Maria bought me this Rachel Barlow watercolor called “Winter Road” as a birthday present for me, she’ll pick it up in August, it will go along on Rachel’s other shows until then. I love the work, it is rare to see a soft and beautiful evocation of the winter landscape, especially one without snow.

Rachel captured the feel of winter, the beautiful grayness of it, there is still life in this photo and warmth, but there is also the absence of color and light and the feel of the winter road. Thanks Maria. Rachel’s watercolor sketches are almost shockingly inexpensive, you can see them on her red-hot website. They won’t be inexpensive for long.