"Snowbound Farm" 2021 watercolor C. Asheley Kapelewski

Part of the fun of living inn Vermont is almost every mundane commute is accompanied by exquisite views. This one is of a farm on Route 30 in Cornwall, with the Green Mountains as backdrop for a tidy winter view of an Addison County farm. The barn red and the soft browns are the only colors in late winter. I think the practical arrangement of the farm buildings is why it is so beautiful.

 

"Shelter #1" 2013 watercolor C. Asheley Kapelewski

On the way back from xc skiing on the west side of Mt Mansfield, I stopped to photograph a pine forest that was freshly coated with snow. The rhythm of the old CCC planted forest was like music for my eyes. Fresh tracks of deer hinted at the residents of this forest. I put some of the creatures that shelter there in my painting.