Dove Lane at Blackberry, MN – I painted this from a memory of my youth. The west end of Dove Lane actually led to a peninsula of land
almost surrounded by the Mississippi river. In this case the frozen Mississippi is on the right. A view from MapQuest indicates that
house and outbuildings are still there. I knew the family that lived there and
went to school with their children; I won’t name them as I don’t have
permission to do so. In those days the winters were raw, windswept and cold and I wanted
to depict that in the painting. I hope I’ve accomplished that. Painting this one
was very difficult for me as I don’t usually use cool tones and just wasn’t
used to working with them at all. I also discovered that painting snow was not
as easy as it sounded and found it difficult. I think I repainted the front left of the painting three
different times before I was happy with it. Comments are welcomed.
