Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" a close encounter with nature

a close encounter with nature at the most flattering hour of the day

navy or deep forest-green surroundings

The whole composition breathes the hushed stillness of a winter morning in the French countryside

a vivid impressionist townscape

spent watching the water go by

Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" a close encounter with natureSeen from above, a small alpine village nestles into a snow blanketed hillside, its stone and timber houses clustered close beneath roofs heavy with white. A slender church tower rises near the centre, watching over the rooftops, while a winding lane curves down through the deep drifts and a low wall traces the edge of a buried field. Long blue shadows stretch across the untouched snow, and frost laced trees stand bare on the surrounding slopes. The