Date: 2003
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38.5 × 55.5 cm (unframed)
Painted en plein air over several mornings during a severe snowstorm, in temperatures of −8°C. Carrying her heavy painting equipment, the artist made repeated journeys on foot through deep snow to reach the hillside. Snow accumulated on her palette and mixed with the oil in her palette cup as she worked. Each morning, she had to walk back through the snow to where vehicles could reach, although even there cars struggled to move in the heavy snowfall