Painting in a Minor Key~ Village in Snow
Village in Snow, 30 x 25 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
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I am fascinated by the expanse of color that lies in intermediate minor keys. In the narrow interval subtlety seems to expand. It seems infinity can’t be stopped; tight boundaries cause it to spread from the center.
In Village in Snow, minor key conditions are chronicled. From a high Gloucester vantage point, Village in Snow overlooks little houses and Our Lady of Good Voyage bell towers against a backdrop of the harbor blanketed in snow. Within the narrow range of neutral color, the subtle shifts unfold.
The diffused light from cloud cover, along with a haze of fluttering white flakes muffles visual noise. These are the circumstances of light and atmosphere, which seem to kindle an inward gaze. The buildings in the painting appear to huddle together in closeness, as if to stay warm. The people they house are surely at peace. Village in Snow is a quiet moment, a symbol of winter reverie.
Village in Snow, 30 x 25 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
Also available in Open Edition Print and Handmade Note Cards
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Melody Phaneuf is an award-winning Boston Artist, well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. She has exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists in Boston, Ma; North Shore Arts in Gloucester, Ma; and Patricia Hutton Galleries in Doylestown, Pa.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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