Show all images on one page	#001836 Title: Snowmaiden Artist: Strunina Olga Size: 15x5x4 Size (inches): 5.75x2x1.5 Price : $495 SOLD!

Olga Strunina of Mstera has painted this winter scene showing Snegurochka (the Snowmaiden) feeding and caressing different forest animals: bears, white rabbits and birds. Snegurochka is the granddaughter of Ded Moroz (Russians call Santa "Ded Moroz"). Every year Snegurochka and her grandfather come from the faraway North Pole to wish Happy New Year to little children and their parents. In the right part of the composition the small village is depicted. Snegurochka has just gifted the children of this village many presents.
Blue and white tones dominate the composition. Gold contouring adds a fairy-tale luster to the stars, and some other elements of the composition. The artist does not stop her painting on the lid, and continues her rendering of New Year theme around the sides of the box. Using a very similar palette as on the lid, she depicts homes surrounded with the forest on all four sides of the box. They are painted to look very cozy and warm under the star filled sky and the white snow.
The edges of the lid are decorated with beautiful gold ornamentation. The sides of the box are decorated with floral designs drawn in gold metallic paints and accented with blue and red tempera paints. The box is constructed from quality paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The lid is hinged from the top and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name, village, title ("Snegurochka") and year (2005).