“Blowing and
Drifting…”
9"x12" Original Pastel Painting
by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry
$225.00...+ Shipping
This pastel painting is a painting of
memory and a little bit of fiction. It is an impression piece, I suppose. While
growing up in Montana and Wyoming (and a host of other places which are not
important right now) the weather forecast was often, “blowing and drifting snow”.
If you’ve spent any winter time in the windy plains north of the Rockies, you’ll
know what I mean. You might not be having falling snow at the time, but the ground
blizzards can be ferocious and deadly. I remember riding many times with my
family and having everyone at a car window calling out the white, (can you
believe it???) center lines on the highway or the edges of the barrow pit and
mile markers on the other side so that whoever was driving would know where he
or she was on the road. So, when I painted this piece, I wanted to capture the
isolation of the ranch, the mountains in the background, and the effects of the
ground blizzard, reshaping the landscape by the minute. These were cold winter
days which were miserable outside, but warm and cozy when you went into the
house.
I used Wallis sanded paper as the
ground and a mix of soft pastels. This painting is matted and framed out to a 12
x 16 size, ready for hanging. Although, if purchased matted but unframed, the
shipping would be less but will need to be framed under glass.
I will accept landscape commissions if you have a favorite
scene. Prices vary by size.
