RSW's Diary Comments

Winter Horizon, Sepia

"Painted 1941. From the Heath Pasture House in full winter of the snowy foreground, ledges breaking through the snow, the winter Beech against the flat band of tense, deep blue hills and overhead a remarkable gray winter sky, a heavy 'mackerel' sky with a tight braided effect. At the lower right, through pale yellow sun, bands break through the gray for a short space, just above the hills."

Comments on the back of a sepia print:

"Band of hills of very intense blues, dramatic "mackerel" sky, grays with pale rose and yellow bands at horizon, pale yellow grasses. Wind-blown beech tree dull plum color. Icy grey-green ledges."

Boston Globe review:
"How true is that picture 'Winter
Horizon'! That is a vivid bit of the
New England hill country in the
Winter season."   April 27, 1942

Winter Horizon hanging on the wall of the 1946
Springville, Utah's Annual International Art Exposition.
Vose was closely aligned with this exhibit. We believe
it was through RSW's relationship with Vose begin-
ning in 1936 by which he exhibited in Utah every
year up to 1949, except for the two years the
exhibit was in hiatis for WWII.