The Fragrance of Snow is named for a Bashō haiku as captured in his book, The Narrow Road to the Deep North:

Gratitude
the fragrance of snow
at Minamidani

On the 16th of May 1689, the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō set off on a 150-day walking journey from Edo (Tokyo) to the northern Provinces of Honshū, Japan. In 2021, I recreated part of Bahsō's walking journey for ten days. The Fragrance of Snow is one of ten paintings in The Narrow Road to the Deep North Spring 2024 Series.

acrylic and pigment on raw canvas
36” h x 24” w x 1.5” d
(91.5 cm x 61 cm x 3.5 cm)