The next few posts are going to be themed around Christmas trees, that venerable old pagan tradition that breathes warmth into our lives, becoming a focal point for our spiritual longings.
Below is the right panel of a triptych by Carl Larsson, demonstrating the glow of a Swedish Yuletide from over a hundred years ago.
Carl Larsson — Now It's Christmas Again (detail) — 1907
I love the boy's clothes and shoes. I have Finnish and a tiny touch of Swedish in my heritage. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to live in that kind of climate. My son and I both love cold weather, and cold weather clothing, but perhaps for us, it's the novelty that appeals the most. Thanks for posting this detail!
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My name is Thom Buchanan.
I'm an artist and photographer.
People are my favorite subjects to portray in art and photos. My wife (and studio partner) has called that my 'people skills', as I've been passionately creating portrait studies for many years.
I refer to myself as a pictorialist, a combination of image-making and journalist. Images are my life.
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I love the boy's clothes and shoes. I have Finnish and a tiny touch of Swedish in my heritage. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to live in that kind of climate. My son and I both love cold weather, and cold weather clothing, but perhaps for us, it's the novelty that appeals the most. Thanks for posting this detail!
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