Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" life at its most stubborn

life at its most stubborn and most decorative

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

sprinkled with fallen petals that catch the warmth of full daylight

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

Winter Solstice Painting Size:24"x36" life at its most stubbornSeen 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