End of Year, Beginning of New and Snow in Arizona!

We are in the midst of a fairly large snow storm by Arizona standards so I decided to do my last blog post of the year using snow scene photographs taken today in my neighborhood.  This is my favorite holiday(New Year's Day) as we all look ahead to the upcoming year with great hopes.  Let's hope it is as great as we all hope it will be...

Happy New Year!

The "Sound" of Melting Snow

 

I promised some flood sculpture kaleidoscopes this week, but first some kaleidoscopes from photos taken in Sedona from the snowfall on the 9th and 10th of March.  Michael had a meetup with the http://www.meetup.com/Plein-Air-Painters-of-Sedona-and-the-Verde-Valley this morning so I went along to take photos and a hike.  It was beautiful with snow in the high country and just a dusting on the trails and hardly any mud!  The most remarkable thing was the constant ping of the snow in the trees dropping like a bomb.  In the west the sun is so strong that by 9AM on a sunny day after a snowfall the snow begins melting very quickly.

Snow on the Red Rock Pathways

Plein Air Painter of the Red Rocks!

The Color of the Sky in Arizona

Recently Sedona had a beautiful snowfall followed by a day with amazing clouds so I raced out and took photos so that I could created some kaleidoscopes which captured some of those amazing colors.

Clouds and Snow in Winter

The Many Colors of the Clouds

Snow and Clouds in Sedona

Cockscomb Mountain with Clouds

All kaleidoscopes are available for $50 framed in an 8" by 8" format or go to my web site for more size options:
http://trina-stephenson.artistwebsites.com/

It's not too late to sign up for Plein Air Painting Workshops in Sedona with Michael Chesley Johnson!  The weather is fantastic now.