Rhapsodies

There were way too many possibilities for today’s prompt, “snow”. It took a few minutes to dispel any takes on the Snow Queen, partially because I want to keep things Halloweeny, and partially because they were all versions of Frozen posters.

I finally thought about winter in the forest and how it’s just as potentially scary as it is beautiful. The scariness may be improved by throwing in an actual threat. This made me remember a painting of the wendigo in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. In a moment of political correctness, I made the wendigo’s victims trappers instead of Algonquins.

I think I may be influenced by the wonderful work of Jakub Rozalski. I love the way he makes the supernatural elements in his work seem completely natural.