Snowy Evening
oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce
I don’t think we are going to have a white Christmas this year, but I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holidays. It’s been an interesting year, to say the least. I think the year 2020 will be burned into our brains for the remainder of our lives. It is the year that I painted the most in my entire career. Staying home has some advantages.
This painting became my Christmas card this year. It was started as a demo for one of my online art classes. In the fall, we focused on doing paintings with snow as the subject that would turn into our Christmas cards. I continued to work on it after the hour demo, and this was the finished product.
I’m hoping we get a little snow this year so that I can take more photographs to work from for next year’s holiday card. I have to be careful what I wish for; we could end up with the blizzard of the century, although I highly doubt it. I’m pretty much in the house all the time anyway, so I guess it doesn’t really matter.
In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys the holidays as best they can. Stay safe, wear a mask, and social distance so we can get out of this mess! I do miss traveling! And I also miss seeing my friends and my students. Here’s hoping that 2021 will bring better memories.