches, etc.
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