My entry for the EBSQ "Ripped Off" Art Show -- as influenced by EBSQ artist Darlene Russell's painting of the same title....
I found myself attracted to this particular painting of Darlene's -- a stark winter landscape in a softly muted palette. I 'ripped' this basic concept, adding elements of my own as per my own painting style and voice....
A Midwesterner through and through, I always do look forward to the first snow of the season (as well as the last)......