I visited this Sugar House and wanted a painting of the activity. Sugaring is great. Its a little boring watching sap boil, but the lore and people are make up for it. Sipping sap from the tree, sloshing buckets and seeing how much wood it takes to keep the fire hot was interesting. How will I paint the Sugar maples-sugarbush-with the sugar house in my next oil? In this painting I dialed up the rich darks as a backdrop and respected the low light ever present in Vermont.