Description
A Magical Winter in Old Town
This mixed-media piece captures a glowing winter evening in Old Town Fort Collins, Colorado, during the height of the Christmas season. Snow blankets the ground as two figures and a small dog walk quietly through the night, their silhouettes softened by the surrounding light. The scene is both intimate and expansive—grounded in a real place, yet lifted into something dreamlike.
The trees shimmer with holiday lights, but more than decoration, they seem alive—carrying music, memory, and movement within their branches. The architecture of Old Town emerges through warm yellows and greens, radiating a sense of welcome against the deep, textured night sky. Above, the darkness is layered and cosmic, suggesting not just weather, but wonder.
Embedded throughout the piece are subtle cultural artifacts—tiny figures like Shrek and Harry Potter—anchoring the work in a specific moment in time. These playful inclusions act as time capsules, reflecting an era when those stories filled theaters and imaginations, blending personal memory with shared cultural experience.
Created with a rich combination of paint, beads, and found materials, the surface carries a tactile depth that mirrors the emotional layering of the scene. Light reflects and refracts across the textures, echoing the way real snow and city lights interact on a winter night.
A Magical Winter in Old Town is not just a landscape—it is a feeling. A moment of quiet movement, warmth in cold air, and the magic that lives in ordinary places when seen through memory and imagination.
