The Sun Also Rises

 

The Sun Also Rises

Archival ink jet print, 3/23/21

 Tree with Ice Sparkles

2/2021

How long did that freeze last?  The Louisiana record freeze of 2021?  About five days of freezing weather,  below 32, some nights 26 degrees F.  Here in the subtropics, we felt like we were in Alaska.  Then one day, the ice was melting.  The ice cycles were dripping.  I looked up to a vivid cobalt blue sky and saw a leafless tree sparkling with a million diamonds.  I was amazed at the beauty.  I went for my camara, the battery was dead.  By the time the battery revived the ephemeral beauty was gone.  But, the image was engraved in my head.  So, I made this digital painting.