Watercolor 12" x 16" on Arches 140lb cold press - February, 1997
"Reflections" was based on a photo I took while visiting Cade's Cove in Tennessee. I had recently finished reading "Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life". This biography inspired me to complete quite a few paintings and this was one of them. I remember thinking about the time that he had spent around Christina Olson's house trying to capture effects of light through a window or door. I waited until the end of the painting to put in the details inside the window and reflections of the tree branches. This to me was the key part of the whole composition.
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