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<blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 1356403" data-attributes="member: 1025">Wow. This coming from someone in Norway.&nbsp;Thanks.&nbsp;I started work on this a year or so after I moved to California (about 1999), while I was in my &quot;homesick for winter&quot; phase. I remember having to call a friend to ask about the color of the sky, because I couldn't quite remember it. I knew I hadn't quite captured the feel, and I was frustrated with the piece, and put it away.&nbsp;When I pulled the canvas out of an old envelope I found under my desk this week, I realized that what was missing was the wind. I went back into it and added in the wind, and the blowing snow, and moved the rats whiskers to be blown east, and a few things like that. I was much happier with the final result, and glad to have finished the piece at last. I've always wanted to set that one right. &nbsp;So much so that I asked Kip the Bold to do one for me bck around 2000--I love his version of this character. He did such a good job with the light and the snow and the posture. &nbsp;There might be a few more of these in me. I want to do one with three giant rats pulling a sled . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sialia, post: 1356403, member: 1025"] Wow. This coming from someone in Norway. Thanks. I started work on this a year or so after I moved to California (about 1999), while I was in my "homesick for winter" phase. I remember having to call a friend to ask about the color of the sky, because I couldn't quite remember it. I knew I hadn't quite captured the feel, and I was frustrated with the piece, and put it away. When I pulled the canvas out of an old envelope I found under my desk this week, I realized that what was missing was the wind. I went back into it and added in the wind, and the blowing snow, and moved the rats whiskers to be blown east, and a few things like that. I was much happier with the final result, and glad to have finished the piece at last. I've always wanted to set that one right. So much so that I asked Kip the Bold to do one for me bck around 2000--I love his version of this character. He did such a good job with the light and the snow and the posture. There might be a few more of these in me. I want to do one with three giant rats pulling a sled . . . [/QUOTE]

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