Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light 8x10 oil 

On Sundays Soltice I got together with artist friends and plein air painted at Kinstone in Fountain City, WI. It was sunny, the ground was covered in snow and the temps were nearing 30 degrees.

It would be my first chance to check out my new vision, as I've just completed cataract surgery. The big question in my mind was would it make me a better artist? Or was everything I did in the past now going to bother me. Well the answer is yes and no. My ability to see colors has definitely changed. I could see it in the whites. I went from incandescent lighting to a florescent tube. Basically everything had a yellowish cast to it before and now wow white was alarmingly bright. I found I was blinded every time I opened the refrigerator. I also had to adjust my smart phone, lowering the brightness at night, so low that when used it outside it was black. I thought my phone was malfunctioning. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining, I grateful for my new gift of sight.

So I celebrate the holidays with eager anticipation to create and capture the wondrous colors around me through my psintings.

Enjoy your Christmas celebrations and safe travels. 

I'll be letting this  painting dry and then add it to my collection of Kinstone paintings come spring when they have there opening celebration Sunday, May 3. I hope you'll stop by as I join other artists painting and sketching on the premises. 

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Scouting for photo inspiration of winter scenes I became a Human Uber to the cats. Thanks Jamie for the photo

Kitties everywhere.