Snow Gust
by Sarah Brayer
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Sarah Brayer
$2,000–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Brayer's unique luminous technique on handmade washi appeals to collectors of both Japanese prints and contemporary art.
A sudden blast of wind-driven snow is the subject of this mokuhanga print, which captures the kinetic energy of a winter squall. Unlike the gentler snowfall depicted in Brayer's other winter works, a "gust" implies horizontal force, with snow particles driven sideways rather than drifting vertically. The print likely employs dynamic directional marks or angled color fields to convey the wind's lateral movement. Brayer translates meteorological force into visual energy, using the woodblock medium to suggest both the cold whiteness of the snow and the turbulence of the air carrying it. The gust is by nature momentary, lasting seconds before the wind shifts, and Brayer freezes this transient burst in the permanent medium of pigment on washi paper.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Snow Gust was created by Sarah Brayer in Not set.
Snow Gust depicts snow scenes.
