RSW's Diary Comments

"Painted around 1930. Painting made somewhere around 1930 of Norton farm, when visiting Mrs. Dresser at Riverton, Vt. (near Montpelier); row of old barns with 'left out" farm machinery in foreground, hills capped by Mt. Mansfield in the background, topped by very pure dramatic summer sky. I made similar larger painting, 36 x 42, from this, called Up in Vermont (which see). Sold by art agent, Peter Kostoff, of 124 State Street, Springfield, Mass in April,1945. Do not know to whom."

Below are side by side images of the weather vane for this page's painting, In Vermont, with that of the weather vane for Up in Vermont and they are dramatically different. Since Woodward made it clear that Up in Vermont was made from In Vermont, than it is apparent that the artist indulged himself by changing the weather vane. We do not know why, nor can we even speculate his reasons. All we can do is point out how much the paintings are the same yet also very different. However, changing a real object is a surprise to us and as far as we know- uncharacteristic for him and possibly romantic.

A close up cropped from In Vermont.

Trumpeting angel weather vane in Up in Vermont.