Winter

Although it has seemed wintry here, with snow a little earlier than usual and some chilling low temperatures, the real winter weather has begun now. Snowfall has been small but low temperatures have kept it on the ground. And low temperatures are going even lower, with the daily high later in the week predicted to be only zero Fahrenheit and the low in negative double digits. Brrr. 

At the moment the weather feels like Union Square, an oil from several years ago, albeit with less wind. 

"Union Square, Winter," oil on panel, 10x8

Frankly, we Iowans are probably all hoping for sunshine, not wind and snow and sleet, even if the temperatures are low. Bright sunrises are the thing to keep our spirits up, here in the darkest few days of the year.

"Winter Sunrise, oil on panel, 10x8