Snowspell
by Sarah Brayer
- Date:
- 1989
- Medium:
- Aquatint
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A row of stone lanterns (tōrō), their caps dusted with snow, lines a curving street beside a torii gate on the right; low tiled-roof houses and streetlamps recede along the left side toward a hazy, snow-pale sky. The palette is muted grey-blue and white with soft brown accents, rendered in the mottled, atmospheric texture characteristic of aquatint, and the empty street and falling light give the scene a quiet, hushed mood. Sarah Brayer, "Snowspell," 1989, aquatint.
More Prints by Sarah Brayer
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
Snowspell was created by Sarah Brayer in 1989.
Snowspell uses Etching, on aquatint.
Snowspell depicts snow scenes.