Winter Landscapes

I took these photos from the desire to paint winter landscapes. I saw some images from a watercolor book, and I wanted to paint my own. The winter land use to depress me from the absence of leaves, but life still exists in subtle ways; the moss on the tress, the wet of melting snow; there is life here. There is silence in this space. I spoke to a friend recently and said, "Lately I have been listening to less music and more so to the sounds that my shoes make when walking in the snow."