Original painting by Kate Morgan RI.
Artwork dimensions: 84 (h) x 59 (w) cm
Framed dimensions approx: 104 x 79 cm
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Details in into the world of A Winter’s Tale:
A Winter’s Tale unfolds like a hushed woodland fable, where the cold season is not barren but intricately alive. The painting brims with quiet motion: snow drifts gently across a layered forest, settling on fur, feather, petal, and branch, as if time itself has slowed to admire the scene.
At the heart of the composition, animals gather without fear or hierarchy—a grey heron stands poised and watchful, its long neck curving like a calligraphic line through the pale air. Nearby, a hare crouches alert yet calm, ears flushed with warmth against the frost. A badger peers out from the undergrowth, its striped face both curious and solemn, while a pheasant glows jewel-like among winter flowers that seem to defy the season. Squirrels, birds, and small woodland creatures emerge from every corner, creating a chorus of quiet presences rather than a single focal point.
The garden itself feels enchanted rather than realistic. Trees rise in rhythmic verticals, their trunks patterned and stylized, while winding paths and frozen streams lead the eye deeper into the painted world. Flowers bloom improbably amid snow—pinks, blues, and golds—suggesting memory, hope, or the persistence of life beneath winter’s veil. Delicate white dots of falling snow unify the scene, softening edges and lending the entire painting a dreamlike hush.
There is a storybook sensibility here, but also something older and more mythic: a sense that this place exists outside ordinary time, where seasons overlap and animals gather in silent accord. A Winter’s Tale is less about the cold than about coexistence—nature held in a moment of fragile balance, shimmering with detail, patience, and quiet wonder.
