John Reilly
oil on board
16 × 20 inches
Framed 22 x 26 inches
Unsigned with artist's stamp on verso
#006821

A lively and colorful winter scene oil painting depicting a snowy hill by the village with people sledding and skiing with much depth and detail. Capturing a cozy winter magic scene, with a play of light by the slopes during a bright, snowy day. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a wonderful display of Reilly's more impromptu style, with lively brushwork of bold colors like purples, blues, warm oranges, pinks, reds, earth tones, and peaches creating a sense of fine detail by a dynamic movement and texture through loose, expressive brushstrokes. Down by the village, a charming cluster of closely packed buildings with snow-laden roofs, with a prominent church's tall steeple. Evergreens laden with snow frame the composition, stand tall in the mid-to-background, with their dark green pine branches, and contrast beautifully against the lighter soft purples and blues under a colorful late-afternoon sky. The painting is unsigned and has the artist's stamp on verso. It comes housed in a plain air frame gold tone frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.