Winter Bouquet Wood Print

Jamestown offered many images for future paintings including this one. I'm not sure what these grasses were, but they must have been useful as they hung to dry inside an old storage shed in Jamestown. Dry and brittle, the grasses hanging and the snow covered grasses outside pass another day of winter. Perhaps this "Winter Bouquet" holds the seeds of renewable.growth in the coming Spring.

In 1969, Monte Toon began his career as a watercolorist. He credits the late Charles Sanderson of Wichita, Kansas, with setting him on his life-long path of watercolor painting. Sanderson inspired new approaches and techniques. Later, the works of Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper would influence Toon's work. More than 54 years experience has defined Toon's style in his exclusive use of watercolor. In 1991, a turning point occurred in Toon's work. Travels in Canada, New England and the east coast broadened his range of subject matter. By setting goals and directions of purpose, Monte enhanced and elevated his works to new heights resulting in numerous solo shows of merit. He refers to this change as a re-dedication to...