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When the gallery director of the Dickinson State University gallery invited me to participate in an exhibition with the theme, “January Blues” I knew I’d have lots of source material. Because, you know, the landscape around here often looks like this in January:

What I didn’t think of is that I’d be creating the work for this show in the fresh, crisp autumn air. I contemplated ideas as I drove back from Delaware in October. How do I feel about January? Blue… blue… do I want to think of this literally and make something the color blue?  Too easy… humm…

I worked out two ideas. One focusing more about the things I like about January. The other the opposite feeling.

Here’s the nice side of January. The calm, cool, collected side. Peaceful, snow covered, yet potentially dangerous.

The title for the piece above is Everything Has Its Wonders. It is 19H x 9W x 16″ D – slightly larger than life-size.

And here is the other side of January. Titled, Bring Your Own Sunshine ©2012 Sarah Regan Snavely. Yes, it’s a sunflower “hat”. No, he’s not smiling.

The exhibition will be up through January.