Painting of the Week - George Houston
Winter Landscape with Stream
This is one of my favourite paintings. This gorgeous Edwardian Scottish oil painting is by noted Scottish artist George Houston. Painted circa 1910 and in portrait orientation, the composition is a winter's snowy landscape with a stream running vertically with a snowy field to the right and a wooded hill to the left. The viewer's eye is then drawn upwards to snowy hilly fields divided by hedges and trees with patches of blue sky on the horizon. There are footprints in the snow beside the stream, human and dog, but the landscape is quiet now. This is a beautiful winter painting with an amazing range of colours in the water and perfect depiction of the snow. The portrait orientation works well with the angle of the stream and is enhanced by a fabulous frame. An excellent example of Houston's work and of Scottish art.
Signed lower right.
Click link below for this painting
https://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/artist/george-houston/winter-landscape-with-stream