February painting series

In February I started a painting series . I didn’t know it would become a series . I was getting a painting from my studio upstairs where I do my pastels and I was struck by the light on the trees . I have a line of trees in my backyard planted by my Grandfather in the 1950-60’s when it was popular to plant what I believe to be called Soldier pines in upstate NY . There is even an Avenue of the Pines in Saratoga . I was suffering from a fall on the ice getting out of the car and had my leg in a mobilizer and using crutches but somehow dragged myself up for six paintings watching the landscape change as the weather changed . They were all painted looking out the window down at the pines . I am a huge Andrew Wyeth fan and last year I fell in love with Christina Baker Kline’s book A Piece of the World about Christina Olsen and Andrew and Betsy Wyeth . The main focus was on Christina who artists and art lovers will know from Christina’s World . It always seems there is a story behind my art . There is something happening in my life ,something challenging me . I paint from my heart but sometimes things come out of my head too . That is why I called this series A Corner of My World . I have painted in my garden before but there was no feeling or meaning behind it. This was truly inspired by getting up those stairs . Then icing and resting after looking at the photos of the paintings after . Lovely what we can do with technology. luckily I don’t have to have surgery after X-rays and mri the knee showed extreme trauma . It’s back to physical therapy and at home ice, heat ,rest , elevate . I’m finding a new passion in writing as well as being an artist . I hope people will enjoy what I write .