The Season of Snow! It is my favourite time to paint. Busy details in the foreground and beyond are covered with a gently rolling blanket, revealing patterns, shapes and lighting that can be interpreted with any colours of the palette. The weather changes constantly, the character of the landscape is refreshed daily. I can step out my door and never have to walk far for new material. Freezeup and thaw seasons are the most interesting on creeks and ponds. In January shadows are at their most delightfully longest and can stretch right across a pond. Compare that to painting in the harsh midday light of summer….. For winter painting I have a dedicated and unsightly painting outfit of warm clothes that is completely unfit for any other season or event. Oils are the only paints for winter, consistent through all temperatures, and in sleet, rain, snow and wind. In fact that’s one reason I use oils, because winter is my favourite time to paint.
Kathy Haycock
January 2009
Kathy Haycock's oil landscapes are painted on site in all seasons. Early Arctic trips with her father Arctic artist, Maurice Haycock introduced her to the lure of the North and inspired a sweeping and graceful rhythm in her work. Her subject matter is the wilderness around her – near her home close to Algonquin Park, the Canadian Arctic, and the American Southwest. Kathy Haycock is an elected member of Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and is represented in private, public and corporate collections in Canada,USA, Europe, China and Australia.
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