Snow Queen (Blooms of Ice)

Ink and watercolor on bristol vellum (140 lb.), 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm approx.).  Private collection.  ©Mitzi Sato-Wiuff 2016

One of my recurring themes is Snow Queen (I have a fascination with predatory women as someone once pointed out...).  This time around, she's quite a bit darker than my previous versions.  Always inspired by the story by Hans Christian Andersen.  To so many of us, villains are often more interesting than protagonists in a story.  My mind often wanders off to imagine the back stories of villains.  This illustration was started during a Sketch Fest in July to a prompt of "Snow Queen".

This is the first time that I posted something new in a really long time here on dA.  I have a lot of other images both digital and traditional that I've made since my last post.  I feel a little sad that I don't get to spend as much time as I used to here anymore.  I miss the daily interaction with friends old and new...   Also, I'm a bit worried that people who are used to seeing my fluffy work (Those happy little babies I call Sprites, for example...) might find this one a bit disturbing.    I have to balance things out mentally and artistically by going to different places - sometimes it's sunny and warm, and sometimes it's dark and chilly.  They are all aspects of my own personality.