Whitewash

Happy 2014! My goal for this year is to grace the web with 2 posts a month, so I hope you all are ready!

Looking out the window at the snow reminds me winter in New England can be tough. The days are cold, the sun hides often, and the snow is (normally) plentiful. Despite how dreary it may seem, the winter is beautiful. I have collected some comforting images of the snow, so I hope you are snuggled up under a blanket with some hot cocoa for viewing…

Hunters in the Snow (Winter), 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Washing on the Ice, 1900, Pekka Halonen

Rooftops in the Snow (snow effect), 1878, Gustave Caillebotte

Snow at Louveciennes, 1874, Alfred Sisley

Clearing Snow, Notre Dame Street, Montreal, QC; 1887; Wm. Notman & Son

Slits Cut into Frozen Snow, Stormy…Blencathra… ,1988, Andy Goldsworthy

Snowy Forest, 1835, Andreas Achenbach

Dog Lying in the Snow, 1911, Franz Marc

January Full Moon, 1941, George Copeland Ault

Snowland, SL005 BHM; 205;Min, Byung Hun

Deep Fog, DF 030 BHM; 1998; Min, Byung Hun

February, 1940, Grant Wood

Hare in the Snow, 1875, Ferdinand von Rayski

The Herd Boy, 1905, Frederic Remington

Houses outside the barracks at Buttevant in snow, 1843, Captain Henry Craigie Brewster

The Girl Wearing a Red Woolen Cap, 1972, Chihiro Iwasaki

Just like art, snow is a powerful force. Snow can trap us. It can blind us. But when we view it at a perfectly still moment, its beauty unfolds for us. The silence that it brings envelops us with peace. May this winter be full of beauty and peace.

Look. Listen. Respond.

-Megan