Landscape 3: Winter Trees

Winter Trees
original watercolor on paper 11x14"

I imagine cities full of trees and chimneys full of smoke, in winter, with bright red cardinals darting from tree limb to tree limb.  The skies are so cool and gray.  I have my own version of cityscapes swirling around my head, but sometimes, when it comes to painting, it can be tricky snatching up the fragments of inspiration and gathering them all in one place.  I feel so inspired by cities, although I really don't understand them or how a person could live and thrive there as I'm so used to the wide open fields and ribbons of forest around these parts.  So, I combined a few of my loves here- forests and tall windowed apartment buildings for this week's landscape.  It's part three of the series.  More to come!

See part 2 & 3 here and here.

Baby Deer PRINT GIVEAWAY!

Baby Deer
original watercolor & mixed media 6x6" round

WIN THIS!
Baby Deer PRINT
8x8" on 10x10" paper

I wanted to do something special this month to celebrate Christmas and to say "thank you" for all of the support and generosity I've experienced this year because of all of you!  Having a blog and Etsy shop have changed my life and enabled me to meet many new friends, collectors, and fellow artists.  I thank God every day for the life He's given me and for the ability to paint for a living.  Your support is so valuable!

Now for the giveaway!  Do you remember my little deer friend?  I'm actually planning an entire set of fawn paintings, but for now, I've painted him in the woods with his little cardinal friend on a half-inch thick round wooden panel.  Isn't he adorable?  My giveaway this month will be the 8x8" PRINT of this new "Baby Deer" illustration (not the original).

Here's how to enter:

Simply leave a comment here, on my blog, by clicking the "comments" link at the bottom of this post.  Please include your name and your contact information (email or phone).

OR

Leave a comment on my facebook page.

Contest ends December 16th at midnight (central time).  Anyone may enter, only once, and only one winner will be chosen at random by me.  The winner will receive the print by Christmas!

THANK YOU and good luck!

(original painting available here)