mini snow scenes

CHILLY BANK

It was a very heavily laden sky, almost oppressive. I began this little piece because there were some nice curves and unusual, different colours in the snow; nothing is ever pure white. This little painting was an exercise in how to capture winter trees on a small scale, without giving in to the temptation to put all the lines and twigs in.

Woodland edge

The snow had melted a little more here, and I worked into the painting with a palette knife, over and over; building it up in layers. The view is in this tiny painting is from behind and below the bank pictured in ‘Chilly Bank’. The colours in this one would benefit from a large, white mount.

Ploughed Snowy Field

This is between Stradbroke and Laxfield in Suffolk. I love agricultural landscapes where there are plough lines, it creates an interesting perspective. The woodland behind was full of buds that were starting to show, with the sun just behind them, lighting them up.

Frozen river frome #1

This is one of the views from the bottom of my garden, by the river. The water was almost frozen and the sun was a watery spot of warmth. If you look hard enough at a snow scene, you’ll start to notice that the colours in the landscape around it become vibrant; they appear exaggerated in contrast with the sterile, clean lines of the snow. That’s what I was trying to capture here.

Frozen River Frome # 2

This is the tiniest of the tiny paintings! Much more impressionistic, I was interested in trying to capture the colourful shadows on the bank, which was where the longer grass was trapped under the snow.

ICY FIELD

This is one of those nice, bleak, Norfolk landscapes…! It’s another long, snowy field with some mysterious woods in the background. It’s almost set up as an abstract composition.