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Viburnum frost (2022)Watercolour
by Natalia Butenko
£208.39
Original artwork description
The watercolor “Viburnum Frost” is a poetic winter still life, breathing with the fragile silence and purity of a northern morning. In the foreground stands a dish set directly upon untouched white snow. Inside it lie branches of viburnum heavy with ruby-red berries, as if woven from light and frost. Their slender stems curve gracefully upward, forming an elegant, lace-like structure — a living composition full of subtle movement and harmony.
A few berries have scattered nearby, half-buried in the snow, their crimson glow flickering vividly against the cold whiteness — small accents of life in the stillness of winter. A thin layer of frost dusts the dish and branches, while translucent snowflakes drift gently down, settling softly on the bright red beads of viburnum.
In the background, a misty, ghostlike forest fades into the frosty haze. Its silhouettes are barely discernible, as if seen through a dream. The entire scene is suffused with a gentle, diffused light — perhaps dawn, perhaps dusk — which softens every color: pale blues, smoky grays, and tender pinks shimmer together, enhancing the brilliance of the red berries.
This watercolor is a hymn to winter’s quiet beauty, where simplicity becomes luxury, and each brushstroke captures nature’s fragility and perfection. “Viburnum Frost” is more than a still life — it is a moment of contemplation, where beauty reveals itself in the smallest details, and even the frost seems warm with the breath of life sealed within the scarlet berries.
Materials used:
Watercolours
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 36 x 26 x 0.5cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: Still life
Tags:
#snow#nostalgia#christmas#silence#gift for#russian winter#calm atmosphere
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Original artwork description
The watercolor “Viburnum Frost” is a poetic winter still life, breathing with the fragile silence and purity of a northern morning. In the foreground stands a dish set directly upon untouched white snow. Inside it lie branches of viburnum heavy with ruby-red berries, as if woven from light and frost. Their slender stems curve gracefully upward, forming an elegant, lace-like structure — a living composition full of subtle movement and harmony.
A few berries have scattered nearby, half-buried in the snow, their crimson glow flickering vividly against the cold whiteness — small accents of life in the stillness of winter. A thin layer of frost dusts the dish and branches, while translucent snowflakes drift gently down, settling softly on the bright red beads of viburnum.
In the background, a misty, ghostlike forest fades into the frosty haze. Its silhouettes are barely discernible, as if seen through a dream. The entire scene is suffused with a gentle, diffused light — perhaps dawn, perhaps dusk — which softens every color: pale blues, smoky grays, and tender pinks shimmer together, enhancing the brilliance of the red berries.
This watercolor is a hymn to winter’s quiet beauty, where simplicity becomes luxury, and each brushstroke captures nature’s fragility and perfection. “Viburnum Frost” is more than a still life — it is a moment of contemplation, where beauty reveals itself in the smallest details, and even the frost seems warm with the breath of life sealed within the scarlet berries.
Materials used:
Watercolours
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 36 x 26 x 0.5cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: Still life
Tags:
#snow#nostalgia#christmas#silence#gift for#russian winter#calm atmosphere