Artist: Wong Kwok Cheun
The Legendary Horse-drawn Carriage in Central Park – Winter Season is palpable. Despite a chilly haze overlaid across the piece, there exists a burning passion on display. The focal point is a regal horse and a black-suited individual standing beside. Beneath the two lay smooth, frozen water with a shadow of their reflections brushed over ice. Chocolate-colored fur from the horse and the black carriage it pulls contrasts vivid white snow mounds placed throughout the scene. On the ground between snow sheets lay the remainders of fall. Desaturated green grass and yellow leaves are dissolving. In the background is winter’s signature: trees with outstretched branches and a dotting of snow. Bare, the trees pull light between their arms, glistening in slight orange and purple hues.
When summer has long passed and fall has washed away, winter announces itself with cordial distinction. Legendary Horse-drawn Carriage in Central Park – Winter Season displays the simple pleasure of seasonal beauty. The snow-dusted ground and determination in the two main subjects give off a combination of serenity and strength. In lacking many individuals, the scene does not showcase overly expressive happiness but somewhat more subdued, low emotions. Visceral, but not in a bombastic way. The painting is a serenade for the winter months filled with passion and solitary understanding.
