In the almost five years of trying to do a painting a day, I have never managed to get time to paint on Christmas Day. Usually, I’m getting busy for Christmas stuff, and since I paint on the kitchen table, I usually have to make room for more common kitchen table usage.
But, work requirements led to us improvising and eating Christmas dinner at my daughter and son-in-law’s on Christmas Eve. So, I painted Christmas morning while my wife slept, and during the painting, it occurred to me that the last day I didn’t do a painting was last Christmas Day.
Here’s my Christmas Day painting. and a few others done recently.
Atlin Lake. Watercolour on paper, 11×14 in.
Here’s a few more recent paintings.
Winter Field. Watercolour on paper, 8×10 in.
Winter aspens. Watercolour on paper, 11×14 in.
At the return of the light. Watercolour paper, 8×10 in.
Done for the first morning after solstice.
Doug Rutherford 