Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" mirrored by a single blossoming

mirrored by a single blossoming tree that glows pale rose in the middle distance

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

sun-soaked energy of a real day spent wandering among the Dutch bulb fields in bloom

life at its most stubborn and most decorative

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

Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" mirrored by a single blossomingSeen 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