Vermont Autumn

Vermont Autumn, stained glass mosaic, 36" x 36", 2013

As you can see from the title above, my first landscape of 2013 has been inspired by Vermont's legendary and magical fall foliage. This past September when Kyle and I were driving up to our friends' farm, the reds stood out to me as particularly vibrant and shiny (the green conifers and half the red trees are created with iridescent glass which you can't see in this photo but I will post more pictures which show the shimmering glass). On our drive, there is a particular spot where you can catch a quick but a very expansive view of the mountains disappearing in all directions into the distant sky or clouds - depending on what kind of a day it is. On this particular occasion it was the latter, the sky was covered in semi dark clouds but there was still enough light to illuminate the the brilliant carpet of trees covering the mountains below. That particular view which I've never been able to photograph because there is nowhere to stop on the highway is what inspired this latest composition.