Winter's Move

This 24 x 30 inch oil painting was started on the bank of the North Fork of the Shoshone River near Yellowstone, Wyoming. This little pool was left as the summer river lowered. It was a nice summer scene. It hung around my studio too long and I couldn't leave well enough alone and I turned it into this great winter painting. Sometimes I'm smart enough to take two good paintings and turn them into one. No wait that isn't smart! My Dad used to tell me, when I was about ready to repaint an entire picture, "Leave it alone! Just paint another one." That is good advice and because I forgot to follow that advice on this painting, the nice summer pool is gone...covered by my winter snow.