Overview
Multicolor Ice and Mist II is a highly textured square composition by Cathryn Cooper. Painted in acrylic on canvas, the 10" x 10" work captures the atmospheric drama of a frozen winter forest wrapped in dense mist.
A brilliant burst of gold and amber light breaks through shadowed blue woods, creating a vivid contrast between icy stillness, winter fog, and sudden radiance.
Specifications
Title: Multicolor Ice and Mist II
Artist: Cathryn Cooper
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 10" x 10"
Style and Composition
Cathryn creates an immersive woodland scene within a compact square format, pulling the viewer into what feels like a deep forest ravine blanketed in frost. The foreground and flanking sides are built from a cool, tangled network of indigo, slate blue, cerulean, and teal branch forms.
The composition uses a strong V-shaped structure, with dark foreground masses framing a central channel of glowing light. In the distance, cadmium orange, fiery amber, copper gold, and soft cream tones build a dense atmospheric fog where sunlight appears to cut across the winter tree line.
Sharp, calligraphic tree silhouettes on the right cross dramatically over the illuminated mist, creating a dynamic push-and-pull between dark structure and radiant atmosphere. The visible canvas grain and layered acrylic glazes give the surface a tactile, shimmering quality.
Application and Stylistic Technique
- Brushwork and mark-making: Scratchy, linear dry-brush marks define the bare winter branches, while soft stippling and scumbled layers build the glowing mist.
- Layering and depth: Dark, sharp blue-green foreground branches pull forward against the brighter, lower-contrast mist and distant gold tree forms, creating strong spatial depth.
- Color and atmosphere: Deep indigo, cerulean, teal, amber, copper gold, and soft cream combine to create a crisp, electric winter atmosphere charged with backlit sun and fog.
Inventory Status: Available for purchase online or in the gallery.
Shipping / Pickup: Shipping is available, with items securely packaged in professional archival materials, insured, and shipped globally; complimentary local pickup is also available at our 23 North Main Street gallery.
