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WINTER RETURNING (1994)
Acrylic - 8 ½” x 9”

This started as a whim on a scrap of illustration board—a “leftover” before I found that designation for such small sketchy work. I was riffing with colors and not expecting anything to come from the shapes I was playing with. 1/2

#holiday #personalvisions #imaginativerealism

A woman in plain white gown with a green, red, and gold belt double cinched around her waist spreads her arms wide as a white dove flies. Her blonde hair flows down her back. Atop her head rests a circlet of holly and berries. The background is a forest in winter with the ground white and small fir trees rising amid thick trunks of older forest growth. From a string, a glass orb hands from the link of the tree behind her.

Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art replied · last week

The painting just kind of…happened. I remember feeling surprised by it, as if it sort of worked itself out without any forethought or expectations. 2/2

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/winter-returning/

The Art of Michael Whelan

WINTER’S RETURNING

This started as a whim on a scrap of illustration board—a “leftover” before I found a designation for such small sketchy work. I was riffing with colors and not expecting anything to come from the …

Photo of Whelan family holiday cards on display atop a white grand piano, including this art on the card from 1994 (pictured center right).

Figure detail from WINTER RETURNING featuring a woman in plain with her arms spread. A white dove, having just been released, takes flight against a backdrop of evergreens in a snowy forest.

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