Svend R Svendsen

First off, don't get all excited and think I painted this! This painting is by an artist named Svend R Svendsen. He died in the first half of the 1900's.
I discovered him a few months back, while on the hunt for some winter scenes. As you might already know, I am particularly drawn to snow, and it shows up in more than half of my landscape paintings.
I'm showing you this painting today so you can get a glimpse of what I'm working on. I've heard it said pretty consistently that many artists copy other artists work for learning. Studying what another artist did and working it out until you get there is an arduous task (as I am finding out), but two good things will come of it.
First, I'll have my own copy of this painting (the original is sold I think for somewhere around $1500-although that could be a very low figure), and secondly, I will continue learning what it takes to make great art. Stay tuned in the next month for my version of this painting.