“Winter Afternoon” 9″ x 12″ oil on panel SOLD
I’ve needed to envelope myself in some snow lately since it’s been a rather warm and rainy winter. How I’ve done that is to embrace painting a few winter landscapes from photo references of mine. Fortunately, we did have a day with some snow in January and I was able to get out with my camera to record some of the beauty.
“Winter Afternoon” is a creation from one such photo. I loved the contrast of the dark branches against the white snow. Of course the snow is never entirely “white”, so I used some imagination and pulled out colors I thought would work.
The painting has a lot of texture and I’ve let parts of the canvas ground come through. A combination of bold and not so bold brush marks I think add to the experience.
It’s a colorful painting that I think combines elements of bold strength and gentle delicacy. I guess that typifies for me part of the experience when it snows.
Categories: Landscapes, New Paintings, Winter
RENDERED IMPRESSIONS / Original Oil Paintings by Catherine J. Martzloff 
Supposed snow (again) is headed our way. NOT holding my breath. I’m looking for winter wonderland. Gee. I’ve been shorted this year. Do I hear myself complaining about lack of snow? Oh dear, I better now stop so I don’t jinx myself. LOVED this! It made me smile. 🙂 ❤
I’m glad there are other snow lovers out there! Snow here from last week is already gone….
Only a dusting here … sigh …