Christmas Motive
Valentina ShobaMixed media, cardboard. Signed on the front. 2011
Deep tones of burgundy, dark green, and black shape a quiet nocturnal landscape. Against thisi rich darkness, a horses, angels, stars, ans small houses emerge - suggested rather thank defined - floating between earth and sky.
The composition evokes a nigh filled with mystery and gentle presence, where light appears sparingly, yet meaningfully. Stars puncuate the darkness, guiding the eye, while the houses rest below, sheltered and stil. The angels move softly through the scene, less as figures than as a sense of protection, hope and watchfulness.
Christmas Motive captures the moment when the world grows quiet and imagination takes over - where darkness is not empty, but alive with warmth, memory, and anticipation.
