When this circus was in town, the Directeur de la Creation received an original painting similar to this one. The Directeur decided to purchase a second painting and chose "Circus Tent in Snow". When told it was not for sale, the circus demanded their name be removed from the painting and threatened a lawsuit if it was not done. That's the story. This snow nearly topped the big tops. The image seems to rise up from an archeological dig and evolve from, "What is it?", to "Why?", to "Wow!"

-- Steve Tracy