When you drive from Wisconsin to Louisiana in March you go from winter gradually to Spring. For us Spring didn't start until we got south of Memphis. Then we noticed the grass, then the trees and finally in New Orleans we had flowers! Of course the return trip reverses the process and even after being gone 9 days, we still came back to snow on the north sides of roads, houses, yards and piles of snow in the parking lots. I did this piece in our hotel suite at a window that looked out at an empty brick building. I didn't realize how bad the light was until I found myself with this dark little painting, which is not what I set out to produce. Actually this is the 3rd reincarnation. The first one, I didn't like much so I painted some more. The 2nd version reminded Karen of Big Bird (she wasn't totally wrong) and so I painted some more and got this dark little piece where it seems we are looking back along the route that we took as we chased after spring and finally caught her.
