This was a nice puzzle. Soft, atmospheric picture but I liked how it gradually came together. And the difference in texture between tree trunks and foliage, more smooth on the horse’s coat and carriage, splashes of light on what looks like damp pavement ground. The flowers painted very nicely too, I almost felt that I could identify them. It was a pleasant surprise to find quite a lot of shape variety in the pieces- I thought from previous White Mountain puzzles that they all have just two knobs, two holes repetitive, but this one was different. So I hope others are different, too. When all done though, my husband glanced at it and remarked: that’s a nice picture, but there’s something odd about the horse. I thought it was just me, but he’s right- the perspective is slightly off, as if the artist had dutifully copied down exactly what a camera recorded. I know because I remember being taught to avoid this very thing in art school. Your brain learns to interpret how cameras capture things and ignore the distortions, but when it’s put down the same as art it looks wrong. In this case- the horses’s rear end looks too small, and the carriage is at a slightly different angle to the ground. Bothers me a tad. Which is why I don’t mind swapping this one, even though I did enjoy putting it together this once.
Completed size 29 x 24″.
