Lakeshore

Here's a studio painting I finished this week done from reference photos I took at Brainard Lake. This is a high country lake up near the peaks, and not too far from the tree line, but fairly easy to reach. The road in was closed for the last two miles so we had to hike in.  They had a couple snowfalls up there, and several more since I visited, so the lake edge was patched with remnants of the snowfalls, and the first set of winter ice around the edges was starting to form. I liked how the beach looked with the dark trees in the background.  Lakeshore, 12 x 16.

I managed to get in a pair of plein air paintings but didn't like how they turned out. You'll see them in the future with something else painted over them.