there were two lakes close by which were frozen solid and covered in snow, each day tracks could be seen across them made by cross country skiers.
I walked around the lake each evening and saw the light change dramatically throughout the day until I had this image impressed in my memory.
The painting took a few weeks and more due to the size of it and the layering of the paint..oddly it now lives on in Berlin so has migrated back to the east from Wales..