“Winter Harvest”: Painting the Wind’

A Landscape in Change

“Winter Harvest” the fleeting energy of nature. 58” x 85” on unstretched canvas. Available here at Saatachi Art

Living near farmland, I see the land shift and change daily. The fields stretch to the foothills, sometimes rolling right into the ocean. That empty horizon always pulls me in. Nature is never finished. That’s the thing. Every time I paint the fields, I’m chasing something that’s already gone. The wind sculpts the clouds, bends the crops, carves the sky. Blink, and it’s a different scene. The moment doesn’t sit still.

Capturing Nature's Restless Energy

“Winter Harvest” the fleeting energy of nature. 58” x 85” on unstretched canvas. Available here at Saatachi Art

This painting is my attempt to hold onto that restless energy. “Winter Harvest” is a reflection of how the land and sky interact. The way the clouds pile up like waves. The way the crops bend and move. It’s about motion, not stillness. Some people see landscapes as peaceful, but here they are alive. They are always shifting, always breathing.

Depicting the Wind's Influence

When I painted this piece, I wasn’t thinking about farming in a traditional sense. No neat rows, no static scene. Instead, I wanted to show the wind working its way through the sky, the soil, the crops. It is the unseen force that makes the landscape what it is. I paint the wind by painting what it moves.

The Artistic Process of Winter Harvest

This is acrylic on unstretched canvas, 58” x 85”. I used a trowel, not a brush, because I needed the paint to feel like it was scraping across the surface like wind against the land. Thick layers. Rough edges. The texture had to match the feeling of a winter storm moving through. Some areas are deliberate, others just happened. That’s how nature works.

The Significance of Winter Harvest

I’ve painted a lot of landscapes, but this one feels different. Maybe it’s the starkness of winter, the way the colors cool and the land looks stripped down. Maybe it’s the movement, the energy, the way it refuses to settle. Either way, Winter Harvest captures a piece of something bigger—the constant motion of the world around us.