Show all images on one page	#005533 Title: Winter Forest Artist: Belov Vladimir Size: 9.5x15x2.5 Size (inches): 3.75x6x1 Price : $495 SOLD!

Vladimir Belov is the author of this incomparably beautiful winter landscape. Rays of the cold sun struggle through the dense grey clouds illuminating evergreen firs powdered with white snow and a small stream running through deep snowdrifts. The artist has been able to express majestic beauty of the Russian nature in winter.
The palette is filled with different shades of grey and blue oils suitable for depiction of a winter scene. A large piece of mother-of-pearl is set into the upper part of the composition to produce radiance of the sky. The composition is set into the arch while the rest part of the box's lid is covered with blue stone pattern creating a frame for the composition. Blue stone pattern can be also found decorating the box's sides. The edges of the lid are decorated with a simple gold pattern.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. A hinge is fastened to the left of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino and the year of 2010.