ON DISPLAY AT HELSON GALLERY

On exhibit. This painting is currently on exhibit and is not available for online purchase. Please contact me for viewing details.

Original Oil Painting on Canvas
36" x 24"

Painfully Cold captures a stark and solitary scene — a lone building standing in the middle of a frozen landscape, bordered by a quiet cornfield and a still, icy pond. The space feels vast, stripped down, and deeply still.

This wasn’t a painting I initially planned to create.

A day after trudging through this frozen terrain to photograph the scene, my knee gave out. It wasn’t a serious injury, but it forced me off my feet for two weeks. That pause, however, became the push.

Something about this place stayed with me — the isolation, the silence, and the quiet curiosity of a structure that feels both present and distant at the same time. It stands there, weathered and unmoving, holding its history without offering explanation.

Returning to it on canvas became a way to reconnect with that moment — to translate not just the landscape, but the physical and emotional experience tied to it.

This piece speaks to endurance, stillness, and the unexpected ways a moment can leave its mark.

Painted with a focus on strength, atmosphere, and that feeling of standing at the edge of something vast.

Details:
    •    Original oil painting
    •    One-of-a-kind
    •    Signed on front
    •    Unframed gallery canvas

Thank you for being part of the journey with this piece — onto the next canvas.

• ORIGINAL FINE ART
• INSPIRED BY NATURE
• PAINTED BY MIKE