Peacham Pond

March 8, 2007

Charcoal Pencil

4.5"x6.25"

Yesterday I went into the Groton State Forest and did this little sketch. I walked about 100 feet out onto the pond with blowing snow and below zero temperatures. The pond and hills were barren but the swirling snow was rising up in such gusts that it was a beautiful sight. I added about a half inch on the right side of the drawing and doctored this image in Photoshop just a little.

Peacham Pond

Cold, cold blowing snow

Rises up off the frozen pond

Across the dark hills

Up into the sky

Beyond my reach

And into the clouds.