"Mill Street Nocturnal"
oil  9" x 12" 
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I had been wanting to get out and paint a winter nocturnal scene during the full moon.  I was tracking the moon's movement, and the eery greenish glow on fairly fresh snow had me convinced of the night to paint this.

Unfortunately, it meant not going out to paint until about 3am...and it was minus eight degrees.  After about 1-1/2 hours of painting, I could hardly feel my toes, and I knew it was time to wrap it up.

To paint...I clipped cateye halogen lights to my hat's visor and had to hold my breath looking down the road or the light would glare everything up and I would not be able to see.

Made for a very interesting paint session!  I love the results however, and hope you can appreciate what it took to make it!

 
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