{"id":5656,"date":"2021-06-11T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=5656"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:05:54","slug":"early-thaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/early-thaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Thaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since April 2020 I have posted on Facebook a painting each day as a brief diversion from the lockdowns and other bad news this year. Neglecting my weblog, I\u2019ll post in the coming days some of my better posts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Early Thaw”, 30×40, oil on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 12,2020<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok. Seems like quite a few want to keep my daily virus diversion going, so I’ll keep posting paintings, perhaps not every day, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s painting from the “Studio Vault” is a larger painting in Yosemite Valley. Spring is one of the better times to go to the valley. As the snow pack melts, the waterfalls are at their peak. More falls are apparent as the summer dry creeks can turn into torrents as the sun melts the winter snow. As the Merced River rolls slowly by, Yosemite Falls is in the background during spring thaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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