Bill Hosner’s work recently was included in The Pastel Journal in an article about painting winter scenes. The Pastel Journal is an international magazine dedicated to the art of pastel (pasteljournal.com). Below is an excerpt from the article.

the poetry of snow

In winter, the snow throws everything into patterns of light and dark masses. Both color and value ranges are generally narrowed, and the gray skies yield softer and more refined edges. The result can be a much quieter poetry than with other seasons.

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Christmas at the Village is a painting of the building where I live. It’s an old state mental hospital (no jokes, please) that was converted into lofts, condominiums and shops. It was near Christmas and the whole place looked like a scene out of a Charles Dickens story. I couldn’t resist.

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