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Walnut Grocery, a scene from Reading, Pennsylvania during a snow storm.

I had gone to judge an art show at the Goggleworks Art Center that day and went out to take photos after judging.

It was almost too cold to snow – the wind was shooting me with hard pellets of snow and I worried about scratching my camera lens.

Even with gloves, scarf and winter coat, I could only stand it about fifteen minutes.  Then my fingers would be too numb to hold the camera safely, and I would dash back in the Goggleworks to warm up.

It was worth it.  The small study that I did of the same street, farther down, won two awards in Illinois and has been sold to a collector in Colorado.

This watercolor painting won the Watercolor Award of Excellence at it’s first show in York, Pennsylvania.