"Winter Forest Scene with Creek" - Joseph Dande

 
Canvas Size: 24 x 37 inches
Frame Size: 33 x 45 inches
Signed, lower left: "Dande J."
 
This dark and emotional landscape painting, captures the stark beauty of a snow-laden forest in Hungary at twilight. The scene is surrounded by tall, dark tree trunks coated in heavy snow, which contrasts sharply with the dark tones of the distant woods. The snow-lined branches overhead form a delicate, white lace against a sky that hints at a faint, pale pink and violet sun of last light, with touches of gold on the horizon. A chilly, winding creek flows through the center of the picture. It's banks are heavily blanketed in thick, voluminous, of snow, pure and untouched. The overall atmosphere is one of hushed stillness and the deep solitude of a bitter cold winter's day.
 
This painting is ready to hang in an exceptionally beautiful, vintage, hand carved Melvin frame with antiqued gold leaf finish.