Roberta Writes – Reblog: Famous Artworks – Walking Through Winter with Vincent van Gogh by Rebecca Budd

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Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle bringing you an interesting reflection by Rebecca Budd on Walking Through Winter with Vincent van Gogh. Rebecca has a keen interest in art and artworks and shares wonderful articles on her blog, Chasing Art. You can find her latest art post here: https://chasingart.ca/2025/11/28/a-gift-of-small-kindnesses/

Walking Through Winter with Vincent

Landscape with Snow by Vincent van Gogh (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Winter comes in quietly. It does not rush in so much as settle, as if the world is taking a long breath after the brilliant months of autumn. When the first snow falls, everything seems to pause. The noisy parts of life drift away, and what stays is the gentle invitation to pay attention.

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    2. Thank you Paul for your lovely comment. I remember the first time I saw the first original painting by Vincent (I had only seen his paintings in books and magazines). It was 2009 and I was in the Musee D’Orsay. I started to cry. I am looking forward to 2026.

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      1. That I understand. I digress, my middle name is Vincent after the painter, my mother loved art and fancied herself as an artist. I saw some of his works at our National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, amazing.

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        1. How wonderful to carry the name Vincent, especially given by your mother who loved art so deeply. It sounds as though creativity lived close to the surface in your family. I have always believed that in many ways we are all artists. We tend to think of art as belonging to a select few, but creativity is instinctual. It is part of our DNA. It shapes how we see the world, how we solve problems, how we imagine possibilities.

          Seeing Van Gogh’s work in person must have been extraordinary. His paintings hold such emotional force, and they remind us that art is not only made, but lived. This was a great conversation, thank you.

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    2. I am so pleased that you enjoyed this post. Robbie has a marvelous way of supporting and encouraging creative endeavours within our amazing blogging community. The breadth of her work is extraordinary, from poetry, short stories, novels, art and photography.

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    2. Thank you so much for your kind words, Martina!! I am very grateful to Robbie for sharing it. There is a special quietness in Vincent’s winter paintings that invites us to pause and listen more deeply. Over the past few years, I have become increasingly interested in meditation. For me, Vincent’s paintings has a way of drawing me, inward, helping me find stillness, even in moments of turmoil. Isn’t it wonderful to entering a new year together!!

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      1. Yes, Rebecca, it seems that I have always loved many of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings, such as “Starnight?” especially in this period of the year when we are looking for inner quietness. As a child I was very touched by his difficulties and the help he got by his brother!

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        1. I understand why you were drawn to Vincent’s paintings even as a child, Martina, especially to works like Starry Night. It seems that children have a unique understanding. There is something in Vincent’s art that speaks directly to our need for inner quiet, particularly at this time of year. (And at my age) His colours carry both turbulence and peace, as if he were always searching for a place of rest. I have also been spending a little time with the correspondence between Vincent and his brother Theo. Those letters reveal so much about their bond and the strength Theo offered during the most difficult years.

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      1. Snow is peaceful, Robbie. I think it also speaks to the outside cold and how the body strives to keep the inner heat. Now that I live in Vancouver, we have very few days of snow. Sometimes I close my eyes and remember being back in the north.

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    2. I know exactly what you mean, Violet. I grew up in a Northern Manitoba mining town where the only way in was by train or plane. There wasn’t any road to the town until the year I left for university. After the solace of northern silence, moving south to Winnipeg, I had to get used to the city noise!!

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