Friedrich Kunath, Illustrator, New York

Description

This vertical oil painting depicts a dense winter forest landscape at sunset, rendered with textured brushwork and thick impasto. Tall, dark evergreen and deciduous trees are heavily laden with snow, their trunks rising vertically against a glowing orange and grey evening sky. A small, frozen stream winds through the snow-covered forest floor in the foreground. Several whimsical, diminutive cartoon-style characters traverse the snowy path near the trees. The palette combines cool blues and whites in the snow with warm orange hues from the setting sun. Small stamped text is visible on the upper section of the canvas.

Style

Artistic, Vertical, Warm, Grainy, Nostalgic

Techniques

Oil paint

Color

Background

Forest

Context

Fine Art / Personal Project