Village of Winterset Christmas Folk Art Painting

I started this painting well before Christmas and it came to a halt for several weeks. 

In February I forced myself to sit down at my art table and hoped that it would start to flow.  I've been in a state of creative block and finally after I painted this stone house, it started to come together.  It felt really great to be back painting and visualizing this Christmas village.  

After Christmas, I slowly began to pick up my brushes and push myself.  Please excuse these two photos from my phone.  I didn't take the time to get out my camera to take pictures while I was working. As the weeks went by, I found myself slowly getting back to enjoying myself and just letting it happen.

"Village of Winterset"

In the rolling hills of Winterset family, friends, and neighbors are busy getting ready for Christmas.  The welcomed snow blanketed the earth putting everyone in the spirit of the holiday.  Snowmen appeared out of the glistening snow, evergreen boughs and trees decked the village houses, and snowball fights erupted cheerfully.  Smoke flows from chimneys and snowflakes gently fall reminding us that:  "Snowflakes fall from heaven above, sprinkling us with our Father's Love".