The End of Winter II by Eva Pietzcker - Davidson Galleries

The numbering indicates a series, with this print revisiting a subject Pietzcker has treated before. The end of winter in temperate regions presents a transitional landscape: lingering snow patches, exposed earth and bare branches, the first signs of thaw. Mokuhanga handles such mixed conditions through layered impressions and bokashi, where the blockprinter can suggest patchy snow or wet ground without literal description. The print likely uses a restrained palette — sumi blacks, browns, white reserves of unprinted washi for snow — with edges softened by the water-based pigment's interaction with dampened paper. Pietzcker's seasonal work places her within the kacho-e tradition's attention to natural cycles, though her subjects are typically European or North American rather than the meisho landmarks of Edo-period print culture. The II suggests an extended engagement with a particular site or motif, a working method consistent with her overall practice of returning to landscapes across multiple prints rather than producing one-off views.