Dreaming of Nova Scotia

 The Schoolhouse in the snow

Acrylic on wood panel

5 x 5 inches

Barbara Muir © 2012

I got thinking about my little school house in
Nova Scotia today.  Normally because the
temperature is warmed by the waters of the
Northumberland Straight there is not a lot
of snow there.  But I think this winter they've
had some impressive snow storms.  So I
imagined my little school house right against
the highway surrounded my snow.  The wavy
piece is the highway that runs right by her
front door.  I showed the painting to Steven and
he loved it, so it must evoke our little home away
from home.  It is strictly a summer place, heated
by a woodstove, and no insulation.  On a bigger
canvas I'd put in the crows and the red squirrel
who inhabit our acre, but realistically I didn't have room.

This little painting is on a small wood panel,
self-framed in wood.  Many of my painter friends
in Europe paint amazing scenes on little boards
just 5.9 inches square.  This structure is 5 inches
square, and painting on it left me filled with
admiration for my friends.

Have a painting-your-dreams day.