Framed oil on canvas by Gareth Parry b.1951

Gareth parry. Welsh ( b.1951 ). Gaeaf, cymru (winter, wales). Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size 19.5 inches X 23.5 inches ( 49.5cm X 59.5cm ). Frame size 27.6 inches X 31.5 inches ( 70cm X 80cm ). Available for sale is this original oil painting by gareth parry, dating from after 2000. The painting is presented and supplied in its original frame (which is shown in these photographs). This piece is in superb condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower left. Previously with the attic gallery, swansea. This original painting is an atmospheric piece depicting a typical winter scene in a welsh village. The palette is limited to the crisp white of the snow, shades of greys, and accents of sharp blue. The modest houses and outbuildings seem huddled together against the cold, resilient. The smoke from their chimneys suggests the warmth within. The homes blend, almost seamlessly into the fields and the more distant hills, like a giant snow-covered patchwork quilt. Hedgerows and trees push through the white blanket to expose their bare branches. There is a clever use of perspective as the eye travels from the close to the far, to the dark brooding sky, giving a sense of continuity and showing the small community as an integral part of its natural environment.