Winter Haven Red I guess it's because I

I guess it's because I grew up in southern Wisconsin

A pedestrian contemplates her next move in midtown Manhattan

When I was in elementary school

I caught this subject in midtown

Winter Haven Red I guess it's because IThis landscape is the debut painting in my new series, "What's Your 20?" as I celebrate my 20th anniversary of working as a full time professional artist. I grew up in southern Wisconsin during an era when the daytime high within the first two weeks of January often never crested zero degrees Fahrenheit. I fear no cold weather; in fact, I relish it. To me, there's something restorative about the stripped down, bare bones clarity of freezing