I remember this oil on canvas painting from around the house, not sure which room, maybe the kitchen or the hallway, still one of my favorites. On the back it is titled "New England Snow" and nicely dated Feb 1976, so it predates the Concord Mill painting by a few months and may have been the one she did immediately before, possibly inspired by a snowy winter that year. I liked the minimal use of color in this, really only red, with a little bit of green in the background, and yellow of the dead grass poking through the snow, a nice touch. Even the sky is a light grey, no blues, as I remember those cold winter days growing up in New Jersey. I like the different levels, the shed with the stone bottom, then the barn, and then up to the grain silo. It provided an up/down feel as well as the front/back depth of the fence and the road that wraps around the barn.
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| New England Snow - Feb 1976 |
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| Dated and Titled | |
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| Tree Detail - Mom loved her trees. I like she put a few dead leaves on them. |
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| Detail |
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| Detail - Well worn area in front of the door. |
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| Detail - Not sure the perspective of the road quite makes it around the barn, but the details are nice with the grasses, shadows and wheel ruts all intermixed. |
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| Signature is only "Capobianco" similar to other paintings during this time period. Same color as the barn it nicely stands out against the snow. |
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