Original artwork description:

Here, where Germany ends and Belgium begins, the landscape is rural and the winters long and hard. On a sunny day in mid-January, I was inspired to paint two small watercolour paintings depicting the simplicity of country life here. This painting focuses on farm buildings and how they and the trees around them emphasize the play of sunshine and shadows. There is a feeling of wide open spaces as the landscape continues seemingly endlessly into the distance. That's what I love about this region known as the Eifel. Here, with so much space around, you can really breathe. And in the special light of the January sun, even providing some heat on that chilly day, there is the promise of Spring just around the corner.

Small winter landscape "Farm in the snow" was painted on 600g rough Hahnemühle handmade watercolour paper using Windsor and Newton paints. This small painting is one of two paintings depicting two scenes painted from the same spot between the villages of Winterspelt in Germany and St Vith in Belgium. (See also "Small winter landscape, "Outbuildings in the snow"). This painting can be purchased individually or together with the "partner" painting for hanging together. The piece comes with its own warm white mount to fit a frame size of 30cm w x 20cm h and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Materials used:

600g Hahenmühle watercolour paper using Windsor and Newton paints

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