Christmas Bear Painting Monet Vivid yellow butterflies settle around

Vivid yellow butterflies settle around her brow and shoulders

its pale wings edged with bold black banding and traced with bands of blue and tangerine near the lower tips

charcoal and warm grey schemes

Low mist coils around the mountain's base

The scene hums with late-afternoon light

Christmas Bear Painting Monet Vivid yellow butterflies settle aroundA great black bear stands in profile against a luminous full moon, its dark fur catching faint silver light along the muzzle and shoulders. Behind it, snow laden firs rise into a wintry haze, while a slender tree to the left is hung with deep red baubles and a small wrapped parcel. At the bear's feet, kraft paper gifts, scarlet ornaments and a sprig of berries rest in the fresh snow, with fine flakes drifting through the air. The painterly, slightly