There is a particular silence that comes with snow, when familiar places seem briefly removed from time. In ‘Snowfall And Memories’, a solitary young woman holds a lantern among the winter branches. Its amber light illumines her face, the folds of her dress and the snow beneath her hand. Beyond that small circle of warmth, the woodland slips into shadow, with all its rustling and creatures settling into the dusk.

The lantern offers an image of memory itself; the way a person, a place or a moment can remain luminous long after the world around it has changed.

The last leaves cling to the branches, carrying something of another season into the stillness of winter. Her lowered gaze leaves the story open.

Perhaps she has returned to somewhere once loved; perhaps something as slight as the light upon the snow has brought an old happiness suddenly close. Perhaps there is some hidden doorway to some underworld - or a hidden box of treasures here, containing what? A secret love-letter in a forbidden romance, perhaps. Or maybe she is visiting the grave of her pet, her most companionable and loyal of creatures that she loved so much.

There is a quiet romance here, touched by longing, but also by consolation. Snow softens the traces of what has passed, while the little flame continues to burn; a tender expression of the warmth we carry within us, and of all that time cannot quite take away.

Oil on canvas, 20” x 13.5” or 50cm x 34cm, plus frame. Overall dimensions including bespoke professionally gilded/painted and waxed handmade frame and slip to suit approximately 22” x 15.5” or 60cm x 44cm.