When artists begin paintings intended to be entered into competitions, sometimes the rules throw you for a loop. This painting is no exception. The rules were that I could only use primary colors plus black and white and I could NOT mix any colors to make other colors. It was quite a challenge! I chose to create a companion to "Snow-Laden Spruce," a previous painting I did in early 2023. While I used Prussian Blue as the primary blue, I managed to sneak in my red and yellow, too. No mixing!

I really enjoyed this painting challenge and found that creating this for the contest was more fun than I imagined! Wish me luck!