My latest pastel painting, "The Flower of Snow" is almost complete. It's not just a winter scene.

It is painted with soft pastels and colored pencils on a board panel with mermaid paper stretched over water.

The image of this painting should remind you of Mika Nakashima's (中島美嘉＝Ｓhe is Japanese Singer）"雪の華（The Flower of Snow）" but this is not just a winter scene.

Please take a closer look.

It is strange, isn't it? This picture.

Now, what is strange about it?

Why did I do it?

I would like to leave that up to you to think about.

This Youtube is "The Flower of Snow" by Mika Nakashima.

An English translation of the lyrics can be found here