Early Winter Riverside

Early Winter Riverside by Martin Howard (2013)
Watercolour, 40.6 x 30.5 cm, 140 lb Fine grain paper.
Domnarvet, Borlänge.

You might wonder if the ‘early’ in the title refers to the time of day or the time of season. It was a few weeks into the Swedish winter and in most years, there would have come snow by then, but this year (2013) was unusually mild. The time of day is about 9.00 am, which I don’t consider to be early. That’s one benefit of the winter in that one doesn't need to get up so early to see the sunrise. It’s still not easy to see though, coming at a different time each day and also being dependant on a clear or partially clear sky. Sometimes the most spectacular skies can come before the sun shows itself or it might be after. It all depends on the cloud formations. On this day, I was walking quickly along the river, trying to capture the sunrise in so many spots as I could. I loved this view, with the sun peering out from behind the chimneys of the steel works in Domnarvet, Borlänge.