Winter by Maxfield Parrish
In my early teens, I started to appreciate the more romantic, heroic imagery of Maxfield Parrish. It was probably the right time for it, before enthusiasm has a chance to be dampened and balanced by experience. Parrish's paintings are remarkable for their vivid colors and glow, effects achieved by his use of glazing, where bright layers of oil color and varnish are applied alternately over a base rendering.
